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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mbell on 2015-01-01 21:29

Title: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: mbell on 2015-01-01 21:29
Does anyone know how to whiten up the lettering on the das bezels. Mine have tuned browish white over the years.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: Jeff Norwell on 2015-01-02 07:01
3 ways.1-Buy a new face plate from Carpenters.2-have Classic instruments re screen the art work.3-Have a very talented sign person re letter them.
#1 would be the cheapest route.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: SkylinerRon on 2015-01-05 00:42
A new speedo lens w/shiny chrome looks great too....

Ron.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2015-01-05 04:13
take care with the driving range indicator lense ( if you have auto drive). (some?) repros have the wrong script style. the numbers look too modern, it's a shame.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: RICH MUISE on 2015-01-05 09:25
Back to the op on whitening the letters...a weird thought....denture cleansers...I've got an old lense around somewhere. I'll try it and let you know how it works. LOL...I already have the denture cleaner.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: mbell on 2015-01-06 23:25
Thanks for the response. What I a asking about is the lettering on the black strips above the headlight vent , wiper and lighter knobs.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: jumping jack flash on 2015-01-08 21:04
Those letters have a light that shines through them . Paint may prevent light from shining through.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: mbell on 2015-01-08 23:26
Correct. I need to find out what anyone has done to get them white.
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: Jeff Norwell on 2015-01-09 07:26
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2015-01-05 09:25
Back to the op on whitening the letters...a weird thought....denture cleansers...I've got an old lense around somewhere. I'll try it and let you know how it works. LOL...I already have the denture cleaner.


ha ha ha
Title: Re: Lettering on Dash Bezels
Post by: RICH MUISE on 2015-01-09 09:55
Never did try that, and I don't have my old dash pieces anymore that MBell is talking about. I may still try the dental cleanser on the speedometer facing though....I'm talking about the foaming tablets. I can't believe I'm discussing denture stuff, but I use the ones for smoker's...overnight it removes any trace of smoking, or even worse, coffee. I would think it would help whiten things, and is gental (dental variation of gentle, lol)enough to not hurt the plastic.
Funny..on an episode of Bones they use about 168 boxes of dental cleaser tablets to clean an old skeleton.