dash flocking
 

Anyone know what I search under for this service on yell as I cant find any?

Oh I had hoped it was a common business and there would be one around here! tried flocking services and nothing....flockings out then

I posted mine. As long as it's packaged well, there's no bother?

Craig. I have just found out that Ultima cover there dash in leather for there Can-Am.

Maybe worth a mention to Can-am owners. I have a friend (getting is GTR delivered this week in kit form). I'll mention it to him if you want and he can ask Ultima???

John, what is the dash made off? From what I was told it's a big problem on fiberglass esp gel coat! I said what about tvr etc etc and they said that the leather is inpregnated into the dash from the factory!

Decided now that it's getting flocked anyway! It's all packed up ready to go, i will still have to get the cluster done in leather though as this is possible

Craig

To be honest Craig, although the leather would look great, I think the glare would be frustrating - the screen is at such an angle, that even slight amounts of dirt on the glass affect visibility a reasonable amount, and a large flat reflective surface under the screen would be very distracting.

Chaps did a search in Kompass under UK Flocking Services onto plastics and got the following output:

Qualplast (1991) Ltd Birmingham B42 1EA West Midlands ‎ 0121 3575858 ‎

I C L Plastics Ltd Glasgow G20 7NF Lanarkshire ‎0141 3321331 ‎

M & S Automotive Coatings Ltd Boldon Colliery NE35 9PZ Tyne And Wear 0191 5194961 ‎

Stelmax Ltd Ipswich IP5 3RD Suffolk ‎01473 622265 ‎

Electroflock Ltd Kingswinford DY6 7UG West Midlands ‎01384 402660

Lannoy Marketing Ltd Manningtree CO11 1UR Essex ‎01206 394437

Textile Bonding Rushden NN10 8ER Northamptonshire ‎01933 410100

Hiva Products (High Voltage Applications Ltd) Leicester LE2 8LX Leicestershire ‎0116 2836977 ‎

Charvo Finishing Ltd Skipton BD23 2QR North Yorkshire 01756 795028

Not sure how relevant they are but I hope it helps some of you (and me!). If you get good results out of any of them then please let the others know by posting.


regards

MikeN

No problem Craig. I will find out what the dash is made of anyway.

That's the reason I went for leather. No glare. The shiny sprayed surfaces I noticed this effect. Not sure on the matt sprayed one's. Did not notice it on Bigrich's sprayed one though.

The dash on my car is sprayed and i've had no probs with glare at all. I've also noticed that even after a short drive the dash can get quite covered with dust and dirt this may be a problem on some surfaces to clean.

Mike R

No problem cleaning the flock - it's nylon, so worst case you can use a bucket of warm soapy water, though a vacuum cleaner has served me fine so far.

Mike excellent list cheers!

Anyone hazard a guess which one on the list no longer exists??

Well my dash is going to autoflock! They have sorted the courier for monday and so far they have been excellent.

What have people gone for with regards colour??? Thinking black but dark grey or dark blue might look good??

Hi Craig. Mine went to Electroflock near Birmingham. Reasonable price and very professional - they do a lot of flocking for Bentley and so on. They weren't quite 100% happy with mine (hardly noticeable minor defects only in the texture) so gave me a hefty discount which I was more than happy with.

Just make sure whoever you use is using a proper high-voltage electrical flocking process not just a glue-and-scatter. The latter approach is by most accounts rubbish.

I went for black, 0.75mm. I looked at a few other colours at the factory but the dark grey just ended up looking like cheap carpet tiles. I wondered about a really rich blue or something but I chickened out :) The galre would have been worse too.
Richard

Rich I'm glad you posted as the more I have thought about it the more I was thinking dark grey or blue to match my interior!

I went for dark grey carpets and the elises have dark grey dash's which look cool but will stick with black now I think! Unless I change my mind before monday, defo grey or black.

They use the proper equipment and only flock apparently which stops contamination.....I will have to wait and see! my dash has quite a few imperfections anyway small cracks etc. I should have it back by next saturday.

£80 all in including pickup and delivery back to me and an ali ecu cover so seems quite cheap

Craig

Can anyone say how the dashboard should be prepaired before being sent for flocking?

Regards

MikeN

I guess it depends on where you send it really as I asked that question today and they just told me that they would address any shortfalls and not to worry about it.

I just made sure mine was smooth and rubbed it down with 800 grit paper. I filled all the imperfections. Apparently that was sufficient.

We used car builder solutions no probs and good price we thought.
ATB
Terry