Easier to remove dash pad or entire dash on 240z?

[5 Star Rising]

1 hour ago, jhm said:

Congrats...looks very nice.  You probably already know this, but the problem most people encounter when restoring an old dash is that new cracks continue to pop up after the restoration....and obviously best way to avoid this is a good sealer treatment and avoid UV whenever possible.  May even want to consider using one of those carpet-type dash mats to protect it.

Thanks. Yeah when I removed the dash pad off the old frame it created and new giant crack that I had to repair also, thats telling me the core is pretty briddle..thought about putting something else on it to protect it. Is there a preferred sealer product people use after restoring their dash? It may help the top of the dash for a bit but if the crack comes from the inside out I'm screwed.