Painting Interior Plastic

[nubuilder]

Alright. Put on 3 coats of Adhesion Promoter. On the 2nd coat, I had something like 6 or 7 runs in it. Little clear/white balls. I'm hoping that between the Filler Primer and sanding, you won't be able to see them . I ran out of filler primer last night (only got 2 coats on) so I had to run and get more this morning . I put on 2 or 3 more...I can't remember (fumes must be getting to me). The parts are now sitting on their 8-9 hour dry. Then I'll go over them LIGHTLY with 600 grit to smooth them all out, wipe them down (again) with isopropyl alcohol and start spaying paint. I'm guessing 3-4 coats of paint and another 3-4 clear.

PICS!!!

My "workshop" - you can kind of see all the overspray on the floor; it comes right off just walking on it and sweeping it

I taped the hell out of the back of this so no paint got through. Now that I think about it, it was probably a waste of time.

You can see my 3 holes for switches and my hole for my AUX input jack (I had to grind down the plastic on the backside of the AUX because the nut on it was only on 1 thread; now its on 3).

I couldn't get the thing off that moves the air deflectors on the one vent, so I'm going to have to wait for it to dry, adhesion promoter it, and prime it.

I taped the entire backside of the fuse cover just so nothing got on it.

I only painted the front of the cup holder. Taped close to the face then used paper to cover the rest. I tried to paint the vent moving things too.

Things I'm worried about:
1) a nice finish to the dash trim bezel
2) how well the paint will hold up on the air vents with the moving sliders to direct the airflow

 

[Bigredmariner]

Looking good, I know that been a ton of sanding but the final results should be well worth it.

 

[nubuilder]

Thanks J-rod.

I really didn't think the sanding was that hard. I thought the dash bezel would have been harder with all the turns and corners. I didn't try very hard to sand between all the vent slots. If they're rough, I'm not worried. I just wanted the faces of them to be smooth.

Now I need to figure out what combination I want to use. I can't decide whether I want all green air vents or keep my good ones and just have the rings around them green.

Here's a few pics for you guys to check out. Let me know what you think would look good (but in the end it is all up to me). - The green one is NOT mine (yet).

 

[KillaF150]

Lookin good so far, I'm thinkin i'll do this some process on mine. Those pics you posted of the interiors look sweet, and i'm sure your's will look just as good if not better!

 

[nubuilder]

What do you guys think: PTM airvents or stock colored (after looking at the pics)?


Well, I didn't finish last night. Everything is painted green, but no clear. It was midnight and I have school at 8:00 this morning so I had to call it quits. Hopefully today after class I'll look everything over and see what I missed. I've already gone through probably 1 and 2/3 of the DupliColor 8oz cans. Damn things. I swear you go through them faster. I think they are under a higher pressure. There seems to be more overspray with the 8oz VS the 11oz. I'm gonna pick up a 3rd can after school just so I don't run out.

I'm really, really hoping to get these done today. I'll post pics of the cleared (whenever that may actually be).

 

[Bigredmariner]

I'm gonna say paint the air vents, in my opinion the different color just makes them look out of place.

 

[Black02Silverado]

Some really good info in this thread,

 

[Bigredmariner]

Some really good info in this thread,

I have to agree, he's really done his homework and shared it with the rest of us.

 

[nubuilder]

Final Product !!!!!!

I ended up with 4-5 coats of paint on everything, but like 6 on the dash to get everything. Clear coat was 3 on everything (I must have put on heavier coats), but 5 or 6 on the dash (big piece, I must have been going over it fast and light). The last coat on the dash was HEAVY (as directions stated; plus I needed to in order to get a smoother look).

Everything will be sitting to dry for something like 20 hours when I'm done with class in the morning. However, nothing will be going in the truck until at least a week from tomorrow (I'm going to use a piece to show someone else). Once everything is in the truck, PICS !!!!!


In all, I went through way more product than I thought I would.
For all the parts I've done thus far, I went through:
1 1/4 can of Adhesion Promoter
1 1/2 can of Filler Primer
2 cans of Paint
2 cans of Clear

I'll have more to come tomorrow as far as thoughts go (have to go to work now).


Thanks guys for the complements on my homework. I hope it pays off.

 

[Nick The Great]

Way to go! Looks nice!