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Dried out dash restoration; Restoration
Topic Started: Aug 17 2010, 09:00 AM (1,113 Views)
j63812f
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I posted this in Teamswift as well, for those of you with dried out dashboards, there is hope. Its a bit of work, and perhaps replacing may have been easier. Using a series of wire brushes, I was able to restore this dashboard without replacing or removing it.
Posted ImagePosted Image This is my first attempt at posting pics, wow, seemed tedious!
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metro_fiend
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where Geos come to die

more detail?
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Coche Blanco
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Nobody else has problems, but most of use photbucket/imageshack too.
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bogs
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He used Imageshack CB, not sure why tedious, I usually just grab the ready made for forums thumbnail links :dunno I would agree though that a link to the TS article or a re-post with the details would be nice, looks like a great job :thumb
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j63812f
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Perhaps Im still novice at the pics.......they are easy to upload, but once its there, I was struggling to figure out which of the many options it was offering to use as far as what link to copy and paste. But it did work and they posted! Thanks again for the help.
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superduty5.9
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I know exactly what you mean j63812f. My 95 had the same problem. I'm 75% done with it. Haven't worked on it in a while. I got the passerger side done. I went to Autozone and bought a 4 pack of detail brushes. It had a nylon,stainless,brass and another little brush in it. I started with the stainless brush and a bucket of soapy water and a rag. I brushed away the cancer and kept wiping with the rag. It turned out pretty good, but not finished yet.
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metro_fiend
Aug 17 2010, 09:05 AM
more detail?
Sure man, I bought several types of brushes, brass and steel. The heaviest stuff I used a heavier wire brush with a wooden handle, and for the lighter stuff, I used the brass types like Superduty did. I had quite a collection of brushes, but the smaller ones were good in the cracks around the vents and seams. Once all the dried plastic is removed, then I used Scotchbrite to smooth out the lines from the brushes if there were any.

Just a warning, dont armor all anything until you have completely removed all if it because it will make it 'reattach' and will be discolored and harder to remove. Superduty used water and such, I kept the vaccuum cleaner in the car and swept up the dust I went along, its a messy job. I bought most of my brushes at Harbor Freight.

Hey Superduty, can you post a pic or two?



Edited by j63812f, Aug 18 2010, 03:48 PM.
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Looks very familiar. I had this on mine and I didn't know what the hell it was. Did the previous owner try waxing the dash then forget to remove it after baking in the sun or what. But I had heard of other Metros developing this before I found this thread.
I used steel wool soap pads, bucket of water, rags and a lot scrubbing. I still haven't done the vent area up at the base of the windshield. I think I'll try your method for that.
Edited by Sporty10, Sep 20 2010, 03:28 AM.
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