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MikeHusain

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Posted: February 20, 2004 at 1:17 PM / IP Logged

I was wondering how would i go about painting my car interior. I have a 1996 toyota camry and it has a brownish interior, looks ugly. I wanted to have my interior a two tone color. Gray and black. I wanted to paint the dash and doors ect, a light gray. My question is what kinda paint would I have to use? Do I need to prep the surface with anything, maybe primer it first? I have a air brush that I will be using. I'm just not sure if the paint will stick to the vinyl and what about the hot weather in the summer? Will it melt it ? Do people usually clear coat it ? Thanks

dad2am

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Posted: February 20, 2004 at 7:46 PM / IP Logged

hey bro. sorry i cant help you . but i wish you alote of luck

stevie

audiomechanic

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Posted: February 20, 2004 at 8:01 PM / IP Logged

do you want to dye them a different color and get the look of vinyl..or get the panels to match the outside color of the car

ccjustin

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Posted: February 20, 2004 at 9:46 PM / IP Logged

um don't

MikeHusain

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Posted: February 21, 2004 at 1:55 AM / IP Logged

I want to keep the vinyl look, just want to change color. Do i have to dye it or can i just paint it?

audiomechanic

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Posted: February 21, 2004 at 8:03 AM / IP Logged

if you use paint, you will need to prime paint then clear....or at least prime then use a single stage paint.

if you dye it you will just have to select the color, then wipe it with a plastic prep, then dye it.

i recommend SEM or DuPont. DuPont you can get in different glosses, get low. SEM comes in rattle cans or you can spray it with a gun.

beyondamfm

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Posted: February 21, 2004 at 9:02 AM / IP Logged

If you want to keep it simple for yourself just dye it, because if you want to paint,you will spend alot more money and time on supplys than anything else. But it looks alot better than dye . Tough call man.

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Yogi

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Posted: February 27, 2004 at 11:10 PM / IP Logged

hey if you don't want to keep the vinyl look you could use a two part epoxy primer then you would be able to spray what ever color you want right over the primer with no problem and you would be able to apply a clear cote also

Patpjrick

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Posted: February 28, 2004 at 9:30 AM / IP Logged

i painted my interior and all i did was pull out the panels and clean them off with a soapy solution...man were they dirty...then i used duplicolor truck, van, SUV paint and painted my interior. i think it cost me around $100 for all the cans of spray paint and clear coat. i still have like 6 cans, but i havent finished my interior yet. here is a pic of a rear door right after i finished it

how to paint interior -- posted image.

93accordSE

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Posted: February 28, 2004 at 9:40 AM / IP Logged

That looks nice

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