help with veneering car dash board sections
bob_cassidy
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Hello, A good friend of mine owns a custom car shop and asked me to veneer some plastic dash board parts, not sure on what glue to use on the smooth plastic parts, I was originally thinking of sanding the plastic to rough it up, applying some contact cement and trying this?????????? any ideas? would this even be a good idea to try? would it last? any help would be greatly appreciated…… Bob
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I would think that a lot depends on the type of plastic being used for the dash parts. Some adhesives might dissolve the plastic, so testing would be important.
For longevity, I'd also be concerned about the rigidity of the plastic, and to what extent it would be subject to vibrations when the vehicle was running. Unless the dash components are pretty substantial, I would think that differences in the way the two materials move (the plastic and the wood veneer) might cause the glue to fail.
You could always have your friend send you to the Rolls Royce factory to see how they do it. ;-)
Bob,
Not sure I can help you with a solution here, but I can weigh in on a contact cement experience.
About 20 years ago my brother was fixing up a rental apartment and asked me to make up a few small formica counter tops for him. I did and he came by in his 280z hatchback to pick them up. It was summer. He left them in the car a day or so. The heat created inside the car caused the formica to separate from the substrate and he had some lumpy wavy countertops to deal with. This was easily repaired, but it tells me that contact cement, subject to the heat created inside a car (even if it's not a 280z hatchback) isn't a good idea.
Here in NJ, the interior of my car could be a few degrees below 0 on the coldest night of the winter and 125+ degrees when parked in the sun on a hot summer's day. That's a broad range!
Frank
I would suggest using epoxy -
SA
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