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My 2001 Horizon 180 has a couple of spots on the dash where it looks like a vinyl coating has worn off. There appears to be a rigid foam underneath. Has anyone found a way to re-coat the dash? I know of vinyl paints but this seems more like a heavy vinyl coating. It would be nice if I could re-coat the dash.
Thanks Rob

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2001 Horizon 180

The foam was probably flexible to begin with but has become brittle with age and heat ! Thermoplastic foam backed plasticised PVC sheet is often used for such applications; heated and then vacuum formed onto the carrier which has a heat activated adhesive on it ( with some manual manipulation around wraparound areas). Or, the sheet is vacuum formed into a mould and the adhesive coated carrier pressed onto it. It depends on the complexity. These types of foil are used on lower end automotive dashboards, the foam gives them some soft feel ( but grain definition is lost in the vac forming process).

I doubt very much they would have used a vac formed or slush moulded skin, a seperate carrier and injected in PU foam to stick them together ( a process used in the automotive industry for higher end / higher volume parts)

None of these processes are an easy or cheap thing to do at home !

There are companies that do "flocking" to renovate 1970's and 1980's classic car dashboards where the original PVC has deteriorated. It looks quite smart. The substrate is sprayed with an adhesive, the flocking is a spray process using electrostatics.