Dash results (and X-mas comes early :)

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I think it looks pretty good. Hey if you didn't try you wouldn't have known.
Sometimes pictures don't truly reflect the way it looks. My guess is that
the pictures are accentuating the light reflecting on the wrinkles and
making them more apparent that they are in real life. Is that true? Did he
have different textures or something smoother? Is that something that can be
done in a persons local area? Keep at it you are helping us all.

On 11/18/05, Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com> wrote:
>
> No offense taken at all - that's why I asked for opinions. But to say
> it's garbage might be a stretch. And since you trashed it in such a
> vehement way, you could at least share your proposed approach...
>
> From my standpoint, it was garbage before (and if you'd seen the before
> pix, you'd agree). At least now, it's crack-free :) But, I agree, it
> looks nothing like a material that a dashboard would be composed of.
> But, as I pointed out originally, it can be sanded and painted. So it's
> not like it's ruined. Just think of it as a blank canvas! I could have
> spent 10-20+ hours experimenting with different materials and never
> ended up with something as uniform as this. My time is worth several
> times more than what this cost me (and I've got other dummy dashes to
> mess with if the mood strikes me)
>
> Besides, doesn't my Vortex UID "gamblinfool" tell you anything about me?
> :)
>
> Eric S wrote:
>
> >Jeff don't take this the wrong way...just my opinion.
> >
> >Dash - looks like absolute shit, wasted money...shoulda saved for the
> real
> >thing...its now garbage. (just being honest, it seriously looks like
> >fucking shit)
> >
> >Rims - HOT HOT HOT...nice find mang!
> >
> >
> >
>
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