Under dash panels/Rexine?

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I’m finally buttoning everything up. The aluminum under-dash panels have a fabric like covering, which is flaking off. Think it was called Rexin(e). Anybody have a source or recommended substitute?

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Woolies trim used to have it.

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Don’t know if this helps:
https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/rexine-sheets-18323167488.html
Cheers,
LLynn

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In the past i’ve covered the panels with cloth with that simple weave pattern then painted them till you can still see a bit of the cloth show through like the original. Book binders used to use that material on their cheaper work.

Phil.

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Black marine vinyl from the local fabric store works well.

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Thanks, all. Yes, it does look like the cloth on old book covers. No wonder I had the urge to eat the stuff that was flaking off the panel. I’ll try a craft or fabric store. (Woolies doesn’t list it on web site).

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Eric,

The equivalent to Rexine is available at:
https://www.martrim.co.uk/car-trimming-supplies/vinide-leather-cloth-rexine.php

Tadek

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The material covering the under-dash panels on my car has no texture/grain. It looks like the plain cloth book covers from the 40s and 50s (before the fake leather as on a three ring binder). I guess it’s not Rexine. I’m sure it’s original. I’ll find some similar cloth, glue it on and paint it black. Thanks

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Try asking at a local book restorer. There you can at least see if the stuff matches what is on your car.

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Good idea…I shall. By the way, my spouse says it looks like oil cloth.

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Thought I’d close the loop on this. After some experimentation, I decided to use VHT brand wrinkle paint (SP201) in lieu of the fabric covering. They’re virtually identical in appearance and the paint will be far more durable. I followed the application instructions on the can, but after the last coat dries to a slight tack, I heated the parts with a heat gun. The correct texture will pop out at a high temperature. Stop applying heat when the texture gets where you want it. This preempts more prominent wrinkling which occurs in the normal cure process. You want a grainy “crackle” versus "wrinkle’. look.

I also used it on the flat “pie segment” finishers that cover the lower portion of the chrome finishers at the junction between the dash panel and the cant rails.

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