Dashboard Black Appliqué or tape, c.1990 OUTRAGE

[gtwillis]

Where can one buy the black "tape" that covers the dashboard of a 1990 Boston Whaler Outrage? Thanks

[Jefecinco]

Grainger may have something similar. When faced with replacing the similar vinyl stick-on material on a previous boat I found the material available to me at that time made replacement uneconomical due to having to buy so much more than needed for my project. I ended up carefully masking the area, removed all gauges, etc. and sprayed the area with a can of flat black pressurized paint. I used three coats over several hours. I believe the paint looked better than new vinyl and it lasted for many years.

[jimh]

I gave this answer recently in the old forum, but I will repeat it here:

Some portions of the helm on classic Boston Whaler boats was often covered with a black faux-leather vinyl sheet material. This material has been called a number of names, including

--Mat-Tack, and

--Mat-Tac, but

I believe those names are corruptions of the name of the manufacturer of the material, MACtac. See

http://mactac.com/

MACtac makes all kinds of material, and somewhere on their website must be that back faux-leather grain vinyl material used on Boston Whaler boats.

Another material that might be suitable appears to be a 3M product called

3m MATTE Black M12 Scotchprint Car Wrap Vinyl Film 1080 Series.

See

http://www.amazon.com/3M-MATTE-Black-Sc ... L066S4B22W

I have not tried this 3M product, but it appears to have a faux pebble grain surface. Also see

http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/020992.html

for more discussion about these vinyl appliqués,

In the case of a c.1990 OUTRAGE console, I don't think that MACtac was used, based on some remarks from Jeff, as the design of the console was different than seen on the earlier models. I don't know exactly what material was used, but I suspect that Boston Whaler could give you some advice about it. Try calling customer service and inquiring about it.