I've been working on my painting skills. More so, my patience. Normally I rush and my project starts to look good then turns out ok, at best. So I came to the conclusion that painting is a min 2 day process or longer.

The coating was peeling off these items so I stripped them down, sanded as smooth as possible then put filler primer then sandable primer. I sanded between layers then sprayed duplicator vinyl paint then a few coats of satin clear I got from Lowes.

$10 in paint is more palletable than the cost of these new or used, plus I get to tinker.

My wife won't let me play with the car today, so today is the designated cure day.





I know, horrible pics

 

Nice job, it looks new. I'm the same way with rushing when I paint, but it looks better than before.
Joe

 

Nice work

Nice floor finish too.

Mike

 

Yeah, before they were chipped, peeling and felt like they were painted with plastic spray paint kinda gummy feeling.

 

How come the radio bezel & shifter console don't match?

j/k nice job, you saved 2 bills right there!

 

I like it...

 

Now that's nice. I was thinking another color, but the interior is torch red/ebony combo.

 

Excellent Job, I just did mine recently as well.

I used Carb cleaner to peel the dulso off, of course it caused surface cracks. I just sanded with some fine grit sand paper I bought from walmart. I didn't completely remove the surface cracks, but I made them alot less noticeable where a few layers of paint would fill it up.

I originally used Plasti Dip as recommended in other threads. Did my Shift Console Plate and while I liked the way it came out, the finish was very dry and attracted lint and dust very easily.

So when I did the radio bezel, I used Krylon Fusion Satin instead of the Plasti dip and loved the way it looked, however it was too shiny. So I went back to Wal-Mart and purchased regular Krylon Flat Black since I could not find flat for the fusion.

It came out perfect, matched the interior perfect and you wouldn't even be able to tell I painted it.

So instead of peeling the Plasti Dip I originally used on the shift console plate I just went over it with a few layers of Krylong and it turned out excellent. You wouldn't even notice that one had Plasti Dip under it and the other didn't.

Saved me alot of money and it's really really easy.


For those looking to do theirs, but are hesistant, being extra careful with Carb Cleaner will peel the old dulso off while following it up with some fine grit sand paper, primer if you want, and a few layers of Krylon Flat Black and it will look good as new.

I did alot of coats, however they were very thin coats so it didn't end up too thick or anything.

 

I tried to use paint stripper on the cup holder lid and it did the same thing, took the coating off good, left cracks...... I'm still working on it.

 

Your bezel pieces came out awesome. I have been thinking of doing mine over the winter. What did you use as a stripper, and did you develop cracks as other posters in this thread have mentioned?

 

I used......brake cleaner on the two pieces. For real brake cleaner. No cracks but a bunch of elbow grease. Light sanding afterwards. It took almost two cans. I tried a short cut on the cup holder lid by using paint stripper, bad idea. Took the top coat right off but left cracks. I always have a few cans of brake cleaner in the garage and if I can't get glue or tar etc. off something, I use brake cleaner. I'm not endorsing it, but it's what I used with no bad results. Hope it helps, you could try it on a small spot first.

 

Hey thanks for the thread, I picked up just the information I needed to redo a few interior pieces on my car. My concern was the paint color of the parts repainted not matching the rest of the interior. Now I feel I can move forward and get those looking good again.