How to best repair stress cracks on dash

[Scott Marzahl]

I have my '67s dash out and down to bare glass. There are several small stress cracks in the panel. The most obvious is on the top right corner under the speaker cover coming about 1/2" down the front of the dash. The others are along the back where it would meet the windshield in the radius, just above where the dash pads end. I would assume that these need to be addressed the similar to cracks in the body. I'm thinking of grinding a v notch with maybe a dremel tool and filling this in with glass fibers and bonding adhesive.

Is there a better way?

Thanks,
Scott

[Allan J. Wicklund]

Re: How to best repair stress cracks on dash

Crazy Glue! I've used it successfully even on body panels that were then finished in Lacquer. It sounds Funky but it does a nice job. Al W.

[Scott Marzahl]

Re: Crazy Glue

Wow, how did you ever come across that trick. I've never heard of using crazy glue for any type of Body work before. Wouldn't that be similar to using resin or gelcoat to fill cracks?

[Roy B.]

Re: How to best repair stress cracks on dash

Scott! that is the correct way to do it In my opinion and on any other outside area and if you have a hit type spider area I use micro cloth to hold and keep it from from spreading .

[Allan J. Wicklund]

Re: How to best repair stress cracks on dash

OK! It appears that you fellas don't think I'm Nuts. So I'll share a little more from my bag of tricks. Those nasty spider cracks that branch in many directions can be stopped with crazy glue also. Hobby shops sell CG in different forms for different applications. Thick for filling medium density for normal bonding and Thin or Extra Thin for specialty work. The Extra Thin gives the best depth penetration without opening a crack. Sometimes I would drill a small hole at the extreme end or even just beyond the end of a crack. The circumfrence of the hole offers no place for the crack to continue to. You can then take the Filler CG, (thick), and fill the crack stopping hole. Also, as with Epoxy, CG can be bought with different setting times,; Slow, Fast, etc. Slow will allow it to penetrate deeply into your glass before it cures. FWIW, Al W.