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While doing the spring updates to my boat, inevitably you always run across little problems that have gotten worse over the years. One of these problems in my boat, was the lower dash pod retaining bolts through the years had managed to slowly enlarge the dash holes until they completely broke out of the lower portion of the dash pod.
After checking with the dealer on a new dash pod, the expense to replace the dash pod was way to much money. Luckily for me, I saw "DavidF's" thread. He was nice enough to explain to me the procedure for doing a fiberglass repair.
So here it is if it helps anyone.
For the fiberglass repair, I used Bondo fiberglass resin and mat that I purchased at Home depot. I also used some Aquamend to fill in the gap between the front and rear fiberglass repairs so I would not have to keep adding fiberglass into the small "V" shaped area. Once I was able to get the fiberglass close to the correct shape, I used a Dremel to sand it down so it matched the orginal shape.
I then took it to a leather repair shop and had them re-texture it to it's orignal appearance.
Now that it is back in place on my boat it looks brand new.
After checking with the dealer on a new dash pod, the expense to replace the dash pod was way to much money. Luckily for me, I saw "DavidF's" thread. He was nice enough to explain to me the procedure for doing a fiberglass repair.
So here it is if it helps anyone.
For the fiberglass repair, I used Bondo fiberglass resin and mat that I purchased at Home depot. I also used some Aquamend to fill in the gap between the front and rear fiberglass repairs so I would not have to keep adding fiberglass into the small "V" shaped area. Once I was able to get the fiberglass close to the correct shape, I used a Dremel to sand it down so it matched the orginal shape.
I then took it to a leather repair shop and had them re-texture it to it's orignal appearance.
Now that it is back in place on my boat it looks brand new.
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