painted dash and other plastics...

pi3yeargrad · 01-25-2006, 12:21 PM

Guys help me out here...Ive heard that painting plastics u gottta bake em and all this but Ive seen some of u guys paint ur dash panels and stuff and also the engine cover and I wanna know howd u do it and whats the best way...I painted my engine cover but it didnt turn out so well and a friend said I had to bake it or I dunno...SO any suggestions? comments? advice? INSTRUCTIONS??

rcantu · 01-25-2006, 12:37 PM

the engine cover, guys bought krylon for plastic. i think you can do the same for the dash.

Sammy Sandbag · 01-25-2006, 03:37 PM

I never heard of baking it, but I'm no pro painter. I glassed, filled and primed my bezel myself, but had a body shop paint it to match the rest of the interior.

docopharm · 01-25-2006, 04:14 PM

I painted part of mine to see how it would work out. Lightly sand, wash down well and spray with 3-4 coats of Krylon or American Tradition plastic stuff. I got impatient and didn't wait before the Krylon dried before I tried a clear coat over it and it bubbled up some in places. As for durability though, it seems to wear better than the factory pieces. I've tried to scratch it make it peel, but it won't. Take your time with it (unlike me) and it should turn out nice. There's a guy on CT (goval) that did his and it looks great. I saw it in person at a meet a while back and you couldn't tell it wasn't factory. Check out his gallery on the other site and you should see some pics of it on there. I'll be doing the rest of mine before too long.

Here's the part I painted:

docopharm · 01-25-2006, 04:17 PM

By the way, you may be thinking of separating the headlight cover plastic when you were talking about baking.

pi3yeargrad · 01-25-2006, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by docopharm

By the way, you may be thinking of separating the headlight cover plastic when you were talking about baking.

nah I knew about that one but a friend of mine who has friends who paint...told me they baked the peices after paint or summin I dunno...and I did paint my engine cover but it bubbled on me also and I didnt know why...used that krylon stuff...

*glowinstrat* · 01-25-2006, 06:08 PM

i want to paint my interior peices to

grunge311 · 01-25-2006, 08:11 PM

Im painting my interior on friday.

Its not hard (have done it before) the key is prep work.
You need to scuff everything up with 400gt sandpaper, get it as clean as you can get it, in a warm (70degree +) dry place shoot it with a decent (not to heavy not to light) coat of plastic adhesion promotor. Wait about 15 minutes and do a tack test on somewhere not important (the back for example) once its not wet, but not dry, just the right amount of tackyness. Once its like that spray several extremely light coats of your base color, waiting a few minutes each coat, this usually takes me about 3 coats, maybe 4 if the object has corners and stuff the paint has to work into. Then once your base is done, wait another 15 minutes or so for "tackiness". Once its sticky, start with the clear coats, several light coats, same process as with the base paint. Wait for it to tack up again and repeat with the clear coat.

Then let it dry 24 hours, check your work. If there are bubbles or imperfections wet sand the pieces very carefully unill they are gone and shoot it with more clear coat...wait 24 hours...repeat....

Keep doing that until its good enough for you.

For my truck I am using all House of colors paint, which is a very expensive high end automotive paint. My sisters bf runs a vinyl shop and airbrushes stuff on the side, he was generous enough to provide all the equipment (and some extra skill) to this project.

pi3yeargrad · 01-25-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by grunge311

Im painting my interior on friday.

Its not hard (have done it before) the key is prep work.
You need to scuff everything up with 400gt sandpaper, get it as clean as you can get it, in a warm (70degree +) dry place shoot it with a decent (not to heavy not to light) coat of plastic adhesion promotor. Wait about 15 minutes and do a tack test on somewhere not important (the back for example) once its not wet, but not dry, just the right amount of tackyness. Once its like that spray several extremely light coats of your base color, waiting a few minutes each coat, this usually takes me about 3 coats, maybe 4 if the object has corners and stuff the paint has to work into. Then once your base is done, wait another 15 minutes or so for "tackiness". Once its sticky, start with the clear coats, several light coats, same process as with the base paint. Wait for it to tack up again and repeat with the clear coat.

Then let it dry 24 hours, check your work. If there are bubbles or imperfections wet sand the pieces very carefully unill they are gone and shoot it with more clear coat...wait 24 hours...repeat....

Keep doing that until its good enough for you.

For my truck I am using all House of colors paint, which is a very expensive high end automotive paint. My sisters bf runs a vinyl shop and airbrushes stuff on the side, he was generous enough to provide all the equipment (and some extra skill) to this project.

is this the same for the engine cover? I screwed up my engine cover...I guess I needa sand and then repaint...where do u get this house of colors paint...whats the best "clear ocat to use and where do u get also? AND where do u get this "adhesion promoter" and is that what its called when I look for it?

thanks

grunge311 · 01-25-2006, 11:27 PM

No the engine cover is completely different... I am not sure how to do those, all I know is you have to use the high heat paint. I don't think there are clear coats involved but I could be wrong.

92TripleBlack · 01-25-2006, 11:33 PM

What colors are you guys painting your interiors? I like the stock look, but I'm curious. Any Banana Yellow guys?

pi3yeargrad · 01-25-2006, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 92TripleBlack

What colors are you guys painting your interiors? I like the stock look, but I'm curious. Any Banana Yellow guys?

lol...not me...Im still thinkin bout it...

*glowinstrat* · 01-26-2006, 07:47 AM

I will be painting mine red alert,along with my door handels,and my wiper arms

grunge311 · 01-26-2006, 08:24 AM

My color choices are as:
non metalic black (piano black)
metalic black
Dark metalic navy blue
radient silver
any "candy" color.

Those I have access to, I am pretty much decieded on the regular non metalic black with craploads of clear so its shiny as all hell.

I took my RF bezel and painted it like 5 different colors in sections to see which one works best. The silver looked OK, but I think it would lighten up the interior too much (I like dark interiors). Black looks very classy but yet stock at the same time.

The dark navy blue looks nice, and I amp planning on doing duo-tone leather seats (black and blue) and some cutsom blue vinyl on the side so it would match then, but Im still drawn to the black.

I might change it up though, I have until friday to deciede.

92TripleBlack · 01-26-2006, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by glowinstrat

I will be painting mine red alert,along with my door handels,and my wiper arms

Porsche did a study back in the 50s and found that colored wiper arms were a distraction. This is why car makers now all make them black. Also, bright dash colors can reflect onto the windshield in the sun and make it tough to see out of. This is why many makers use dark dash colors up top. They both have the lowest distraction value. Just a friendly head-up. BTW, I like the looks of custom interiors..........Generally. Here's a mustang exception.