Pete's 94 Chimaera Project

[pmc_3]

I've had a go at sorting out the dash top. I bought some flexible leather filler from furniture clinic. First of all I rubbed down the areas that needed repair with some 1500 grit sand paper and then I cleaned the areas with some alcohol cleaner. The filler looked a bit like PVA glue and I applied it with a spatula once it was dried I rubbed it down to make it smooth.

This is part way through



I needed to get some colourant to recolour the repaired areas but the colour match wasn't great between the dash top and the original trim.



I managed to find a piece about an inch square that I could cut off the bottom of the tunnel top trim and sent that to furniture clinic for colour matching. This weekend I had a go at recolouring the dash top.





It looks almost black in the photos but it is blue. Here it is in the daylight with the tunnel top cover, it's not a perfect match but it's pretty close.



I applied the colourant with a sponge, they say to dab it on but it looked like it was putting loads of air bubbles in it so I tried small circles and when the first coat dried it was all patchy. It then did as the guidance said and dabbed it and when it dried all the air bubbled disappeared. I'm pretty happy with the result, definitely passable. There are still some pressure indents where it had been placed on top of something at the breakers but I'm hoping these will disappear over time.

[Classic Chim]

Nice job. Try a hair dryer gently warming up those crease areas then using a rag try and press out the creases.
Others with more knowledge might have a better solution.