Should the black paint on the top of the dash be flat black or have a slight sheen to it. I'm saying flat but others say sheen.

 

Its a % reduced gloss semi to allow for cleaning without being reflective. <Its not flat> Edit yep it is flat....., but it's not a porous flat like a flat interior house paint is where you rub up against it and it leaves a mark. The surface is sealed to allow cleaning. TX Joe. Your paint dealer will be able to mix it. I used a heavily reduced gloss on mine because I liked the look.
The paint codes are available here and at your local paint supplier who should be able to cross ref the Ditzler #s

I'm guessing by that steering wheel you are referring to a 68 dash.

https://www.autocolorlibrary.com/pages/classic-library

 

Rick, the upper part of the dash directly below the windshield is flat. The lower dash is semi-gloss.

 

Thanks for the info.
Yes, it is a 68 although the steering wheel / column are there temporarily. I have a tilt column and OEM sport wheel for the final assembly.

Thanks Joe. Do you agree that there should be a slight sheen on the upper dash as described above? This is pretty much what my paint guy is telling me too.

 

If you are looking for 100% correct as born with paint have the vendor mix a small amount of the original recipe and do a spray-out.

I was not too fond of the original mix from a durability or cleanability standpoint. If you wiped it with a paper towel it would leave paper towel remnants behind that were hard to make go away. I did not apply it "too dry"

I sanded it down and resprayed I think with a 60 or 70% gloss mix....35 years ago. It still looks new and doesn't collect dirt. That's a hard area to access for cleaning.

 

Thanks for the comments.
My paint guy pretty much said the same thing as far as scratching and cleaning. His exact words were " if I shoot it with flat, your beer cans will leave marks". He is suggesting using a semi-gloss finish that he swears by. If it's too shiny for me, he said he can dull it down.

 

Then consider a semi-flat or, as an alternative, a satin mix (w/satin having more gloss than semi-flat) on the metal at the top of the dash. Semi gloss would be a higher gloss than the satin. Is the dash metal color going to be black? (not that the color matters for your question here).

IMO, a semi gloss is "too much" for the upper dash metal....but we're now talking about personal preferences.

 

This is what I gave my painter and he was able to get to a good place (I think).
Too much sheen? Not sure... looks good to me.

 

That looks really nice. Thanks for posting the info and the pics.

 

This is what we ended up with. I think it looks good.

 

Yes sir. Nice!

 

Looks great! Congrats.

 

Thanks fellas.