Car painting prep work + interior painting.

[nephris]

Hmm.. well basically i want to repaint my car the same color.. body and doors/hatch's etc.. im just wondering if there is any place that has a write up on How to prep not only the outside of your car but also inside the door panels etc for painting..

Also.. I wanna remove the whole interior and paint the plastic/vinyl or leather peices black... so.. how would i prep/paint vinyl and the other plastics? :/

 

[95CarbonEclipse]

This might be a good place to start: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/search.php?searchid=4229120

I hope your next question isn't to ask one of us to do it for you.

 

[erald01]

You gona be sorry if you paint your interior panels. Not only they are not gona look good but the paint will start to crack. Now vinal is a different story (better and if you dont like it you can peel it off), but if you are gona use your car as a daily driver i recommend not mess with your interior at all.

 

[95CarbonEclipse]

Have either of you two ever tried painting an interior before?? If so, and what you're describing are the results you achieved, obviously you didn't use the correct materials or do the prep work properly.

You gona be sorry if you paint your interior panels. Not only they are not gona look good but the paint will start to crack. Now vinal is a different story (better and if you dont like it you can peel it off), but if you are gona use your car as a daily driver i recommend not mess with your interior at all.

Save yourself the trouble and stop now. Dont paint your inner panels to be a ricer. It wont look good, and interior panels take a beating and when painted they always chip and crack and look terrible.

Here is a picture of my interior: 1) It doesn't look ricey. 2) I personally believe that it DOES look good, and 3) I've had the plastic and vinyl peices painted for nearly 6 months now and nothing is chipping, cracking, or looking terrible. Everything you see here that is black has been painted, with the exception of the seats and floor mats.

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[eforney]

Have either of you two ever tried painting an interior before?? If so, and what you're describing are the results you achieved, obviously you didn't use the correct materials or do the prep work properly.

100% correct! There is a vinyl dye that is used for "painting" vinyl. Plastic pieces can be painted to look good and last without chipping. There is specific steps to prepping the plastic to be painted. A good one is actually called plastic prep. You should be able to get all of the materials at a automotive paint supply co. Read and follow all directions and it should come out fine.

Weather it looks ricy or not is your own opinion.

 

[nephris]

When did i ever say i wanted to paint it ricey?.. Simply put i have a dark grey interior and would like to convert it to an all black interior.. is that a problem? :[

 

[nephris]

This might be a good place to start: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/search.php?searchid=4229120

I hope your next question isn't to ask one of us to do it for you.

Haha, no i wouldn't do that.. the thing is i wasn't sure how to prep vinyl for painting! Btw the link didn't work for me! Same with the exterior painting.. no clue on how to sand her down or how far i should sand it etc.. but i relooked at the paint and im deciding not to repaint it ### its in good enough condition.. :] interior i still wanna change. ha

 

[the rage]

Dont be afrade of the vinyl and plastic. I have completed this in my car and it works great. dupli-color make a vinyl and fabric paint its a flexable base so it will not crack, its a 2 part with a cleaner 1st and then the color. Spray on the cleaner a scuff with a white scotch pad# 7445 and dry with clean towel, when dry spray on lite coats.

 

[95CarbonEclipse]

Haha, no i wouldn't do that.. the thing is i wasn't sure how to prep vinyl for painting! Btw the link didn't work for me! Same with the exterior painting.. no clue on how to sand her down or how far i should sand it etc.. but i relooked at the paint and im deciding not to repaint it ### its in good enough condition.. :] interior i still wanna change. ha

Sorry... that was my way of being a smartass. This question has asked a million times and quick search will net you a ton of first hand expieriances with fanstastic results.

I personally used Simple Green to clean and degrease any plastic or vinyl pieces that I was going to paint. Then, you should use a scotch brite pad to gently roughen up the surface. Nothing major, just get the surface to not have that "brand new pencil eraser" look and feel to it (you know how crappy pencil eraser's work when it's never been used). Then paint in lite, even coats. You probably want to allow only about 10 minutes max between coats.

I used Krylon Fusion for my hard plastic trim pieces and Duplicolor's Fabric and Vinyl paint for airbag, center console armrest, and the OEM carpet.

Hope this helps.

 

[Project2G]

When people say it's going to look ricey they mean like this.

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I would reccomend not painting your interior, even if you do want to use the colors you stated. It's alot cleaner if you were to just swap out panels for other ones such as grey, black, or tan. Why do you want to prep your exterior for paint? Are you talking about just sanding and using primer? Are you trying to do this to save money? If your going to be removing the paint then you might as well fix any dings or dents at the same time. It's helpful if you have access to a welder and plastic filler aka bondo. I really hate when I see primered honda's driving around. Perhaps you should do a little research before you start to sand down the car and regret it later. Auto body and car paint tips, techniques, and information

 

[95CarbonEclipse]

^^^^ SICK!! Where did they find that woodgrain armrest!?!? I MUST have one!












God, I feel sorry for that Eclipse

 

[king_of_HTX]

^^^^ SICK!! Where did they find that woodgrain armrest!?!? I MUST have one!

OOOOOO

 

[jw_55_55]

i agree....if you take the time to prep it there is no problem for painting or dying your pieces. I did my whole interior black and if it wasnt for me being impatient there would be no paint chips anywhere!! So either take your time or have it look ok for about a week.

 

[nephris]

When people say it's going to look ricey they mean like this.

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I would reccomend not painting your interior, even if you do want to use the colors you stated. It's alot cleaner if you were to just swap out panels for other ones such as grey, black, or tan. Why do you want to prep your exterior for paint? Are you talking about just sanding and using primer? Are you trying to do this to save money? If your going to be removing the paint then you might as well fix any dings or dents at the same time. It's helpful if you have access to a welder and plastic filler aka bondo. I really hate when I see primered honda's driving around. Perhaps you should do a little research before you start to sand down the car and regret it later. Auto body and car paint tips, techniques, and information

Why do people always use the "R" word (ricey) .. I NEVER SAID I WAS GONNA PAINT IT COLORS.. I said i was gonna redo the whole thing BLACK!!! :] Not woodgrained and red w/ white pannels and grey .. I dont think i'm gonna touch the interior or repaint it quite yet.

 

[ob420aboosted]

the e brake is woodgrain too

 

[blackGSX2g]

As posted before, if you use the right prepwork a painted interior will come out just fine. I didn't like the all grey, black/tan, black/grey options that were offered as factory, so I made my own black/grey combo. The parts I painted were with the Dupli-Color vinyl dye spray. I wiped all the panels with brake parts cleaner/carb cleaner until I got all the crap off of it. Be careful as just a hint of Armor-all or the like will mess up the paint and nothing will adhere to it.

I put the panels next to a wood stove (any heat source will work) and put light coats on repeatedly until all my cans were empty. It's been years now since I did that and the panels are all holding up perfectly.

Pics in my gallery

 

[gotgrip666]

Hmm.. well basically i want to repaint my car the same color.. body and doors/hatch's etc.. im just wondering if there is any place that has a write up on How to prep not only the outside of your car but also inside the door panels etc for painting..

Also.. I wanna remove the whole interior and paint the plastic/vinyl or leather peices black... so.. how would i prep/paint vinyl and the other plastics? :/

hey but vinyl spray paint for all the vinyl areays in your car , SEM makes it its called flexible coating 3 or 4 coats of it makes it very nice and wont peel off unless somebody scratches at it really hard with akey

 

[throwedgsx]

Painting the plastic pieces in your car is easily done. You'll have to sand the hell out of them to get the texture of first if you want it to look good. After you sand them scratch them with a scotch kitchen cleaning pad. Then fill the rest of the imperfections with primer then paint it. I did this in my first eclipse. But i went to napa and got a pint of northstar white paint and laid it on with a paint gun. It turned out really nice. As far as vinyl goes it's really flexible and i don't see "spray paint" or "vinyl dye" would hold up but i guess alot of the guys in the above posts are speaking from experience. I would just take it to an upholstry place and have them rewrap it for you. And if you need advice on prepping and painting the exterior of you car you can pm me. I've resprayed 4 or 5 cars in my day. Turned out pretty nice to.

 

[spammy123]

as far as prepping the exterior its pretty simple, start with as more coarse grit sand paper and work your way down to real fine. than use something like a wax/grease remover to make sure the surface is clean. prime the thing and then sand the primer with real fine sand paper to make it extra smooth. as far as the actual painting process theres many websites and such on google that have writeups

 

[FUNWHEELDRIVE]

as far as prepping the exterior its pretty simple, start with as more coarse grit sand paper and work your way down to real fine. than use something like a wax/grease remover to make sure the surface is clean. prime the thing and then sand the primer with real fine sand paper to make it extra smooth. as far as the actual painting process theres many websites and such on google that have writeups

if your going to sand the whole thing make sure you use the dewaxer BEFORE you start sanding!! otherwise you will sand the wax into the paint and when u put the new paint on it wont stick for very long and wont be as durable.... use it after your doe sanding too.... prime it, sand it with at least 400grit WET (600-800 if you want to go insane on it) and after you done sanding mae sure you use the dewaxer AGAIN before you put the paint on.

 

[murcielago]

Hello Guys,

i've painted all of my trims inside my car black with Fabric/Vinyl paint, including the rear seats everything from Tan to Black, but now that i've done this with about 2-3 coats each of the Fabric/Vinyl Paint, the surface on every piece that i've painted including the Seats, everything is like rough surface, i would like to know how can i make it smooth specially the seats how they used to be like smooth Vinyl, how can i get that same touch after i have already done this.. please let me know

Thank You..

 

[eburg2490skillz]

I am in the process of taking every panel off. (Just dash left). I sanded, cleaned and wiped alcohol on them. I am converting my car from grey to black with a green rogue status gun design on selected panels. I have all the proper paint. My only concern is how do I prep the leather door panels before I paint them? Never painted on leather before. Should I use the vynal paint? Is it the same procedure as the plastic panels?