Hello,
Does anybody know if they sell touch paint for the center console bezel plate and side ball air vent interiors for 1969 cars? It looks like a flat black color and on my car it has peeled or chipped in spots revealing the chrome underneath.

 

All of the black trim on the interior is a semi-flat black paint. Today they label that as "satin" black paint. The best I've found is John Deere "Blitz" black trim paint, found at John Deere sales/parts stores. For touchups, spary some of the paint into the cap and use a small artist's brush to repair the nick, chip. Use lacquer thinner to clean the brush; dump any excess from the cap and just let it dry.

These kinds of touch-ups are not 'invisible'; you will see differences in sheen due to thickness of paint, etc. If this bothers you, you can remove the part, strip ALL paint from it (chemical stripper is best); clean and dry the part; then repaint it with normal spray process. While paint is still soft, use an X-acto razor knife or razor blade to 'shave' the soft paint from surfaces that are to remain chrome. DO NOT try to brush off the shavings. Let them dry with the rest of the paint, THEN blow or brush them off. Otherwise, you will make a mess and have to start over.

Good luck with your project.

 

Thank you for the info. .

 

SEM makes a trim paint that a lot of folks say matches the original semi-flat. I've not used it on my interior pieces yet but that's in the works soon.

 

And to renew "sunken" letters get everything else done then brush on some water-based paint in the appropriate color. No need to be accurate--just brush completely over the lettering. Then just rub lightly with a damp sponge and it will look like new.