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removing silicon coating off dash palastics

nizmokid

By nizmokid,
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Guest MRE

Guest MRE

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I am interested on this subject too.

I have stripped and painted the centre console (gear stick surround) but am dreading doing the rest.

The rubber coating is a pain to get off. I physically had to rub with my fingers, the stuff is like a scratchy.

I did not want to scratch the plastic underneath.

So any ideas would be great..

Guest FlyGuy

Guest FlyGuy

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I have repainted my entire dash and gear stick surround. I had never done anything like that before, but one of my friends showed me what to do. If I did it anyone can.

I used Acrylic Paint Thinner to remove the existing paint/silicon on the dash. Just wiped it on with a rag left it for a few minutes and scratched it all off another rag. You can't really damage the plastic underneath easily if you do it this way.

After all plastic had been cleaned we used a plastic primer for the under coat, then normal black spray paint and a clear top coat. All looks really good, better then the old dash…

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