Interior painting [Merged 7-9] paint trim plastic plastics

[Slipstream]

i may be wrong but it looks like you've circled the leather door insert, which would explain why plastic paint isn't forming up right. My best advice would be to go down to the fabric store and buy some new red leather or vinyl in the color you're trying to paint it and just replace that insert. Otherwise try some other interior paints designed for leather and vinyl liike SEM and Fuzion and duplicolor has some also. That paint should setup anyway, so I'm thinking that maybe you didn't prep that area enough..consider how many years armorall and leather products have been rubbed all over the soft absorbant leather...you need to make sure you get all those oils and additives out of the leather before anything will set up properly...try the SEM soap and prep kit, i've had great success with it as have others around here.

 

[Alchemy98]

i have the same problem...so that part isnt plastic???? it looks and feels like it....

 

[Slipstream]

i have the same problem...so that part isnt plastic???? it looks and feels like it....

nope that white portion circled in the pic is leather i believe. If your car came in leather seats/trim it should be leather. or some really tacky cloth/carpet if you have cloth seats.

 

[Imortalfu]

nope that white portion circled in the pic is leather i believe. If your car came in leather seats/trim it should be leather. or some really tacky cloth/carpet if you have cloth seats.

It feels like vinyl but looks like leather. That pic above also isnt my car, that is koolade9's.

 

[wret]

Nah, that stuff's not leather. The leather option included "front seating surfaces."

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

Dupli-color makes a dye for vinyl/leather that i used on my doors. It works really well. You could also try SEM dye, ive heard that works really well too.

 

[Charles1]

heres my story ran into the sam problem. what i did is got dupli color filler primer waited 30 mintues and the used a basic flat black or black paint from dupli color as well but it was not the dye just regukar paint. and it came out clean heres some pictures. hope this helps oh and i let it dry insde my house with the temparature at aroun 71 degrees

 

[Imortalfu]

I solved my problem by simply removed the vinyl from the plastic backing, had some trouble with the foam, use a putty knife to remove the foam completly, sanded it down with 220 grit sandpaper and painted it with my plastic paint

P.S. The camera lens is really dirty

Some pics of my now 90% finished interior:

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Yeah I even painted my Clarion DVD Headunit and the remote, .

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That is a refabriced rear hatch cover, with a mitsubishi logo my friend and I installed that glows red when the headlights are on

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Good job, I think it looks great!

 

[BlueTalon95]

I solved my problem by simply removed the vinyl from the plastic backing, had some trouble with the foam, use a putty knife to remove the foam completly, sanded it down with 220 grit sandpaper and painted it with my plastic paint

So there is plastic underneath that vinyl stuff?

Nice Job

 

[Alchemy98]

yo imortalfu how did u take off the part in the back where the seatbelt is???

 

[unlikely hero]

What I did was using a spray glue I layed black suede over it. Was hard to get it to fit right and I'm 80% satisifed with what I did for my first time trying. Try shooting some clear over the fusion. That really seemed to help with the stickyness.
=Jason-

 

[brcewane]

Now you need some red seats

 

[Talonhunter]

Great job with that paint Imortalfu

 

[circa504]

ok i have a red 95 talon with gray interior. i want to paint some of the things in the car whit (air vents, dials, etc.), but white doesnt necessarily go with gray to well. so i was wondering, would it be a good idea to paint the whole interior black? the whole dash, all the vinyl, everything. i think this would make the car look much better, and go with white alot better too. but would this be expensive to do yourself, or very hard? also what materials would i need and such? thanks in advance

 

[blcknspo0ln]

if you're asking if this project is too hard.. then it most likely IS.

pulling your dash is a pain all in itself, I'd suggest against it without someone who has already done it. as far as painting goes, it's all in the PREP work not how many layers of paint you plaster on.

on plastics i'd sand with a 400 grit and spray away. make sure everything is clean, smooth, and dry before spraying. go with really THIN coats, but ALOT with about 2-3 minutes in between. i believe this is called flash painting. but remember, in order to do this the coats need to be SUPER thing.

.02

 

[blcknspo0ln]

*edit* on vinyl i'd do a 800 grit or so. and i'd use krylon fusion for plastics and a vinyl DYE for body panels


oh, and if you really want my opinion about spraying the interior.. dont do it :thumbdown

when i had my first car [ i was 16 and it was a NA 3000GT ] i sprayed everything white and then blue. this included the door panels and misc. plastic pieces. after about 3 months the shit started chipping and turning different colors. now that i'm 18 and have a good unspoiled tsi, I chose to keep the interior nice and stock looking. because after all the crap I went through with the painting, it's a work of art

BUT, if you insist on spraying, please make sure you do the prep work right. take your time and dont rush ANYTHING. doing this will fudge your results and you'll have a huge headache later down the road when wanting to replace the parts you painted.

 

[circa504]

well is it possible to replace the interior with factory black parts? or would this be to expensive to even be worth it?

 

[stock1g4g63]

vinyl dye works the best, i didn't even sand. I painted my first gen interior and it lasted the 2 years that I had it with no fading, cracking, or even scratching. I could scratch it with my finger nails pretty hard with no problems.

 

[laserboost]

If you're gonna paint your interior then I'd suggest just doing it all black instead of white. It'll look better than the grey and still have that stock look.

 

[slow_one_eight]

I am in the same boat you are. My car is a Red 92 Laser with a black/gray interior, and I came up with a good color scheme that has gotten a lot of positive remarks. I started out by sanding, prepping, and painting the gauge panel hood, the center console/radio cover, and in-dash speaker trim overlays in fire red (BTW-I used 400 grit sandpaper to prep and used a thin, even layer of primer (it doesn't have a tendency to "fisheye" like normal paint when it is applied too quickly--leaves more room for error if you are a novice) before applying the final coat. Yes, I used a rattlecan, but it came out extremely smooth and even. Next, I went with a brushed aluminum color on the a/c and heater/fan knobs, and even around the shifter boot and on the outside of my vents. The main gauge bezel was removed (pain in the ass) and sprayed with a chrome paint (looks good when the backlighting on the gauges reflects off of it). I haven't really gotten any farther, but I'll try to send you some pics if i can find my POS digital camera. Look on www.cardomain.com (It's where I found my inspiration--there are a lot of crazy color schemes there if you look for them).

If you go with black only, you will have a hard time finding a paint that will match the original finish of black parts-every time I have seen it done it has either been too rough or way too shiny (which looks ridiculous, believe me). Every little nick, scratch, scrape, crack, bump, chip, low spot, dent, (get the idea) will stick out like a sore thumb. Look at a car that has cheap bodywork done that is painted black. They might as well outling the dents in yellow spraypaint. They are way too obvious and can be seen a block away on a foggy day. Brighter colors do a much better job of hiding those little imperfections and IMO give it much more aesthetic value.

 

[Charles1]

ha you know what works and it stays forever. u can hit it with a hamer and it just dents it but the color stays.
im in the process of painting my car the outside so i bought a gallon of black glosy paint. well guess what i had tan interior and i like black so i took my air gun and some of the auto paint and sprayed it on all my plastice peices. put down 5 coat on everything pillars everything. let it dry and cure for 5 days and it came out looking so good and stock looking it was great and i droped a a pillar by accident and it hit the ground it was fine the paint is the re so good it wont come og same i got a screwdriver and hit it and it left a tiny dent but the color was still black. ill post picture. i also left my car out side in the sun and inside the car got over 100 degrees and no problem it was fine and no smudging when u touched it.

 

[FiReBReTHa]

no clear coat?

any tips on your prepping
Pics?


how much did your gun/paint cost you? reason i ask is because im not even Thinking about this job until im ready to go Full head on into it and no half ass job on it.


-Rick

 

[circa504]

ok i have a red talon with the black top, and then grey interior. i was wondering what you guys think would be the best color to paint some of the interior pieces such as the vents and dials and gauge cluster panel. i was thinking of either red or white, but am leaning towards red right now. any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

stock

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