As we all know my saga last winter with my dash panel...I got it back in late may last year. I didnt like the way it came out, but also didnt have time to mess with it. So i installed it and used it. The powdercoat finish with a ton of orange peel, and color in general i did not like.
Soooo, I removed and de-rigged it again. Not real keen on sending stuff out due to incompetent people, I opted to try it myself...Stripped it, primed and painted Metallic black. Lots of wetsanding and polishing. I then got with a guy on the boards who does vinyl decals. I had a real hard time finding someone locally to work with me on the small vinyl lettering.
This guy was great to work with. I sent him a picture of the old dash, with measurements. He then designed it, and emailed me file that i can print to size on my home computer. I printed it, and layed out all the lettering, to be sure it fits. Once i did this, he made up the vinyl and sent it out to me. All within a few days too. Initial email about the project on tuesday, decals arrived on saturday from New Hampshire. Cool. Heres some pics. I'll attach a close up of the finish so you can see the slight metallic in the paint.
Thread: My Dash panels. AGAIN...
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01-31-2012 08:40 AM
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01-31-2012 08:44 AM
Heres a original pic of the dash when i got the boat, and then last years powdercoated panel I got back from the dash guy. take note of the awful orange peel finish on the red panel. Yuck.
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01-31-2012 09:31 AM
Great job taking pics of that dash...must've been tough with it moving along at 20 mph...
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01-31-2012 09:38 AM
Looks good !!!!
And the plus side,,,,,when you gut and redo your boat every winter,,,,its like having a new boat every year !!!!
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01-31-2012 09:45 AMThe decals are impressive......
Were they on one transfer sheet or multiple small ones?Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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01-31-2012 10:02 AM
It does look much nicer
Congrats
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02-01-2012 11:55 PM
I`d like to see it in Blue next year, thank you.
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02-02-2012 03:04 PM
Looks great Joe! As usual, you make things look easy! Congrats on another job well done....
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02-02-2012 08:58 PMWhen I get my boat out of storage I would like to do the same thing. I also don't want to send my dash out after reading about your horror story.
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