Interior Paint
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Racer
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Interior Paint
I am trying to restore the shift plate in my 68. I have cleaned the plate down to the bare metal and b-4 I paint it with the Hi-Tech lacquer I need to know if there is a special primer that should be used. I painted it once on top of the existing paint and it looked bad.
It is very time consuming masking and did not want to do it a third time.
It is very time consuming masking and did not want to do it a third time.
Melting Slicks
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From: Damascus MD
Plate painting.
Did it on my 70 and to do it right is very time consuming. I used Krylon Semi Flat for paint. I tried tape and did not like it. I ended up using very sharp razor blades to get the paint off and lacquer thinner to do final detail
Mine looks factory new and was worth all the work. One key I found is that the razor works best once paint is tack free but not dry. It will chip even with a new blade if you let it dry too much. Edges go quickly. Lettering took a while.
Bill
Did it on my 70 and to do it right is very time consuming. I used Krylon Semi Flat for paint. I tried tape and did not like it. I ended up using very sharp razor blades to get the paint off and lacquer thinner to do final detail
Mine looks factory new and was worth all the work. One key I found is that the razor works best once paint is tack free but not dry. It will chip even with a new blade if you let it dry too much. Edges go quickly. Lettering took a while.
Bill
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Hi,
I, too, have had good results with spraying the entire plate and using a new x-acto blade to slice the paint off the chrome surface as soon as the paint flashes.
Give it a try?
Regards,
Alan
I, too, have had good results with spraying the entire plate and using a new x-acto blade to slice the paint off the chrome surface as soon as the paint flashes.
Give it a try?
Regards,
Alan
Racer
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From: Utah
Bill/Alan,
Did you use one or two coats? If two, did you just wait a few minutes then hit it with another light coat? I'm about to do my gauge cluster and don't want to go through the pain of stripping again...
Scott
Did you use one or two coats? If two, did you just wait a few minutes then hit it with another light coat? I'm about to do my gauge cluster and don't want to go through the pain of stripping again...
Scott
Melting Slicks
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I stripped mine.
Then painted it with satin black enamel. I know enamel is not original but after trying a few paints it produced the most robust finish and the best satin black i could find. Used multiple coats allowing the paint to flash between.
Once it had dried I used a razor blade to remove it from the areas that should be chrome.
More detail here on my update thread.
http://www.australiancorvettes.com/p...=asc&start=312
(and on previous pages it covers sub components of the console trim plate, heater controls etc).
Craig
Then painted it with satin black enamel. I know enamel is not original but after trying a few paints it produced the most robust finish and the best satin black i could find. Used multiple coats allowing the paint to flash between.
Once it had dried I used a razor blade to remove it from the areas that should be chrome.
More detail here on my update thread.
http://www.australiancorvettes.com/p...=asc&start=312
(and on previous pages it covers sub components of the console trim plate, heater controls etc).
Craig
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I stripped mine.
Then painted it with satin black enamel. I know enamel is not original but after trying a few paints it produced the most robust finish and the best satin black i could find. Used multiple coats allowing the paint to flash between.
Once it had dried I used a razor blade to remove it from the areas that should be chrome.
More detail here on my update thread.
http://www.australiancorvettes.com/p...=asc&start=312
(and on previous pages it covers sub components of the console trim plate, heater controls etc).
Craig
Then painted it with satin black enamel. I know enamel is not original but after trying a few paints it produced the most robust finish and the best satin black i could find. Used multiple coats allowing the paint to flash between.
Once it had dried I used a razor blade to remove it from the areas that should be chrome.
More detail here on my update thread.
http://www.australiancorvettes.com/p...=asc&start=312
(and on previous pages it covers sub components of the console trim plate, heater controls etc).
Craig
Melting Slicks
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I used a product called citrus-strip.
Less caustic than some of the other strippers around but does a good job.
Then cleaned it off with thinners.
Craig
Less caustic than some of the other strippers around but does a good job.
Then cleaned it off with thinners.
Craig
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