how to paint interior
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Topic: how to paint interior
Posted By: MikeHusain
Subject: how to paint interior
Date Posted: February 20, 2004 at 1:17 PM
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
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Posted By: dad2am
Date Posted: February 20, 2004 at 7:46 PM
hey bro. sorry i cant help you . but i wish you alote of luck
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stevie
Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: February 20, 2004 at 8:01 PM
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
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Posted By: ccjustin
Date Posted: February 20, 2004 at 9:46 PM
um don't
Posted By: MikeHusain
Date Posted: February 21, 2004 at 1:55 AM
I want to keep the vinyl look, just want to change color. Do i have to dye it or can i just paint it?
Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: February 21, 2004 at 8:03 AM
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.
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Posted By: beyondamfm
Date Posted: February 21, 2004 at 9:02 AM
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. ------------- The Clear Bra Guy
KCs premiere paint protection guru
Posted By: YOGI
Date Posted: February 27, 2004 at 11:10 PM
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
Posted By: PATPJRICK
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 9:30 AM
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 
Posted By: 93accordSE
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 9:40 AM
That looks nice
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Posted By: PATPJRICK
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 10:37 AM
thanks....soon i should be replacing the grey fabric probably with some white fabric...but i have so many ideas for my car and not enough time to do ANY of them 
Posted By: MikeHusain
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 1:27 PM
do u still have that vinyl look, and did u use a clear on that. And also is it scratchable, cause i have nieces and nephs that love to pic and scratch at my car so will it come of easy, or does the primer make it stick pretty well? thanks
Posted By: shawn62
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 3:44 PM
you can also buy a paint that is meant for painting the interior of your car. Thats what my friend did and its looks good and is really durable.
Posted By: PATPJRICK
Date Posted: February 28, 2004 at 8:06 PM
i didnt use any primer....the only thing that tends to scratch is the window cranks and the small piece on the drivers side door bc it touches the dash after being in a minor accident...but other than that its like brand new.
Posted By: hbk00
Date Posted: March 17, 2004 at 6:08 PM
make sure you scuff the plastic GOOD or it will eventually chip I don't care how much primer you put down. As far as the dash, dye it!! you can paint it but it takes ages for it to cure totally cause it will be tacky to the touch for a long while! And no there's nothing you can do about it, and then it looks like crap in a couple months. All because it has that thin layer of vinyl and coushin under it..
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go custom or go home!!
Posted By: Custom_Jim
Date Posted: March 17, 2004 at 6:43 PM
The biggest factor to make any paint stick to a surface is the proper preparation of the panel. If it has a grain in it, get in there with a cleaning solution and a scrub brush. Once you get all of the area's scrubbed, rinse it off and scrub it again. Do all area's and around to the backside a little bit. If there is any silicone on the surface it will make the paint "fish-eye" and make the panel look like junk. Do not try and cover the whole panel with one thick coat but slowly cover it with lighter coats so you don't fill up the grain. Use the paint companies recommended flash times between coats. There are plastic prep materials out there to help with the bonding of the new paint to the plastic panel and use one companies system and don't use a prep paint from one company and then a color from another and then a clear from a third company. Normally a company that makes paints cannot and will not gaurantee how another companies material will work with theirs. There are just too many variables. When you spray the part, try and wrap some of the paint around the edges and onto the backside of the panel lip just like if you were covering the piece in vinyl. You just don't want a sharp paint edge that is more easily chipped. Also wear a good respirator so you can be around a while to admire your work. Jim ------------- 1968 Chevy II Nova Garage Find 2012
1973 Nova Custom
1974 Spirit of America Nova
1973 Nova Pro-Street
Posted By: xTimx
Date Posted: March 18, 2004 at 5:37 PM
that door pic looks like metallic i'm guessing. what kind of color did you use?!
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xTimx
Posted By: PATPJRICK
Date Posted: March 19, 2004 at 9:04 AM
i used duplicolor truck/van/suv paint from strauss discount auto stores/ duplicolor.com has all the places you canbuy the paint from
Posted By: Elrockss
Date Posted: March 23, 2004 at 9:32 PM
One of the most important items that has not yet been relayed outside of cleaning and scuffing the plastic for painting, is the use of BONDING CLEARS. Those of us who have been doing this for a number of years professionally know well shortcommings of dyeing and painting interior pieces.
The Pros will tell you, you just can't consistantly get the desired "bite" that the paint or dye needs to properly adhere to the plastic without it. The silicones on and in the extrusions make this a challenge the thinner the piece being painted. Bonding Clears like "Bull Dog" and others will actually open the pores of the plastic and allow the pigment and resins to lock in as it cures, due to being a wet coat application. As long as you refrain for using a Wax and Grease Remover to prep the surface, you will achieve little to no "fisheye" in the finish. The result will be very gratifying I assure you.
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elrock-SS
Posted By: eeh1025
Date Posted: March 30, 2004 at 9:54 AM
i just used that new krylon fusion paint thats made for plastics ad such and once you leave it cure for about a week(cans recamends)it bonds to the plastic, i waited 2 weeks before i put it back in my car and i have rubbed my seatbelt on it, keys acrossed the dash getiing in and out from girls nails, nothing yet has scratched it, it is amazing paint.
Ernie
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