Tremendous job! However "super easy" isn't how I would personally describe removing a dashboard.

That looks great! Since you shot this a year ago, any chance you have an update on how the dash is doing?

this is why i watch your videos, learning new stuff is good for the noggin.

As a retired professional educator, I was humbled by a lesson shown here done so well. I followed every procedure. Every question I had was answered within seconds by your structured, systematic, methodical explanation. What is so laudatory here is teaching this way, I know, is a splendid labor of love shown in caring enough for your audience to anticipate their questions. I know too that you are teaching as all of us learned mechanix the art, science, tech, logistics, chemistry, economics, . . . it takes to do stuff like this routinely, within budget, all the time, no matter whut. This is tuf thing to do at all and you make it a walk in the park, so to speak - mission accomplished. Bravo maestro!

I thought I was the innovator of Bondo dash repair! I did it 10 years ago on Honda AZ600 dash top, came out great then black SEM Bumper Coater. Try Krinkle Paint for heavy texture. If you spray satin clear on top you will get the matte finish.

On the edges of existing gashes to be filled be it metal or plastic or in this case vinyl, I always add some insurance holes drilling in a 1/4” from the edge giving the bondo a place to push through and mushroom in behind it locking the patch area in better than just counting on the rough surface for adherence. THAT dash came out awesome. One could say it’s the newest & shiniest item on that ride😉Great work as usual. It’s refreshing to see someone else who believes in waste not want not using their hands and mind to revamp the old and keep it alive. That’s what I love about your channel, you’ve got the Midas touch using those frugal fingers lol! 👍🏼👍🏼

You put an insane amount of work on that dash. I would have tapped out in just pulling it out. You are the man!

Probably nothing I would ever do but interesting to watch a master craftsman.

I like your method of repairing you seem to go the extra mile to make a good repair. when I went to furniture finishing class the teacher told us the worst compliment is someone coming up to you and say nice patch job

It looks fantastic. Maybe in the near future you can show us an update? Curious to know how this holds up in the long term?

I clicked on this video thinking it was a joke. I was amazed at the quality and simplicity of the repair. Well done video!

Simply the best channel on KZfaq, keep on the great work

To reduce chance of the bondo cracking, there's a type called "short strand". It would have been ideal for the thicker applications such as some of the cracks being filled in this dash. Another type called "long strand" is especially for bridging gaps and probably would have been a good choice for the speaker holes in this dash. Both short and long strand body fillers remain flexible and adhere better than plain bondo. They have fiberglass strands mixed in, which give them more strength. But the stranded bondos don't sand and finish well, so they're usually used under a layer of standard bondo. Personally I would have used a flat paint or, even better, truck bed liner for a tougher matte coating with some texture. That can be sprayed or rolled on. It also can be tinted to just about any color.

Back in the early 1980's, my first real job was at Vinylsmith Repair in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The local used car lots kept us extremely busy. Back then, it mostly was GM vehicles that kept us busy. The Camaro door handle, arm rest and dash, the Chevy pickup dash and arm rests.

That came out Great! I used raptor liner on my 72 bronco dash, rolled it on with a dollar tree mini foam roller, gave it pretty good texture, I first sanded the cracks level with a belt sander and filled them with spray foam, but it had too many big bubble voids in it, so I used the low expansion foam spray was better for sanding and forming.

You never cease to amaze me

One piece at a time, and it didn't cost me much over a dime. Excellent as always !

Good job man. Dang, that turned out soooo much better than I would have thought possible. Thanks for recording and posting this how to vid. Awesome dog.

Watching this video was time well spent. Thank you.

This was an AMAZING intro to bondo work with interior paneling. Also I like that you play with your dog. Dog seems happy. I'm happy.

Looks fantastic compared to some of the repairs I've seen. And much faster/cheaper than having it wrapped with leather. Well done sir

Color me impressed. Creative body filler use. I love it. Great job, thanks for sharing.

Interesting technique and great results! I wonder if you could use spray foam to fill in the bigger gaps and then do Bondo over that? I've done that with wallboard and joint compound and it works great so long as you sand/scuff the foam so the other stuff can stick to it.

That’s pretty impressive, I’ve tried to fix mine in the past, this method blows me out of the water! Nice work!

I guess it’s true what they say “Bondo and paint make it something it ain’t “

It definitely does work, I've also done it before, and then when I got it flat it flocked it. I really like the look of the flocked dashes, especially in track cars and such. The hand flocking kit where you put the flocking on by hand works pretty good. I dig it. Nice work man.

"This is your dash on crack!" Hahahaha!!!! You really have a strong ability to visualize what something can look like and set your brain for the goal. Really great technique!!

I’m about to restore a dash. These vids are a great resource to get started. Thanks.

Wow. I did not realize you could make it look so good. I would have put money on it. However, you completely knocked it out of the park. Well done.

Wow! That came out amazing. I'd love to see a short update video after you've driven around to see if the bondo cracks or holds up where it meets the vinyl. Nice work!

That's a great idea and fantastic results, thank you!

I dare you to do a 2nd GEN dodge 🤣 Nice work brother.

Watching this have me a flashback to the 80s when we'd do an entire dash on our lowered custom mini trucks to get a super slick smooth custom painted dash...

Incredible, thanks (running out to my '71 VW)

I miss the days of the steel dash you never have to worry about it cracking

That bit of information is going to save me big in the future thanks for sharing

You did a great job! Thanks for the tips!

Nice work, 65 Ford! Looks as good as new to me!

I love your positive can do attitude! Thanks!

Great video I'll never doubt you again.

OMG... what an artist you are!!!!

Your a freaking wizard of all automotive! I bet there is peoples heads exploding because of this video but I love it ! Good job

Looks great. My '79 F150 dash pad has been on my todo list for a few years now. This video has given me the confidence to finally refinish it. I've always wanted to try the truck bed liner texture. Just have to decide if I'm going to top coat it or leave it black.

I thought you were going to feather that knife into your forearm! Awesome job!

Best video on the internet

This video gives me hope for my "68 Mercury Commuter - it will be LOTS of bondo and whatever else I can figure out to build up to the original "shape" (it is basically unusable). Gave me good ideas, good stuff :) ..

Maybe this is a good place to proclaim my love for washable sand paper. It's pretty awesome.

Great job. I never knew you could do that.

Damm that was impressive 👏

It looks great Moe. Can you make a video on how to fix a cloth head liner on a DODGE Caravan WITHOUT removing the whole thing from the car?

hey Moe, that was very cool. I did not know Bondo would flex when warm. This reminded me of fiberglass boat repair. I also did not know about the hammer paint. You could do a whole video just on different paints and I would watch. Back in the nineties I was dating a woman that put vinyl daisies all over her dashboard and even rooftop to cover cracks and dings. The dash on my 94 Corolla looks new even though it sits in the Florida sun, it will probably outlast the rest of the car as a lot of plastic parts are failing. I like how you showed the finished item at the beginning, I need to do that more. Thumbs up!😎👌

Looks awesome man! Good work. I was thinking, if you don't like the sheen, use a flat clear coat. You would have a little more protection and the sheen you desire.

Absolutely excellent looking dash. I'm glad I seen your video. After watching this I plan to do one of my trucks like that. Great video.👍👍👍

You sir are the man!! Awesome job!!

Repair looks great dude.

Would love to know how long this lasts, looks absolutely amazing. You have to be some sort of artist to make those crack disappear that good!

that was great! thanks for showing that! I have a dash like that and I was wondering how I will make it look good again. I was thinking about a plastic cap, but I dont really like those.

Want to, Failure is NOT a option. Great job,thanks for the video.

great video. just repaired my dash from a 77 el camino using spray expanding foam and rubberized spray like on the infomercials, so far so good.

Excellent work and thanks for the vid now I can fix the dash on my 64 Continental 🤟🏽

Never even seen your channel before. Great video. I believe I will do my '78 F100 dash the same way. Subbed.

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

Nice job Moe.I’ve actually used good stuff spray foam and grind it down with a small air grinder then fill in the air bubble holes with bondo. Had good luck with that technique.

Looks great, thank you for another great video.

Looks fantastic and who would think it would be this easy..peace out!!

For all intensive purposes? Excellent restoration, man.

Nice job man it's a tremendous difference :)

Good work. Well done

Very nice job on the dash keep up the great work

Every time I watch one of your vids I miss my heeler more and more. Great fix brother.

Sweet dash work

Another great video. I've a dashboard on a couple of buses to refurbish after very poor past repairs from other companies. It's hard plastic (ABS?) . I deferred the job on the basis that I couldn't replicate the ingrained pattern in the plastic- but as sixtyfiveford rightly points out, after painting there's probably none of the pattern going to show through anyway, and even if it does, it will look a lot better than it does now. This channel was a real find.

Great Job... Brother... Thanks for Sharing

That was fantastic! And Thankyou for the plastic repair instruction too in another video

Great video. Thanks. Easy explanation of how to get the job done yourself. Great job.

Amazing work! Well done!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Just bought a 81 caddy vw this is the dash! Super cool thanks for the video

nice job saw this done many years ago good job

👍 Nice. I have a worn out dash I’m an 88 Trooper. I’ll try this.

I've seen those dashes before. Mk1 caddy dashes were back for cracks. Thanks for the info on what to do. Gonna be fixing my mk2 scirocco dash soon.

Recovering something that most would send to the auto wreckers. Well done as it shows that all vehicles can be maintained to last as long as they are kept up. The thing now with vehicles is just get a new one within 5 to 8 years as it seems to be worn out. It’s only worn out if you don’t fix it as it needs it. Old vehicles are usually fully depreciated and can be driven without a monthly or by weekly payment.

Bondo or bog is best used at a minimal amount, I'm not sure if it's still available but there use to be a product that was 2 part foam mixture that sets similar to dashboard foam , in either case it is better to re skin the entire dashboard and have all fresh material as the aged material can continue to crack in other areas.

Looks great! I'm about to do something like this myself. What about adding a couple coats of resin at the end before paint.

Looks great. Nice work!🇺🇸

Great job think I will try that on my square body pickup it heck of lot cheaper than buy new one thanks a lot

You ARE the man! Helluva job.

that was great job never would have thought of it

Great job dash looks perfect

Good info. I wish I had a dash to fix. That looks great!

That Bulldog is some good stuff. I would use it. It actually opens up the 'pores' of the surface so the paint will get a better tooth or grip. For any 'non-wear' vinyl any of those paints are fine, like you said. Used to be you could go to an automotive paint mixer and they could mix actual vinyl 'dye' which would have vinyl resins in it. Since the discontinuation of most lacquers it seems to have gone away. It was nice. Once you laid it down you really couldn't tell it was 're-dyed' and it was super durable. not like the original vinyl but sure a lot better than regular paint. Very flexible.

I need to do this, great video! Thank you for sharing brotha!

Thanks for the tips that turned out nice definitely going that route good thing I got a couple practice dashboards 😂😂😂 keep it coming don't stop the magic 💪

As always; really cool vid. Thanks for the tip

Excellent work thank you for sharing this

Great video ! Very helpful. Straight forward

Whoa! Nice transformation. Great tutorial too. The lil caddy is getting spoiled 😆👌

turned out really professional looking. I hope it lasts for you. I typically only get about 6-12 months in the Texas sun before rattle can paint fades which is why I've been putting an activated clear on top of everything I paint

That dog is totally into you, thanks for sharing this video

It would be nice video to show us how to do the details on the edges .... great work 💪

I like your ATTITUDE as much as I like your projects. Most folks would have wastefully chunked that dash. Not folks like you and me!