I am getting ready to repaint thosr worn out chrome looking lines around the dash on my 69. Was wondering if anyone has done this and what color and prep steps were used. Was thinking either silver or chrome. Thounght about using rubbing alcohol to clean years of old armor all off but dont know if it would fade the black color of the dash. I have a very steady hand and fine brush and pleanty of time to kill. Any info or just some 2 cents would be helpfull. Stephen
Maybe someday I will get this thing off the road to do a full restoration
You are in luck! I just did that on my 69 6-8 mo. ago... I bought model paint in a Hobby store , Model Masters #1790 "Chrome silver" and used a very small thin brush....took prob. 1 - 1.5 hrs, tedious job, but looks good...only had to use laquer thinner on a rag 3 times! to clean up mess...= somewhat too wide!lol hardest part was around steering col if I remember right... but I just cleaned it up well first w a soapy rag, did not remove what was left of chrome paint...(did not have 'armor-all' on mine as far as i know...)
I wouldn't try paint. I painted these lines on my Ford Pickup and did not like the results.
Stick on chrome mylar strips or pinstriping might work better?
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But as Bjorn mentions, the 9 dash paints up well. I, too, did my 9 dash exactly the same way and whith the exact same paint. It will not be an exact match of the chrome plate from the factory; even so, the results are spectacular.
As prep work, scrub the dog crap out of it with strong detergent, rinse and scrub again. I have a seady hand, also, and I was able to mound a tall band of paint on the area, allowing more depth to the paint.
I only had one or two areas where the paint fell just over the edge, so I cannot comment on how to remove paint. After the paint dried, I used an exacto knife to scrape the areas that fell just over the edge.
Next, I held the exacto knife at an angle, and scraped around the parimiter. This creates an incredibally sharp transition at the edge of the paint, and it makes a huge difference in the cosmetic appearance.
Someone mentioned that a silver paint-pen from a crafts store (like for high school year book signatures) is another way to try it. Not as easy to "whoops!" apparently.
I remember back when I was building the plastic model kits that the hobby shops had a chrome film that you rubbed on. it looked just like chrome plating. not sure if that would work or hold up.
