dash paint//labels
 

started a thread on general discussion but I thought starting one here might be better..

I want to paint my dash,,question is how do I go about getting all the labels back on once painted???its a Fountain dash panel so all the tab and drive numbers are on there as well..

thought about using decals and then clearing over them but not sure if there a better way..


Thanks

Talk to Joe (Mild Thunder). He redid his dash and used vinyl decals that I made for him! Not sure if he cleared over the decals but it came out real good!

Here is the thread (with pictures)

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/d...check-out.html

An alternative would be to wrap the whole dash panel with high performance vinyl that has all the labels integrated into the design. This is the design I am working on for my scarab so it matches the vinyl wrap I did on the boat this past summer!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...b/new-dash.jpg

Thanks
Jim

A lot of ways to go, I painted mine then had Livosi lazer etch the labels back on.

Many different ways you can do it.

Like 502SS said you can do a ton with vinyl, and clear over it if you want. I did that on my truck window, carbon fiber vinyl with candy red fade and cleared.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5252/5...f00a7337_b.jpg
IMG_2020 by WIldman Grafix, on Flickr

Friendly reminder B-nt. The clear over vinyl will eventually crack and flake off. You might be good for a year, heck maybe even a couple years. But it will go bad. Best option is to have stencils made and paint it on.

I don't know about that, my truck "stickers" have been on for 5 years, no crack. Until about a month ago the truck has stayed outside uncovered in summer and winter.

I did use bull dog adhesive promoter first.

That said, yes paint over the metal is much more durable, but as I said he has many options to choose from.

Thanks.Livorsi is a couple of miles from me,,
if you dont mind me asking,,,what does Livorsi get to do that???

Thanks

Thanks Jay..I will also look into stencils

don't think going to be able to cut stencils that small...dia cut ones the only way I think...and doubt thats going to be cost effective....I use clear over vinyl and never had flaking issue...just need right clear...

Disagree!

Look at Mild Thunders dash on this thread. http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/d...check-out.html

I cut those letters for him, not saying it was easy but I got it done!

are those decals/stickers on top of clear or stencils/paint under clear?

502ss
heres a picture of the boat

Those are decals not stencils, not sure if Joe (mild thunder) cleared over them or not. Let me see if I can get him to chime in!!

If it was my boat, I would do a dash wrap and pull those colors, graphics into the dash!!

You can get stencils in any size. It is time consuming though. Mine was simple and I had my striper hand letter them and cleared over. After painting 20yrs plus I still don't reccomend clearing over vinyl. :)

Sweet looking, how bout one for a BAJA, I think mine would be simple

What is it your looking to do? Do you have a graphics design on the boat that your looking to match?

mines paint ball effect, dark purple, lighter purple and grey, the corners are starting to peel up on the dash

Yup, I'm sure we could do something! :)

Im gonna PM you, take it off line

Hey guys. 502ss did make my dash labels. I did not clear over them. Reason being, after I installed them, I felt they looked just fine. Didn't wanna mess it up somehow and have to redo the thing all over again. All summer they have held up great. Only problem I ran into is the way my indicator thingys drag across the panel. So the horizontal lines that mark the tab and drive position, well one of them peeled. No fault of the job, just a fault of design. I need to keep something like a spring on the indicators so they don't rest on the panel themselves, dragging across it while trimming up and down.

Other than that, I feel for the money invested, it was worth my time. Very happy with it.

Call MitcherT, he does an incedible job. I'll post some pictures of my dashboard as soon as i find them. Very reasonable $400-$500 last year

yep Mitch does great work,,have worked with mitch in the past ,,great guy..

I wanted to keep this simple maybe just one color thats why I have not called him yet,,,but I may who knows..

not stencils, and not to terribly small....I've done a few, just the lettering, the stencils(pain really) and the whole dash wrap with labels printed, which seems best to me....