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I found an after picture of my dash, I have no before pictures. I used the exact glue, rollers and needle sizes recommended on the video that was attached to this thread. I had my wife inject (nerve-wracking for both of us) the glue and I immediately hit it with the roller as she left a trail of glue underneath the leather and I wasn’t sure how fast it would dry and didn’t want there to be any lumps or ridges of dried glue underneath. In the attached picture, the yellow circles are where everything came out perfectly. The red up by the windshield and defroster is where the leather had come loose from the edges. It’s pretty good now, but not perfect. That would require stapling the edges of the leather down. The red circled area just above the passenger airbag is bubbled up a bit and when the weather heats up. That will be our next area to try to glue down. As I said in an earlier post, I placed ankle weights overnight on the areas that we had injected and rolled just to make sure they adhered as I have no idea how long it really takes for this glue to dry. Whichever way you go, best of luck.
I found an after picture of my dash, I have no before pictures. I used the exact glue, rollers and needle sizes recommended on the video that was attached to this thread. I had my wife inject (nerve-wracking for both of us) the glue and I immediately hit it with the roller as she left a trail of glue underneath the leather and I wasn’t sure how fast it would dry and didn’t want there to be any lumps or ridges of dried glue underneath. In the attached picture, the yellow circles are where everything came out perfectly. The red up by the windshield and defroster is where the leather had come loose from the edges. It’s pretty good now, but not perfect. That would require stapling the edges of the leather down. The red circled area just above the passenger airbag is bubbled up a bit and when the weather heats up. That will be our next area to try to glue down. As I said in an earlier post, I placed ankle weights overnight on the areas that we had injected and rolled just to make sure they adhered as I have no idea how long it really takes for this glue to dry. Whichever way you go, best of luck.
Thanks for posting the photo with your comments.
The 'AFTER' repair is what many of us are interested to see and to know about.
Many thanks again...
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Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate it.
One more question for anyone who has attempted the fix. When you injected the glue did you inject it into the center of the bubble and then roll out (away from the center) or did you inject it at the edge(s) and roll toward the center? If you had to do it again, would you do it a different way?
Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate it.
One more question for anyone who has attempted the fix. When you injected the glue did you inject it into the center of the bubble and then roll out (away from the center) or did you inject it at the edge(s) and roll toward the center? If you had to do it again, would you do it a different way?
I injected the adhesive from the top of where the bubble started and let gravity work to move the adhesive down while smoothing the leather out moving a microfiber cloth on top of the leather moving in the same direction as the injection flow.
When we did my dash, my wife inserted the needle at an extremely shallow angle and began the insertion about 1/3 of the way from the edge of a bubble and midway between either edge. She slowly injected the adhesive as she gradually withdrew the needle, making sure the syringe was emptied before she got to the point of removing it. As she was moving the needle, I was rolling like crazy because I didn’t (and still don’t) know how quickly the adhesive was going to dry. After that, I took a soft cloth and rubbed it down some more before putting weights on the injected place over night.
"what can be done to help" Do the dealerships have a FIX, or charge many $1000's to replace the entire dash with the same thing.
There's no GM fix.
I've been able to get one quote so far from a shop that's providing little in the way of guarantees. His number is about 5K, rounded up.
When we did my dash, my wife inserted the needle at an extremely shallow angle and began the insertion about 1/3 of the way from the edge of a bubble and midway between either edge. She slowly injected the adhesive as she gradually withdrew the needle, making sure the syringe was emptied before she got to the point of removing it. As she was moving the needle, I was rolling like crazy because I didn’t (and still don’t) know how quickly the adhesive was going to dry. After that, I took a soft cloth and rubbed it down some more before putting weights on the injected place over night.
Thank you for your reply. How did it come out? If you had it to do over again, would you do anything differently?
I injected the adhesive from the top of where the bubble started and let gravity work to move the adhesive down while smoothing the leather out moving a microfiber cloth on top of the leather moving in the same direction as the injection flow.
Thank you for the reply.
How did it come out? If you had it to do over again, would you do anything differently?
There's no GM fix.
I've been able to get one quote so far from a shop that's providing little in the way of guarantees. His number is about 5K, rounded up.
I know. I was making fun of the stupid reply from GM in the post directly above my post. Let us know if you do the injection method.
Thank you for the reply.
How did it come out? If you had it to do over again, would you do anything differently?
I am very satisfied with the way it came out. You have to look really closely to see the small needle marks in the leather. The key point is taking a shallow angle and inject the adhesive under the leather while not allowing the needle to pierce the foam underneath the leather. I did not use a weight to avoid making any indentation marks in the leather. Something flat like a small bag of flour or sugar would be effective.
