I was able to find a glove box in good shape from another member. Overall it is great shape it just seems to have the expected 45 years of dust on it. Anyone have any ideas on how to clean the flocking without damaging it?

In the old days there were people listed in Hemmings. IF there is anybody left, Google maybe your friend.

I've got a bag of left over flocking I can loan you. Is the glove box still in the car?

Procedure:

Lightly sand and clean the inside.
Lay down a thick layer of paint with a brush.
Waft in the flocking with a squeeze bottle.
Let the paint dry with the flocking adhered to it.
Remove any loose flocking.

Finished result is better than new. See my build thread.

WD-40.

+1 Doug loaned me his magic bag of flocking and the glove box is good as new.

Where the Fuch can someone find flocking?

Sorry, I had to

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Wow! I've owned at least one 914 for 40 years and just learned about flocking! Always wondered why the glove box interior was so hard to wipe clean... Flocking.

Ideally, what color flocking should be used? Black or grey?

I found my flocking on Ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/400644189536?hash=...qwAAOxy4dNS033E

Didn't see a gray listed as a color any more, but I'm sure they carry it.
In fact my color was charcoal gray...a great match to the original.
I'd drop them a line (question) and just ask for it.
Great product.

Sometimes you need things (or to do things) and you really don't know it yet.....
Looks way better than the pics can show.

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@raynekat I bought a flocking kit to do a reproduction drivers door pocket already. I think the grey I got is a little dark compared to the glove box. I will try that one first. I thought there might be a detailers trick to cleaning the stuff.

That looks dead on for the color.

I don't think there is a trick to cleaning the flocking in your glovebox.
It's very delicate stuff, so any kind of cleaning will basically remove it and you'll have bare to nearly bare cardboard instead.
The flocking is basically a bunch of very short and small hairs that are sticking out of some kind of fastener medium like paint.
So they are not very sturdy/robust and if you scrub on the flocking material, it will come off the inside of your glovebox.
Mine was quite old, dirty and crusty looking so I chose to restore/refresh it.

Here is what I used.
Charcoal gray flocking with a med gray craft paint.
It came out great and looks factory.

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Flocking 101.
Have you ever looked at flocking for the glove boxes?
Up close you'll see what looks like a bunch of very short hairs.....what the flock!
It's true; just checked it out under a magnifying glass.
And this flocking material can get everywhere.
Beware! Ha

I used a big cardboard box as a work station.
Once I had sanded the old flock off the inside of the glovebox, I then gave every square centimeter a good coating of the med gray craft paint.
Then into the workstation box went the glove box and and I used the squeeze bottle to liberally coat the entire inside of the glove box while the paint was still wet.
The flocking hairs stick to the paint in every orientation, but a vast majority of them stick out from the paint giving you that nice fuzzy appearance/feel to the inside.
After the paint dries, you just shake out any remaining flocking that didn't get glued up and is loose.
Easy peasy.

Ty, just bought a kit

Flocking kits are available at hobby lobby, and woodcraft stores. I use it on the inside of custom gun cases, jewelry boxes, etc.

I was able flock the drivers door pocket this weekend. It turned out pretty good. It is hard to tell the color based on the fluff in the bag but this looks pretty close.

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