Question on painting under dash

[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
My 54 Hornet restoration project had considerable surface rust under the dash. I removed the instrument panel and the dash board. The area has been wired brushed and treated with a rust converter. I am now ready to paint. Are there areas that I should not paint? I am concerned about screwing up the electrical grounding or is this a non-issue? Does the instrument panel ground on the dashboard?



Thanks in advance for your feedback.



Doug

Comments

  • Hudson308, thanks for your response and suggestion. I am off to the office supply place. I remember someone telling me that in a 6 volt system that a good ground is absolutely essential hence my concern.



    Doug
  • dwardo99
    dwardo99 Expert Adviser
    Why not just attach a substantial ground wire to the inside of the dash and run it to the chassis? Then you can paint the dash any way you like.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    dwardo, I think the concern was not so much the dash itself being grounded, but grounding of individual items to the dash.
  • dwardo99
    dwardo99 Expert Adviser
    Could be. I had the impression Doug's concern was that painting the mating surface of the dash would insulate the dash from the chassis, which it would. I have found in fooling around with old motorcycles that you really can't have too many ground wires.
  • dwardo99 wrote:
    Why not just attach a substantial ground wire to the inside of the dash and run it to the chassis? Then you can paint the dash any way you like.

    I pulled my dash and painted everything, but when I put the instrument panel back in, I attached a ground wire from the chassis and attached it to one of the studs protruding from the back of the instrument panel and tightened the nut down on the terminal end of the ground wire. Don't have to worry about any rust forming behind the cluster and have a good ground too.
    Bob
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