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

[turbolazer92]

Hey try this...strip your stock panels from the vent down. after you strip the panels down to frame work, take construction foam(pink stuff) carve your panels out of the foam and make them fit the original frame work. then fiberglass over the foam. sand and shape prime and paint. it looks really modern. you can even set wood grain in to the molds

 

[jessebenner]

Whatever you do, don't use cheap paint. Use something like SEM dye. I am doing this right now, changing my whole interior to black. It's a little more tedious (and more $), but this stuff is the best and will not fade/peel like spray paint will. But do it right. Get the SEM prep, soap, cleaner, dye - everything they say to use to prep it right and you will not be disappointed.

 

[circa504]

well im using the krylon fusion paint and going over that with clear coat. everything seems to be adhering smoothly (a little trouble with the red on the plastic pieces for some reason). i painted all the vents and the panel covering the hvac, and also the plate around the gauges red, then i painted the inside (behind the glass) of the gauges white. im now painting my center console black, and then maybe the oval where the window crank and door handle is on the door panel. ill get pics when im all finished, hopefully by tonite.

 

[SleepingEclipse]

then i painted the inside (behind the glass) of the gauges white.

how do you get that plastic piece off? i know how to get the dash parts around it off, and take it off, but i have a bug behind the glass....which i have no idea how it got there...but how do i get that glass/plastic piece off?? btw i have a 1g, in case that helps....

 

[circa504]

i wouldnt know on a 1g, mine just kinda pops out. you gotta push the little tabs from the glass in then pull out on it.

 

[SleepingEclipse]

i wouldnt know on a 1g, mine just kinda pops out. you gotta push the little tabs from the glass in then pull out on it.

alright...i have taken the cluster out before, but have no idea about the cover thing...i guess ill just have to go look at it....thanks...


***edit*** i figured it out...thanks...no more bug inside the cluster...and while i had the piece off i re-painted the dash blue....

 

[Charles1]

sorry to bring this thread back up . well the gun was free from my dadas work but im sure u can get a nice one for 100 bucks. and pictures yeah i do have some whats ur email so ican emial them to you it came so clean looking. on the doors i did use filler primer but the rest was all cleaned off with prep all solution and sprayed it withthe gun. 5 coats on each peice i did.

 

[circa504]

the only thing i did white was around the gauges, you can see pics of how i did it in my gallery.

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

painting the interior isn't hard at all. Getting everything out is a completely different story. I'm in the process of going all black with a few red accents. I just have my passenger side lower door and about 1/2 of my center console.

 

[jessebenner]

Doing the same - all black. Circa, to answer your question, I have acquired OEM black dash with all buttons/panels, console, door panels, door sill panels, & hatch/gas release levers. Everything else I dyed black with SEM vinyl/plastic dye with all their prep stuff. Their Black Satin color is a REAL close match to the 2G black (dunno about 1G). Got new black carpet kit, and will eventually replace the seats too. I got most of the parts on eBay and DSMTrader, and a few new from the dealer. Can't wait to get it all in!

If you're painting panels, make sure to use the good stuff and prep it right.

 

[circa504]

im doing the rest of my painting right now. all i have to do are the doors. i was orginally painting just like the oval part that goes around the door handle and then the speaker cover, but decided to just paint the whole door black. not sure when ill get pics up because i wont have a camera for like a week.

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

When you clean the leather, make sure to do a really good job. I did a 1/2 assed prep job on my doors, and a little peice is peeling off. However i made sure to do a better job on my back seats, and they are holding up rather well.

1) grab 2 buckets of water (one warm, one room temp)
2) DAWN dishwashing liquid in the bucket with warm water (make sure to use the blue dawn, it doesnt have ammonia or any of that lotion stuff in it)
3) a green Scotch Brite pad for scrubbing the leather witht he soapy mixture
4)1500 grit sandpaper for wetsanding the leather after you scrub the hell out ot
5)rinse, let air dry, and repeat.
6) after its dry spray super light coats of the desired color.

Viola!!

I have people ask me all the time if the black color in my car is factory, and people even ask me where I re-upholstered my seats, i tell them its spray dye and they are shocked.

When plainting plastic, scuff it upand clean it with rubbing alcohol. I tried using Acetone or mineral spirits, and it sucked. It made my finish all cloudy and dull.

 

[blkbrd1988]

krylon fusion paint works really well as long as u clean it off realy good. (i used gas its all i had)

 

[circa504]

i cleaned all the stuff off then sanded it with 400 grit then cleaned it again. that seemed to work well.

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

Over the months I’ve seen quite a few Questions asking about painted interiors, dying seats and all that jazz. I figured since I have done quite a bit of this painting and dying over the spring/summer/fall I would do a little writeup to help clear up confusion, and as a guide for all those guys new to the painting/dying. Remember, there are a ton of ways to go about doing this. These are the methods I have used and they work wonderfully. I'm not sure if this is worthy of a sticky.. but it never hurt to ask.

Painting Plastic:
There are 2 ways you can do this. You can either keep the factory grain or use filler to make it appear smooth. I will go over the easier way, keeping the grain, first.

Things you need:
• Plastic paint- Dupli-color or Krylon Fuzion are the 2 better kinds.
• Primer
• Clearcoat
• Sandpaper – I used 220, 320
• Rubbing alcohol
• Rags
• A particle mask (not necessary but helps keep the sanding dust and little paint particles out of your respiratory tract)

The process:
1. remove the piece from the car
2. Sand the piece. I started with 220 and sanded until it felt fairly smooth. I then sanded the piece with 320 grit. At this point it appeared to have little grain left. I wetted a rag and wiped the dust off. It still had a fair amount of grain left.
3. After sanding I wiped it with rubbing alcohol and a clean rag. I have found that acetone or other cleaners don’t work so well and leave the finish dull and cloudy. Use rubbing alcohol.
4. After letting the rubbing alcohol set I hung the piece from a bent clothes hanger in my garage and the proceeded to spray a layer of primer. After letting it sit for about 10 minutes I applied another coat. I applied about 3 light coats of primer.
5. After about 20 minutes I cleaned the piece again, and applied about 6 or 7 light coats of paint, waiting about 10-15 minutes between coats.
6. I waited about 20 minutes again before cleaning again with rubbing alcohol. After the alcohol dried I applied about 3 or 4 coats of clearcoat, waiting about 10-15 minutes between each coat.
7. Reinstall your pretty new parts.

If you want to make it smooth, just buy a lot of high grit sandpaper (600,800,1000,1500) for wetsanding, and some filler primer and a few buckets of water.
• Sand the grain down like in the above process, and get some filler primer. Spray enough filler primer to fill in the grain considerably.
• Wetsand with 600 grit. You will notice a lot of primer cones off, but the grain gets filled in noticeably.
• Clean with alcohol, and spray more filler.
• Wetsand with 600 again.
• Clean, spray, sand with 800 (x2)
• By this time the grain should be mostly gone. If not go over it again with 800 grit.
• Clean, spray, wetsand with 1000 grit.
• After the 1000 grit it should be smooth and glossy. Remember, you want to make sure to get all of the imperfections, since all of the little flaws will show up as soon as you paint it.
• After you have gotten it smoothed down, follow the above steps for painting (excluding the sanding).

Dying Leather/vinyl. (Dash, seats, door panels etc)

You need:
• Dye – Dupli-color or SEM
• Green scotch brite pads
• 1 bucket warm water
• 1 bucket room temp water
• Blue Dawn dish soap (get the dawn because it is ammonia free)
• 1500 grit sandpaper


The process:
• Collect all materials/remove piece to be dyed from car
• Take the dishsoap and drop a little bit in the bucket of warm water. Just enough to make the water soapy.
• Dip the scotch-brite in the warm soapy water, and scrub the crap outta the leather. Make sure to really scrub it and get the soapy water all over it.
• Rinse it off with the room temp water or a hose.
• Let it airdry in a place where it won’t get a bunch of dust or particles on it.
• Repeat the cleaning steps.
• After rinsing, lightly scuff the vinyl with wet 1500 grit sandpaper.
• Let it airdry again.
• Mask off any parts that will be a different color or will not be painted.
• Apply light coats using even sweeping coats. If the piece has any contours to it make sure to follow the contours with the can, this will help avoid gaudy looking streaks.
• You will need to apply many many light coats to the vinyl, waiting about 10-15 minutes between coats. On my seats I used about 10-12 coats. On my dash I used about 8-10.
• After dry, reinstall and enjoy your nice newly colored leather.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

nice writeup - now take some pics of the process and submit it to teh tech articles!

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

Right now i'm at school, all the pics are on my computer at home. I'll be sure to add them as soon as i get back home.

 

[ryu]

what about cloth seats?thanks

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

I havent done any cloth seats personally. ALthough there is a little cloth section on the side of the backseat. I ended up spraying that also, ald it turned out well. THe cloth didnt clump or get all hard like youw ould imagine. If you want to try the clothe seats i would probably clean them as well as you can, be it shampooing or whatever. Then spray them lightly. Perhaps try it first on a floor mat or somethign to see if it turns out the way you like.

 

[91dsmeclipse]

i just started spray painting my interior i have before picks and once i finish it ill post the picks i finished the rear of the car now im up to the dash and the door panels its comming out really good so far.

 

[EclipseSH21]

congratulations.

 

[dustyduff]

I'm in the middle of painting mine too. What color did you decide to go with and what paint brand?

 

[Game Over]

I am doing mine also, other then the scratches in some of the trunk plastic it looks great. I went with black Krylon Fusion and some silver paint i foun on Mach V for accents. I think I'm dont for the winter I have the back seat area and the whole trunk done. After I'm done painting I'll be getting a new headliner and carpet.

 

[AdoreGSX]

gots to see dem pictures dem.

 

[1fast97gsx]

gots to see dem pictures dem.

painted interiors are for hondas