My dash is carbon fiber and faded/patchy....is there a suitable paint I can use on it? I don't want to put in the new gauges until I either fix it or replace it....
My dash is carbon fiber and faded/patchy....is there a suitable paint I can use on it? I don't want to put in the new gauges until I either fix it or replace it....
Is this true carbon fiber or the carbon fiber looking plastic?
I have owned both and they both work fine but you may want to use different paint. I would imagine that any good paint with a flexing agent (how about that term Fixx?) would work.
2001 35 Fountain Lightning w500 EFI's
1973 X-18 - Merc 383 Magnum
1974 Chris Craft Roamer with 1271 TI's
Real carbon fiber is $25+ dollars a yd (meter)... So it is probably vinyl. Take out a screw, if there is some holding in on, and take a look to see if there's a thin layer of ?.......
If it is carbon, then it probably was layed up w/epoxy.
Epoxy won't stand up to the UV in sun light.
This is obviously a problem and you see it a lot in high performance bicycles where parts like forks will become delaminated as the epoxy fails.
Personally, I don't think the real stuff is a good material for a dash panel.
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Maybe sand it with wet/dry and brush or spray it with a polyurethane "Spar Varnish" with a good UV inhibitor built in.
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Turns out it is not real carbon fiber, just some sort of faux cover over plastic, ended up putting a plastic friendly self etching primer and then a metalic plastic paint to match the rub rails, turned out OK....thanks for the input guys....
Works like a champ. Got the good clear on mine.
Sounds like he got it worked out though. I would love to see the pics. I actually thought about doing the same paint over with a solid color treatment to my faux carbon fiber dash on the 27. Then I went and had a carbon fiber dash done on my 26. Go figure.
2001 35 Fountain Lightning w500 EFI's
1973 X-18 - Merc 383 Magnum
1974 Chris Craft Roamer with 1271 TI's
Got the dash primed and painted, turned out OK, got the Hardin Marine gauges installed, VERY good quality and the price was definatly right..............
Although I forgot to order the trim gauge......I also have the mechanical trim gauge so I might just put an hour meter in that spot on the dash....
First pic is original dash, then no dash and finally finished.
One problem I have is when I have the nav lights on I get all gauges except the speedo lit up and if I disconnect the spade connection on one side of the speedo light, there are two spade connections on the speedo light, all other gauges are one, and I hook the spade connection from the four smaller gauges, that are all hooked in sequence, straight to the second connection on the speedo the four small gauges do not light but now the speedo does....
I am taking my power from the + side of the tach which is linked through the nav light switch, what have I screwed up...??
Nice ride.......... I dig all white boats. FYI... Those radio covers are on bay for $25. Mine was yellowed by the sun. Brand new they are snow white.... So it will match your new gauges. Keep the boating pic's coming. I love your neighborhood........
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