I am restoring the dash in my 69 and the metal has been painted what is the best and safest way the smooth the old paint down so i can repaint it.And is there a website or a book I can buy to tell me how to restore my old dash?thanks in advance.

I'm no expert; however, if I were faced with the problem I would get to work with some 600 then 1000 sandpaper [wet/dry 3M]. ...keeping the "dust" off with a rag. When I was done with the paper, I would wipe it down with some thinner on a clean rag and then paint.

Mike O'H

Thanks,that sounds like a good plan. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

I used some laquer thinner to get the old paint off my dash bezel. Came off great and all of the original grain is still intact. Try it on a little spot first smile.gif .

If your budget allows, you can send your dash out to have it restored to a company in British Columbia, CV Vacuum Platers.

www.cvvacuumplaters.com (http://www.cvvacuumplaters.com)

I checked about 3 mos. ago and the price was $380.00 Cdn. There is another company in Michigan I believe called American Plastic Chrome.

Another option if you want to have it back to original.

Dan

American Plastic is out of business. :(