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Re: 1974 C20 Soon to become a project...
All the epoxy work is done on the back of the dash bezel. We laser cut the speedometer and tachometer gauge holder as one unit from .125" acrylic.
Over the past few days, we tried, unsuccessfully, to put a satin black finish coat on the dash. Where we had issues, was the convoluted, beveled curve of the gauge holes, which wrap back on top of them selves in two place. Getting good coverage on the hole perimeters, always left too much material on the outer face of the bezel, making the texture all but disappear.
After three failed attempts, and stripping the bezel three times, I decided to dip the bezel with either Black Carbon Fiber Hydrographics. The bezel will be delivered in the morning and ready to install by July 6th.
In preparation for the dipping, we installed the gauges into the acrylic holders, center the clusters into their respective holes and tacked them down with hot glue all around the edges of the holders. The Carbon Fiber graphics will wrap around the entire front surface, including the faces of the acrylic holders that will be exposed around the gauges. Should have a seamless look from end to end and top to bottom.
Once the dipping is done, we may add a layer of fiberglass cloth or some type of additional reinforcement.
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