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Question about interior?!
Do you think that i could gloss some pieces of my interior by using polyurethane stuff. Would it screw up the plastic or what? I was thinkin usin' high gloss paint...but that usually doesnt turn good. Hit me up if you can help me out here. Thanks guys.
Dont know whether it would look good or not but I've thought about that before too. I've seen too many badly painted interiors with chipped, faded, and uneven paint so I'd be really careful about it.
Maybe try out a junkyard to find some plastic to test it on. Might be tite, who knows?
Maybe try out a junkyard to find some plastic to test it on. Might be tite, who knows?
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Dont know whether it would look good or not but I've thought about that before too. I've seen too many badly painted interiors with chipped, faded, and uneven paint so I'd be really careful about it.
Maybe try out a junkyard to find some plastic to test it on. Might be tite, who knows?
Maybe try out a junkyard to find some plastic to test it on. Might be tite, who knows?
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If you wanna really gloss it up, no need for polyurethane or anything. When I painted my interior trim in red, I simply took my time, priming and sanding in increasingly finer grades between coats, then doing the same for actual paint. Finally I laid on tons and tons of clearcoat, finishing it with rubbing compound, which REALLY made it shine. A friend of mine remarked that she could actually check her makeup in the side door trim. Which really would be rather silly, cause the way she'd have to maneuver herself would leave her pretty little posterior up in the air in my direction....rawr.
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Rep Power: 368 Well, not much to it really, just take your time and go slowly through all the sanding grades. This is how I painted my interior trim and center console (took just under a week):
(I used Duplicolor Metalcast for a metallic red look)
1) remove trim, wash in soapy water to remove cleaning product residue, dry
2) sand with relatively coarse sandpaper, 100-200 grit. I used something like 60, which was a huge mistake, it gouged the trim so I had to sand even more to even it out. I used a damp paper towel to wipe down the trim between sanding sessions btw
3) primer - 2 coats, sand with 200 grit sandpaper in between
4) Duplicolor Metalcast base coat - 2 coats, I didn't bother sanding in between, but I sanded after the second coat, with 400 grit then 600.
5) Duplicolor Metalcast red - I must have loaded on like 8 to 10 coats. I wet-sanded with 800-grit between the first coats (allowing to dry a little over 30 minutes per coat) then 1000 just to keep it smooth for the latter coats. Duplicolor is a finicky paint, so I had to really be sure to apply thin coats, hence the high number of coats.
6) After the final coat had been applied, I didn't touch the trim for a full day. The real reason was because I got stoned and was too lazy to work on it, but I'm sure the hardened surface could only have been for the good.
7) Plastikote automotive clearcoat (got this from a bodyshop supply store, available in fairly large spray bombs) - I used a whole can doing just my door trim and center console, cause I'm insane. I wet-sanded with 1000-grit for like the first 3 coats or so, then switched up to 1500 because I'd run out of 1000, LOL. Kept it nice and smooth. But after the clearcoat was done, it was still kind of matte or dull looking.
8) Broke out the squeeze bottle of 3M professional rubbing compound and went to town using it and a small terry cloth towel. Brought out the shine but damn were my arms sore. The reason I used so much clearcoat was because the rubbing compound is abrasive and will take away some of the clear.
I'm sure there is a more professional way of doing it, but frankly I think this looks pro enough (looks great against the ultrasuede door panels I did while the last of the clearcoat was drying):
Hell, even my bodyshop guy complimented me.
(I used Duplicolor Metalcast for a metallic red look)
1) remove trim, wash in soapy water to remove cleaning product residue, dry
2) sand with relatively coarse sandpaper, 100-200 grit. I used something like 60, which was a huge mistake, it gouged the trim so I had to sand even more to even it out. I used a damp paper towel to wipe down the trim between sanding sessions btw
3) primer - 2 coats, sand with 200 grit sandpaper in between
4) Duplicolor Metalcast base coat - 2 coats, I didn't bother sanding in between, but I sanded after the second coat, with 400 grit then 600.
5) Duplicolor Metalcast red - I must have loaded on like 8 to 10 coats. I wet-sanded with 800-grit between the first coats (allowing to dry a little over 30 minutes per coat) then 1000 just to keep it smooth for the latter coats. Duplicolor is a finicky paint, so I had to really be sure to apply thin coats, hence the high number of coats.
6) After the final coat had been applied, I didn't touch the trim for a full day. The real reason was because I got stoned and was too lazy to work on it, but I'm sure the hardened surface could only have been for the good.
7) Plastikote automotive clearcoat (got this from a bodyshop supply store, available in fairly large spray bombs) - I used a whole can doing just my door trim and center console, cause I'm insane. I wet-sanded with 1000-grit for like the first 3 coats or so, then switched up to 1500 because I'd run out of 1000, LOL. Kept it nice and smooth. But after the clearcoat was done, it was still kind of matte or dull looking.
8) Broke out the squeeze bottle of 3M professional rubbing compound and went to town using it and a small terry cloth towel. Brought out the shine but damn were my arms sore. The reason I used so much clearcoat was because the rubbing compound is abrasive and will take away some of the clear.
I'm sure there is a more professional way of doing it, but frankly I think this looks pro enough (looks great against the ultrasuede door panels I did while the last of the clearcoat was drying):
Hell, even my bodyshop guy complimented me.
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Rep Power: 368 Don't bother with Metalcast if you're gonna go SSM. Just go to a bodyshop supply store with the paint code from your car and tell them you need a couple of spray bombs mixed up. Don't forget to get some primer too - you can skip the base coat steps I wrote above. Oh and get some clear coat and rubbing compound. And sandpaper.
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Rep Power: 368 If I'm not mistaken that's a bottle of Peller Estates Vidal. And that bottle is LONG gone, ha ha. However, that little orange Duplo block with TELLY stuck on it (2nd pic) still contains fun things...
To answer your previous question, I myself am more a fan of contrast than most, which is why I went red and not silver in painting my center console and interior trim. Nothing wrong with silver really, it leaves a lot of options open for styling inside and out, but it doesn't really stand out or grab your attention. I enter my car in (pitifully few) shows, so grabbing attention is the name of the game. If you can make your silver console as shiny as a freshly waxed fender then I assure you it'll look great. Besides that you can't go wrong with Duplicolor Metalcast in blue or red. Once you make that choice however you're limited in interior styling options....look how much red I'm stuck with now, LOL.
One thing I forgot to mention in my quick DIY above, I just remembered - after I'd used the polishing compound on the trim, I gave it a quick rinse, dried it off, then used some Meguiars Gold Class liquid wax on it, just for protection. Plus I love the smell, my interior smelled so fun for like two weeks, you couldn't smell the paint/clearcoat.
To answer your previous question, I myself am more a fan of contrast than most, which is why I went red and not silver in painting my center console and interior trim. Nothing wrong with silver really, it leaves a lot of options open for styling inside and out, but it doesn't really stand out or grab your attention. I enter my car in (pitifully few) shows, so grabbing attention is the name of the game. If you can make your silver console as shiny as a freshly waxed fender then I assure you it'll look great. Besides that you can't go wrong with Duplicolor Metalcast in blue or red. Once you make that choice however you're limited in interior styling options....look how much red I'm stuck with now, LOL.
One thing I forgot to mention in my quick DIY above, I just remembered - after I'd used the polishing compound on the trim, I gave it a quick rinse, dried it off, then used some Meguiars Gold Class liquid wax on it, just for protection. Plus I love the smell, my interior smelled so fun for like two weeks, you couldn't smell the paint/clearcoat.
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Rep Power: 368 But of course you can. I wouldn't advise painting parts that get contacted by other things a lot, like the door sills or door handle. But the vents and other like items can definitely be painted. I dunno about the vics, but the EL vents have kind of a rough texture to them so I didn't want to paint them - too much sanding.
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