Eastwood vinyl repair kit

[Ghoste]

Anybody use one and have results they can report?

[tan top]

yeah only had to do one tiny mark on my original interior  rear side panel ,  worked real good , but take your time , don't put too much liquid  vinal stuff on at a time

[rick]

ha i'm going to to my dash pads so i will let you know who it works Rick

[Nassau1969]

Rick,
I used the eastwood vinyl repair kit, I did a upper door pad that had a U shaped damage from the vent window lock. I also did a pin hole on a dash pad and a crack on the dash pad. The crack didn't work well on the dash pad. Eveything else worked very good. The reason the dash crack didn't work well was after the dash cracks it gets un-leveled because of the hard cushion under it. It just seems to rise around the cracked area. I didn't have any luck with it in this area. I also had a pellet sized indentation in a upper door pad that I could not get out. So I used it on one and it worked. Also if this helps anyone I had a little bigger indentation on one about the size of a dime so I drilled a hole threw the back part of the upper door panel directly on the opposite side and used some of the house insulation foam to push it out and it worked. Also be sure if you do the upper door pad when drilling the hole threw the back make sure you put a set colour on the drill bit to control the depth to stop it from going in to far and threw the other side of the pad. Use the blue foam from Greats stuff (window and door). I also had a experimental spare dash pad to work on before I did the real deal.

[68 RT]

On cracks you have to cut away more vinyl, so it will be level. I have used these repair kits and have had good results.

[Nassau1969]

If had to repair a visible dash crack from being weathered / aged crack hit whatever I probably wouldn't use it. It just means it getting old and tired. If its cracked by nature it may crack somewhere else soon. If it had a pin hole like someone stuck a tie tack in it I would repair it and use it. To do all that work to take it out, repair it and put it back in I would try and find another dash. This is just my opinion. Also don't take your Vinyl pieces for grantit. I was in my garage with my 69 Charger that has 57,000 miles, I was showing off and was admiring how soft the dash pad was and how I never had a dash this soft.  I said you could hit this pad and it would be fine. I have done this a few times now. Well it was just a little to cold and with the corner of my pinkie knuckle and doing my show off demonstration banged it and it cracked, WHAT A BIG DICK MOVE. I sat in the car and stared at it for hours saying what the Fu@k did I just do. I was literally sick over this stupid stunt.  I have never come across a dash pad yet to this day that is as soft. You could squeeze it with your fingers with no problem it was like a sponge ball. I'm such an @sshole for doing what I did. I'm sure, I will never ever do something that reckless and dumb again. I feel like I hurt/injured my car. And I never want to feel the way I felt when that happened. A very good friend of mine read a article in a magizine about vinyl car interiors. They said using skin so soft by Avon works excellent in preserving vinyl.  I have been using it for years now and it seems to be working excellent.