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Old 08-21-2007, 06:08 PM
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We just got our painter to cover ours with automotive 2 pack clear.

We enlisted the advice of a specialist with timber as we had a mahogony steering wheel and wanted to match the dash, gear knob, handbrake handle, indicator knob etc to the steering wheel. He advised to stain the the items a few shades lighter as it darkens with age and the wheel would already have been 6 - 12 months old. He was right, within 6 months, the dash etc looked identical to the steering wheel and have stayed that way. This specialist also recommended automotive clear for it's durability to UV etc.

Dash has been on the Cobra for 9 years now, still looks great. We just polish and wax it when we did the body.

We actually used solid mahogony for dash etc as we routed recesses for gauges and grooves for effect etc.
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