Liquid Leather Quick 20 Dashboard Repair Kit

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Your chances of doing a quality job will likely increase if you are able to have access to all cracks from any angle.

Don't tighten the first screw on the left plastic too tightly as that will cause the right most edge to lift up slightly. The E21 dash does not have a consistent pattern of veining; it's random and difficult to match up, even with a duplicate in hand.I am wondering about using on of those vinyl repair kits with the little bottles of filler that you put in the crack and then heat with an iron to set. You should continue melting the welding stick into the groove until you are able to bring it within 1/8” of the top surface of the dash. Finish sanding with the 320 grit sandpaper to fully smooth out the filler so that all scratches left from the previous sandpapers are rubbed out. The more area you cover outside the repair, the more likely it will bubble under higher temperatures; this is due to not giving the filler enough of a depression to bite into. If a batch is mixed in the proper proportion, you should have about 2 mins working time to spread it over the plastic welds.

Since I live in Arizona, I am much more concerned with the impact that heat will have on my dash repair than the effects of cold weather. Even with the primer being applied, the undercoating will still absorb some of this top coat, so put enough paint on to cover the dash fully with a uniform color. Special attention should also be paid to covering the three windshield vents in the top of the dash if you choose not remove them from below. Continue filling over all the welds in the dash, as well as any other superficial surface cracks or imperfections you come across. If you make the groove too shallow or fail to give it the proper V-shape, the filling product will not adhere properly.

Without the primer, the top-coat will only be absorbed by the rubber in the undercoating, keeping the final coat of paint from protecting the dash.