Fixing a hole in the dash

[Weasel73240Z]

The PO of my 73 riveted :stupid:a St. Christopher medallion through an otherwise perfect dash. I want to remove the medallion and fix the (2) 1/8" holes.

Anybody had luck trying to fill a hole in the dash, and how'd you do it?

[EScanlon]

Various products, some of which can be expensive to buy for such a small repair.

SEM has a couple of different plastic and vinyl repair products which will do a very satisfactory job, but the key to their success is to properly prepare and texture the repair.

There are also other materials that will repair which will require painting or other finishing techniques.

In a nutshell:

Select your repair material, whether it's silicone, RTV, SEM or other repair product and read it's instructions.

Find a method or procedure for texturing the finish so it will blend in. Some vinyl repair kits come with texture sheets used to impart a texture to the repair. Otherwise you'll have to come up with your own method. I've used both Plastilene, Candle Wax and Bondo for this purpose.

Prepare the area so that your repair will blend in. Usually this means (in the case of screwholes) that you sink the edges of the screwholes (due to the stretching of the material by the screws).

Effect the repair.

FWIW

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