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kirkstad

03-22-2018 @ 3:38 PM

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Thank You for the reply.Best of luck restoring your 34

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03-21-2018 @ 5:12 PM

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Dash was completely disassembled. Both the ashtray and glove box door were done separately. Knobs were removed, couldn't avoid getting some water inside the glove box door though, so after completion I made sure to let it air out well and dry outside in the sun.

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Thank you,great idea, never thought of the bath tub and I'm pretty sure I can get away with it.Just one other ques. if you don't mind, did you do the glove box separate or was it attached?
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03-20-2018 @ 6:42 PM

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I did the dash in the bathtub, cleaned up any mess before my wife had any idea...lol As for the window moldings, I am using large rectangular plastic storage bins. I may have to do the stealth bathtub method again for the rear window molding though...

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Thank you for that website, had no idea you could get kits like these.Your dash came out fantastic.I would like to do my dash also.What did you use for a dipping pan?,I suppose it would have to be at least 4 ft. across.

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03-19-2018 @ 6:59 PM

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Hydro-dipping is not very expensive if doing it yourself. You can buy a complete kit with enough product/materials to do an entire car (dash and all window moldings) for under $200. I got my kit at www.mydipkit.com and it has been working out quite well as I restore my 34 Fordor Sedan. There is a learning curve so you will waste some materials at first, but the end product is so beautiful, and there are tons of videos on youtube to help. Here is a pic of my dash done in burlwood dark maple, the picture is not that great but believe me the finish is extremely nice with the buffed/polished clearcoat, and the pattern and color is a very close match to original.

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03-17-2018 @ 8:34 AM

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I thought hydro dipping was a very expensive process and the whole idea of using di-noc was to be able to do it your self and keep the cost down?

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03-16-2018 @ 7:38 PM

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I did my '65 Falcon dash with hyro-dip carbon fiber, it came out nice. I used the Di-Noc on the '37 because it is tough stuff. You can throw rocks at it and it won't hurt it.

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03-16-2018 @ 6:27 PM

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hydro-dipping looks interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs_xQyjWQcY

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03-16-2018 @ 5:38 PM

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mine was done by a process called " hydro-dip". You have a tank of warm water big enough for the part you are doing. Lay the sheet of wood grain on the water. spray the activator on and slowly dip the part in. I checked Grain It, to expensive to experiment with. The shop that painted my car included it with the paint job. I'll try to post pics

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