Help Re-painting My Interior In San Diego!!!
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Help Re-painting My Interior In San Diego!!!
Hey Anyone Re-paint Their Interior On Their Fd In San Diego? Im Doing Mine And Painting It With Dupli-color Flat Black Interior Dashboard Paint... Im Doing Ok, Sanding Everything Down Is A Pain Though, DOes Anyone Know How To Strip The Paint Off The Plastic Pieces Without Ruining The Plastic? But I Was Wondering If Anyone In Sd Ever Did This And How It Came Out... If It Came Out Good Does Anyone Want To Stop By This Weekend If Their Bored And Give Me A Few Pointers? Thanks...
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11-30-06, 01:40 AM
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Purple Power.
It's cheaper to go to Home Depot and buy the DEP purple power concentrate. It makes like 6 gallons per 1 gallon of concentrate, and it's only like 7 or so bucks for a gallon of the concentrate. The purple power is about 6 bucks a gallon.
Just soak the pieces over night and it peels off easily.
I don't reccomend using the spray on interior paint....it will scratch if you breath to hard. If you really want something that will match the factory look as close as possible and be very durable, use Plasti Dip. Here is a thread on it.....
The answer to peeling dash panels
Very easy process, looks and feels very close to factory. It seems to be very durable stuff, but I don't believe anyone here as had it on their panels for but a couple months at best so as far as longevity.......??? I would guess judging by it's current strength and whatnot, that it should last as long or better than the factory coating did.
It's cheaper to go to Home Depot and buy the DEP purple power concentrate. It makes like 6 gallons per 1 gallon of concentrate, and it's only like 7 or so bucks for a gallon of the concentrate. The purple power is about 6 bucks a gallon.
Just soak the pieces over night and it peels off easily.
I don't reccomend using the spray on interior paint....it will scratch if you breath to hard. If you really want something that will match the factory look as close as possible and be very durable, use Plasti Dip. Here is a thread on it.....
The answer to peeling dash panels
Very easy process, looks and feels very close to factory. It seems to be very durable stuff, but I don't believe anyone here as had it on their panels for but a couple months at best so as far as longevity.......??? I would guess judging by it's current strength and whatnot, that it should last as long or better than the factory coating did.
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hey spandy, thanks a lot man, im definitely going to try it, so that spray on interior paint is no good? i painted the lid for the driver side pocket with duplicolor interior and dashboard paint, and it came out really nice, but the plastidip looks great too... did you do this to your interior? is there ay way you can give me a step by step of what you did?
ex. sanding, priming, painting...
and if you have any pics of the process or the final product would you mind posting em even if it was a long time ago? i really appreciate your help and going out of your way to give me all the info above, thanks again...
robert
ex. sanding, priming, painting...
and if you have any pics of the process or the final product would you mind posting em even if it was a long time ago? i really appreciate your help and going out of your way to give me all the info above, thanks again...
robert
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You know bro, I don' thave any pics currently, there are a few in the thread I posted up though I believe. I'll get some eventually, but I don't know when as I have alot on my plate with my business and spending hours a day reading on motor swaps, but I'll try and take a minute to get you some.
What I did, is I soaked my pieces and got all the factory coating off so it was just the shiny bare plastic. Then I wet sanded with 800 grit wet sanding paper so it would give it a little grip, then I washed them in hot water with a mild soap to clean all the dirt and garbage off from sanding. Then I sprayed the plasti dip on.
When spraying the plasti dip (and I believe this is in the thread I posted as well, can't remember) you need to actually put ALOT on, not like using a normal rattle can that putting more than a light coat causes it to run. Spray a good amount on until it is all nice and shiny...it takes alot to make it run so just go to town on it. Spray it, let it sit for 45 minutes to an hour, then do it again. I put like 5 or 6 coats on but that is probably a little over kill, 3-4 is probably enough. It will look like hell and really glossy, but after 45 minutes to an hour it will look completely different so bare with the dry period. At this point you can handle it to recoat if needed, but just be careful.
Another thing I did, is I also sprayed light coats on the under side of each panel as well right up to the edge so instead of the rubber coating having an "edge" where it begins and ends and leaves potential for peeling later down the road, it basically made it a solid coating and the only way it is going to really peel is if you ding it up or something hits it pretty hard.
I (eventually) am going to test this stuff to see if you can spot fix with it just to see. I was going to paint something else plastic and let it sit, the put a bunch of finger nail dings and whatnot to make it look that a weathered panel and see if you can spray over it to repair it without having to strip it all off just for fun.
If you **** up, you can use the purple power to remove this stuff as well, but make you YOU LET IT DRY FIRST!! If you put a wet panel in with plasti dip on it, it will make a damn mess and alot harder to remove. I fucked my center console up after painting it and went to move it to an area to dry and I put a damn finger print in it from almost dropping it
I let it dry over night, then I put it in the purple power for about a half day or better. I was able to completely peel the entire coating off of the center panel in one solid piece. Kinda was cool, looked like a limp panel
This is really easy. Just make sure you have a clean environment that doors aren't being opened up and there is little to no air circulation, this will keep the dust and garbage from settle on the panel while it is drying. This stuff dries so damn fast though that it isn't that big of a deal, but still have a clean place to do it in.
What I did, is I soaked my pieces and got all the factory coating off so it was just the shiny bare plastic. Then I wet sanded with 800 grit wet sanding paper so it would give it a little grip, then I washed them in hot water with a mild soap to clean all the dirt and garbage off from sanding. Then I sprayed the plasti dip on.
When spraying the plasti dip (and I believe this is in the thread I posted as well, can't remember) you need to actually put ALOT on, not like using a normal rattle can that putting more than a light coat causes it to run. Spray a good amount on until it is all nice and shiny...it takes alot to make it run so just go to town on it. Spray it, let it sit for 45 minutes to an hour, then do it again. I put like 5 or 6 coats on but that is probably a little over kill, 3-4 is probably enough. It will look like hell and really glossy, but after 45 minutes to an hour it will look completely different so bare with the dry period. At this point you can handle it to recoat if needed, but just be careful.
Another thing I did, is I also sprayed light coats on the under side of each panel as well right up to the edge so instead of the rubber coating having an "edge" where it begins and ends and leaves potential for peeling later down the road, it basically made it a solid coating and the only way it is going to really peel is if you ding it up or something hits it pretty hard.
I (eventually) am going to test this stuff to see if you can spot fix with it just to see. I was going to paint something else plastic and let it sit, the put a bunch of finger nail dings and whatnot to make it look that a weathered panel and see if you can spray over it to repair it without having to strip it all off just for fun.
If you **** up, you can use the purple power to remove this stuff as well, but make you YOU LET IT DRY FIRST!! If you put a wet panel in with plasti dip on it, it will make a damn mess and alot harder to remove. I fucked my center console up after painting it and went to move it to an area to dry and I put a damn finger print in it from almost dropping it
I let it dry over night, then I put it in the purple power for about a half day or better. I was able to completely peel the entire coating off of the center panel in one solid piece. Kinda was cool, looked like a limp panel This is really easy. Just make sure you have a clean environment that doors aren't being opened up and there is little to no air circulation, this will keep the dust and garbage from settle on the panel while it is drying. This stuff dries so damn fast though that it isn't that big of a deal, but still have a clean place to do it in.