Dash build (Page 27/28)
TXGOOD JUN 16, 09:15 PM
You reminded me of this company again and I did find a distributor to buy small quantities from, so I ordered two of the aerosol cans to try it out.
bowrapennocks JUN 16, 10:34 PM
Comment a few posts back:

"Confused - are you saying that contact cement and superglue on the ends / corners worked, or that it pulled up in 2 months? Can you please clarify?"

I initially glued down the vinyl with spray contact cement (8088 and 8090 both were tried). The contact cement released after about 2 months. So in my latest redo of the dash, I used contact cement to stretch the vinyl and glue it down, then picked up the edges and used superglue. That was in about January or so....the combo is still holding. Sorry I missed the post earlier.
Jim
steve308 JUN 28, 09:41 PM
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TXGOOD JUN 29, 03:59 PM
Sorry, no updates.
My dash project has sort of taken a backseat to my cupholder project.
Hopefully, I am going to have time to get on it again in the near future.
Now that I have sewing capabilities I am going to be changing a couple of things on the dash.
Mike

I also have to order some more of the Charcoal material to work with.

[This message has been edited by TXGOOD (edited 06-29-2010).]

Chris_86GT JUL 16, 07:51 AM
I am ready to upholster my dash too and my concern is how to glue the Leather to the fiberglass dash. Reading your posts it’s difficult to trust any combination. Here in Greece it’s getting very hot at Summer time so I think I found a solution that will hold forever.

First you glue the vinyl or leather to your dash then you go to the back side and cut small openings, example every 4 inches a 2 inches opening and ¼ wide. You clear the glue and make the fiberglass surface rough. You chop some mat and you pure fiberglass resin into the slot and cover with mat about ½ inches all around. The only way to release is to break the fiberglass.

Tell me what you guys think.
TXGOOD JUL 16, 06:42 PM
What I find that`s strange is I have a glue that will glue the foam to the fiberglass and the material to the foam, but the material doesn`t seem to want to stick directly to the fiberglass.
When I get back to my dash I`m going to try this stuff that I ordered.
It`s made by Westech and is called HSEA.
Mike
bowrapennocks JUL 19, 08:59 AM
My observation on glue has been that I have not had a problem with gluing the foam padding (headliner material) to anything. It always seems to stick. My problem has been with the vinyl. I use Allsport, a very stretchable vinyl. I even called the company that manufactures the Allsport (I do not remember their name). They told me that most of their applications are for seats, where the material is tacked down. They told me what the backing material was on their vinyl (I do not recall, but it was a pretty garden variety material). They could not offer any help on glue selection. I have had problems with gluing the vinyl to aluminum, cloth (top side of headliner material, fiberglass and plastic). So there seems to be something to their formulation of the backing that allows the glue to release after 2-3 months. So far, the superglue is still holding and it has been hot here (upper 90s, VERY HOT for Seattle).

I have also used staples in some cases to hold the material down. Since I do not have a staple gun with 1/8" long staples (I think this is for upholstery and was used at the factory on another door panel I had), I used a regular staple gun, and cut down the staples with big nippers. I could only do 3-4 at a time, and then fed them into the magazene. It worked and probablty would be better using an air or electric stapler.
Jim
steve308 AUG 03, 10:30 PM
The only thing that would make those new console covers look better would be a completed dash! :-)
TXGOOD AUG 04, 10:17 PM
Yea, I know.
I should be able to get back to it in a week or two. (I hope)
Mike
TommyRocker DEC 28, 07:58 PM
So...uhhh... Progress?