It took a while, but I finally was able to learn the name of the light green color for the various dash bits including the instrument cluster, steering wheel and steering column collars. It's called Surf Green. I had thought it was Sea Foam Green, but after buying a spray can of lacquer I realized that SFG is more of a light turquoise. Surf Green is the right mint green for a 1957 Chevrolet.
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| A 12oz. can will easily do a full complement of dash pieces seen here if they were originally green and you are putting 2-3 light coats of new paint on top of prepped old paint. You can probably make do with one can if you are starting with primed pieces too. |
At first I didn't want to repaint the instrument cluster because it had the original paint, but it had a number of chips and issues. I'm very happy with the results though. I also took this opportunity to use a
silver chrome paint on the backs of the gauge faces and gauge housings for better gauge lighting.
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