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davedyer79 · 11-09-2004, 08:41 AM

SarkaZm: The dash is pretty easy to keep clean. I shows dust a lot better than the rest of the dash, but I keep one of those "fibercloths" in my console and it is supposed to clean and polish at the same time. About once a week I will wipe the dash, takes about 2 minutes to do the dash and all doors. I think it was well worth it to get the look the truck has. About the fingerprints, I haven't noticed any yet, but I don't have any kids yet. The paint has the same quality's as the outside paint. The surround on the amprack is made of fiberglass. I covered my amps with plastic and stretched a sheet over them and the base board. I resined the sheet and put 2 layers of glass. It was a quick way to finish the rack without a lot of frame construction.

phillipyang: It is a little more complicated than that. I didn't actually paint the pieces, Heritage Customs did. It looked fairly simple. I have painted a lot of fiberglass boxes, ampracks, and other stuff in college and it was fairly simple. The most time comes to prepping, making the surface ready to paint. All surfaces need to be scuffed for the primer to bind to, then most plastics require a plastic promoter. Then comes the primer. I use a good high build polyester primer, because it covers up pinholes from bondo and slight imperfections. Sand the primer until smooth and all the blemishes are covered and you are ready to paint.
Then you need the proper tools. Good compressor with regulator, dryer. Paint gun with misc. tips for spraying the thick primer and then the very thin base-clear coat. If the project is big, a good air mask and possibly a suit. If your in a bigger town the primer and paint should be readily available, along with the gun and all the other tools. My friend went to autobody school and has shown me some tricks, but I picked up the rest by trial and error or by researching on the net.
I would recommend you to go for it. Just train yourself on things that aren't very expensive. I have been painting small things for a few years now and the pieces on my Titan scared the crap out of me to paint. I couldn't have done the job they did. I think if I had more time to practice with different material and methods I can, and so can you. You weren't born walking, you taught yourself!!

dman: A real gentleman never discloses such things. PM me and I will let you know.

Thanks for all the compliments, I appreciate them. I will continue to post when I do more to the stereo setup.

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davedyer79 Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	SarkaZm: The dash is pretty easy to keep clean. I shows dust a lot better than the rest of the dash, but I keep one of those "fibercloths" in my console and it is supposed to clean and polish at the same time. About once a week I will wipe the dash, takes about 2 minutes to do the dash and all doors. I think it was well worth it to get the look the truck has. About the fingerprints, I haven't noticed any yet, but I don't have any kids yet. The paint has the same quality's as the outside paint. The surround on the amprack is made of fiberglass. I covered my amps with plastic and stretched a sheet over them and the base board. I resined the sheet and put 2 layers of glass. It was a quick way to finish the rack without a lot of frame construction. phillipyang: It is a little more complicated than that. I didn't actually paint the pieces, Heritage Customs did. It looked fairly simple. I have painted a lot of fiberglass boxes, ampracks, and other stuff in college and it was fairly simple. The most time comes to prepping, making the surface ready to paint. All surfaces need to be scuffed for the primer to bind to, then most plastics require a plastic promoter. Then comes the primer. I use a good high build polyester primer, because it covers up pinholes from bondo and slight imperfections. Sand the primer until smooth and all the blemishes are covered and you are ready to paint. Then you need the proper tools. Good compressor with regulator, dryer. Paint gun with misc. tips for spraying the thick primer and then the very thin base-clear coat. If the project is big, a good air mask and possibly a suit. If your in a bigger town the primer and paint should be readily available, along with the gun and all the other tools. My friend went to autobody school and has shown me some tricks, but I picked up the rest by trial and error or by researching on the net. I would recommend you to go for it. Just train yourself on things that aren't very expensive. I have been painting small things for a few years now and the pieces on my Titan scared the crap out of me to paint. I couldn't have done the job they did. I think if I had more time to practice with different material and methods I can, and so can you. You weren't born walking, you taught yourself!! dman: A real gentleman never discloses such things. PM me and I will let you know. Thanks for all the compliments, I appreciate them. I will continue to post when I do more to the stereo setup.