Re: [BaadAssGremlins] 78 gremlin light switch

Thanks to everyone for the info on painting the dash. Want to get rid of this ugly blue green and go to black. I'm ready now.

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am confused. What held the light switch in before you painted the dash? All AMC light switched I have seen in Hornet's and Gremlins are held in with that strange flat head with a screwdriver slot nut/bolt what ever you want to call it. 99% of all the plastic parts whether they are hard or flexible plastic in my latest interior project were painted with SEM dye. It can be used on plastic, cloth or vinal depending on what base prep you use. I even used it to change the headliner from puke tan to black. On the plastic parts I clear coated them with 2 coats of semi-gloss SEM after painting them black. I used it on my last interior job on my yellow Hornet 5 years ago and it still looks like the day I did it. Hard plastic parts that I painted gloss on my dash were cleaned or stripped with Castrol Super Clean scuffed with 600# sand paper, primed with black Plasti-Cote sandable primer, scuffed again and painted with Sherman Williams gloss black enamel. When dry for a few weeks I rubber the parts out with a paste made from Colgate Tooth Paste and Corn Starch. You cannot use regular rubbing compound on spray can enamel because the toluene and other chemicals in the compound will ruin the paint. "Doc"To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Charles Burch" <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:19:27 -0600
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] 78 gremlin light switch

i dont see it here, someone think they can hook me up somehow just in case? or could i just take a bolt that threads inthere and drill a hole into it?

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From: Plumpy72@xxxxxxx

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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:03 PM

Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] 78 gremlin light switch

There should have been a flat head screw in those threads. Once the knob and shaft are removed, it would have to be unscrewed to get the light switch out of the dash. Check around, it has to be there somewhere.

As far as painting the plastic, there are several members that have done this. I removed the old paint by soaking the plastic instrument panel in Castrol Super Clean. It was a trick I learned from Doc. Just keep the part saturated. Once the paint is off, clean it good with warm water and a red Scotch-Brite. If the part is black and has never been painted, scuff it up with a Scotch-Brite pad and it's ready for paint.

There are paints on the market specifically developed for plastic......even vinyl kick panels. I, myself have had real good luck using a high temp paint from a local parts house. It gives me the finish I like and adheres very well (even without primer) to the dash pieces.

Doc can probably fill you in with other prep and paint methods. He is the master.

Good luck.

Rick