I did my dashboard a year ago and am mostly happy with it. Mine was very badly
chipped and peeling so instead of simply sanding and re-varnishing I took off
the veneer. This came off fairly easily with chisel and putty knife. I found
veneer at a box home improvement store and wanted mahogony or birds eye
maple........but they were out so i got in a hurry and used oak. For some
reason the grain didn't show up as i anticipated (I wish now i would have
chosen a darker stain).
It was all pretty straight forward. I laid the veneer on the dash in glue and
after it dried trimmed around the edge with a router with the bit they use to
cut formica counter top edges. The guage holes were most tedious. I cross
split them in the middle then trimmed around the inside with a sharp blade. Of
course then I had to cut out the glove box area carefully in order to use the
remaining piece to cover the glove box door.
I'm happy with the result. It's a huge improvement over before but I wish I'd
taken more time to experiment with a differant grain and darker stain.
gary n
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