Recovering a very bad Series 3 Land Rover dash. Part1 Preparation.

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Hi mike 👋 thanks for sharing this video update 🤔 doing a grand job again 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No problem 👍

[@harveysmith100]

Interesting one Mike. Handy foam, spray a bit of water on the area you are foaming, apply the foam and spray water again. It speeds up the activation.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I will have to experiment with the water as we have different expanding foams here - some are low expansion and some are high expansions If you use high expansion on say a window frame ( the cheap crap they make here) it can buckle the frame

[@ianhowe8823]

Could you borrow a vacuum bag, which would address the difficult shape? Great content as usual Mike!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I make my own vac bags, but in this case we clamped - you will see later!

[@finrambo3594]

Thanks for that. Ive got one to do soon and have always wondered how the blazes i was going to do it. Well now i have some help...cheers

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad I could help!

[@alanpaisley8696]

brilliant job mate

[@greggferns3278]

Just in time.I've just removed mine today,and pulled out the bulkhead.I will be paying attention at the back

[@BritannicaRestorations]

On part 3 coming soon, I forgot to turn on the camera when we were applying the material, however I have the end cover coming soon, so I will make sure I get that on film!

[@lenhornsey2175]

More like resurrection than recovery. Great job so far .....heat gun is a cool trick "I'll put them back in the shop later' .......Arkwright (Open All Hours ,,,,,, Ronnie Barker) ........classic

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes Granville!

[@tomthompson7400]

proud of ya ,,,, even I wouldnt try to cover one of those

[@walkaboutmotors]

So glad you are working on this Series III. I have the same dash and unfortunately my padding underneath skin is badly pitted and damaged. I was going to use a can of expanding foam used for filling gaps and let it expand and dry in the damaged section and then after its dry go back and sand it down. You have a better idea?

[@walkaboutmotors]

And now that I’ve watched the entire video I see that good minds think alike! Thanks!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I will put part 2 up soon

[@jamescunliffe9872]

If the foam had mouse tunnels,lol would a camping roll mat be a good substitute for no foam or dynamat? Textured polyurethane bed liner might be interesting

[@BritannicaRestorations]

The reason it has foam is for vehicle impact to cushion your knees and nut it they hit the dash - bed line will be a bit hard

[@jamescunliffe9872]

@@BritannicaRestorations yes I forgot it can stop small calibre bullets!

[@petej536]

i like it just in black metal

[@bigm383]

You could have stayed on in Australia and done some surfboard shaping in your spare time. I think this one is like raising Lazarus.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yeap, this was a bugger of a job as it was so warped - got there in the end though!

[@bigm383]

@@BritannicaRestorations Brilliant idea to bond it to the metal support before unpeeling the old vinyl. You must be gaining a great reputation as a motor trimmer to get this sort of thing in the mail.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

If I were set up but a few jigs, I would do these all day!

[@bigm383]

@@BritannicaRestorations better than crawling under trucks!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Tell me about it!

[@chrisfairbrother9197]

Hi Mike, what’s that clean shiny thing you are working on? :)

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Someone said it was a bench - dunno - I will have to ask!

[@chrisfairbrother9197]

Britannica Restorations Ltd I have never seen it before

[@tomthompson7400]

lol ,,, then i watched the video , and you didnt either .. what about trying something like line x as a finish instead . or a coat of boat epoxy a layer of cloth then some non slip deck coat , there must be some way better than transplanting a less scruffy bit.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Many want the original look

[@tomthompson7400]

@@BritannicaRestorations a layer of epoxy and a coat of linex would look very close , and finish very tidy i think , if you have line x in that part of the world , im sure you have some body that sprays pick up beds ,, not the poxy stuff you get in a tin , but the real two pack stuff , it can be finished like the original vinyl it doesnt have to be rough and bumpy ,,, as good dashes are getting hard to find , it may be worthy of an experiment.

[@greggferns3278]

Just in time.I've just removed mine today,and pulled out the bulkhead.I will be paying attention at the back