I am about ready to refinish the dash on the wife's Spitfire resto. I am
leaning towards using contact cement(Scotch 90 high strength), but thought
I would check to see if anybody has had any experience good or bad with
using it, or possibly a suggestion for using something else if that isn't
suitable.
For years now I've been using Brownell's Epoxy for all my wood work
repairs that require any sort of strength. It comes in two types, a liquid
and a paste. I get this at a local sporting good store, the fellow there
uses it on shotgun stocks, old wooden fishing rods, etc. The paste is
good as it stays where you put it. The liquid you can drip into
a "green stick" crack or similar damage.
My walnut shift knob split a few years ago, I used the paste epoxy to fix that.
The dash will still have the original varnish (it won't be removed) but it will be sanded before applying the adhesive.
I'm no expert on wood work, but I do think you should remove the varnish. The popular "Homer Formby's" stripper is excellent as it doesn't remove the patina. WalMart carries it and I imagine most of the home repair stores do.
I am adding
an oil gauge to the center just because I believe there should have been
one originally. It should look really nice when done.
I did the same thing. How can you have a sports car without an oil gauge?
The real wood veneer is very thin, approx 1/32nd of an inch thick so I need
something that won't bleed through - plus, anybody have a source for white
transfer letters??? I used to be able many years ago to buy them but with
the advent of computers, transfer type letters are practically obsolete.
Any good hobby shop should have those - the wet kind and the dry rub kind
are still used for dioramas and things. My son uses them for his science projects,
too. I just entered "dry transfer letters" into Google and got back 4,700 hits from
various hobby shops online.
Ken Strayhorn Hillsborough NC '72 MkIV
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