Looking to understand the process/procedure to repaint the dash...NOT the Dash pad. Specifically, do you just need to degrease and and paint over the top of the existing paint OR sand down, prime and then paint?

try a search jim it will help a lot. i sanded mine down and spray bombed it. looks great!

same here (last weekend). sand then use an eching primer. if you are doing the front side (facing you) i went with a semi gloss. it looks awesome.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w48/msenmartin/dash/IMG_0156.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w48/msenmartin/dash/IMG_0158.jpg

if you are doing the top go with a textured finish.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w48/msenmartin/camaro/IMG_0002.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w48/msenmartin/camaro/IMG_0005.jpg

hope this helps

Degrease it first, a BUNCH of times, over and over. Dashes tend to get a lot of armorall. If you don't get it off, sanding will force it into the remaining paint, and your new paint will come off.

Yes I forgot! ALERT ALERT ALERT!!! Read above statement by JimM. Or your in for a fun job.

I agree with all on the degreasing. I used a solvent then sanded with a 400 grit and spray bombed both the top and front with a NAPA semi gloss black. Still looks good after almost 20 years. Jim

Awesome...just the direction i needed. Thanks all!

I used paint stripper to remove the paint from my dash and sanded it down. I primed and painted it with Kyrlon semi flat and sprayed three coats of Krylon satin clear. It turned out real nice and was easy to spray.

what is a spray bomb?

spray bomb=spray can. i spayed some self etch primer over some old paint and got a wrinkle finish be careful. i used krylon too and kept getting fish eyes untill i used krylon primer over the old paint?