Liquid Leather Quick 20 Dashboard Repair Kit

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What follows is a list of materials and a step-by-step procedure that I found to work best to make a lasting repair to the E21 dash. Always follow all instructions and warnings and wear proper eye, ear, skin and respiratory protection. You could choose to leave the entire dash as it is with the rubberized undercoating as the finish, but the primer will help to seal the pores of the rubber and prepare the surface for the top-coat of paint. Since most of my dash surface was sprayed with undercoating, it’s difficult to see this change in sheen throughout the dash.

Gently roll the stamp on the filled in holes, applying gentle pressure, enough to make an impression without squashing the sugru out of place. Shake the can for a minute and spray a light coat over just the areas of the dash that have undercoating. You should keep channeling through each crack until you have penetrated far enough into the foam so that you can no longer see any separation.Depending on the severity of the cracks, you may have to remove your entire dashboard to properly execute the repair.

The other issue with these kits is that they are intended for small hole and crack repairs; they never seem to come with enough product to do a sizable job. It also helps to pause between sprays to see how the product settles so you can make adjustments in your spraying technique as you go. I was willing to spend the money for those materials because I couldn't stand looking at all those gouges and cracks anymore and it was worth the effort to try the repair myself. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Step 6 in the booklet is a colour mixing guide and this proved invaluable for colour matching the leather. 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.

The next best option is create your own texture that fully covers the dash using an undercoating spray. It is more expensive than many other aerosol spray paints/under-coatings, but you’re paying for the high quality of their products. Be careful in how you tape off this area, as you can ruin the finished top coating if a piece of tape gets stuck onto the dash surface.The FiberFlex will link into the foam and form a solid, yet flexible, foundation for the filler that will be applied. Form the surgu into a small cone and hold the thinner end with your thumb and index finger while pressing it into the surface. Make sure you leave the stamp on a surface covered with soapy water to stop it sticking as it cures.

If you find the filler difficult to sand, either use a new piece of sandpaper or apply a little more pressure. We find that if you set yourself the challenge to not waste any sugru that you will think of all kinds of great solutions to your everyday problems, Here are a few of ours. Be sure to go over the cracks in a parallel direction, as this will allow you to fully see the extent of the damage by wiping away dust and dirt in the gaps. The rubberized undercoating may not be ideal, but it does provide enough build-up to completely conceal the repair below the surface, it's elastromeric, sticks like a SOB to anything it's sprayed on and seems ideal for large-scale damage to a dash.When finished, the filler should still cover the edges fo the vinyl so as to keep them buried under the filler. If anyone out there has had success with duplicating the dash texture over a larger crack, I would like to hear about it.