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Skinning a dashboard bezel or similar round item
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Hi I’m struggling to work out how to skin a dashboard bezel or similar round item . I need to know how to get it around the item and fold inside to cover the bezel. Do I cut a strip or lay a piece over and cut a hole in the middle? I’m stuck please help
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Definitely a difficult one to do as you need to try and get it to drape over the U shape profile of the bezel. My initial thoughts would be to use conventional fabric to drape over the outside and the curved lip, then use cut lines to get it into shape on the inside. On its own you'd see the cut lines, so use a strip of ProFinish on the inside to make the inside neat and cover over the cut lined fabric.
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Skinning a dashboard bezel or similar round item
Leegsy
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5 Years Ago
Bit hard to offer a solution without seeing exactly what you are trying to do, can you post a pic? It sounds like you can't do it in one piece and will need a seam.
Hanaldo
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5 Years Ago
Hi mate sorry tried and tried to upload and for some reason I not let me, best I can explain say is a mini has a central clock , around it there’s a plastic trim ring/bezel. Most of the mini dash has...
Leegsy
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5 Years Ago
Hi Leegsy, I'm trying to get my head around what you've got without the picture too. It's tough! Maybe we should try to get to the bottom of the picture uploading problem, then we can try to give yo...
Matt (Staff)
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5 Years Ago
Hi yeah using iPhone to upload from saved images , don’t know if that’s the problem but have tried and tried , once I get some idea how to do this it pretty much covers me for all pieces I want to do...
Leegsy
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5 Years Ago
Hi Leegsy, thanks for that. Yes, perhaps it's an iPhone issue. I'll run this past the forum technical chap and see if we can get to the bottom of it. In the meantime, yes, please just email images to...
Matt (Staff)
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5 Years Ago
Definitely a difficult one to do as you need to try and get it to drape over the U shape profile of the bezel. My initial thoughts would be to use conventional fabric to drape over the outside and th...
Warren (Staff)
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