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Old 05-08-2009, 03:25 PM
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im looking to paint my dash from the ugly blue to another and was wonder how well spray painting will work and how it should be prepped?
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clean really the areas to be painted really well with a mild detergent use paint adehisve promoter and use a spray paint designed for interior panles,plastic trim
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if you wanna use a primer you can i guess but its not necessary
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thanks for the tip, im gonna try regular spray paint on extra interior pieces i have laying around just to experiment
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cool just make sure to use the adhesive promoter because the paint will not always cling to the material and any slight scratch will expose old paint
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im not really to worried about the peices if they turn out bad they wont being going in my car
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lol oh kay
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Dont use exterior paint, it comes out like ****. Dupli Color makes interior paint that works great I have done a few dashes that came out, looking almost OEM. But keep in mind your interior will smell for a week or two.
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thanks for the tips ill give it a try when i have some extra cash
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yeah i used duplicolor vinly interior paint looks oem its been on for about 8 months no fading or chipping
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just make sure u clean everything REALLY well and it should turn out fine. soup and water or even rubbing alchohol.
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bump bump, i also used Dupli Color vinal paint. worked great for me. just washed it and sprayed it. didnt use any primer and stayed on pretty good
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use dye not paint, i saw a guys thread where he used some kinda spray dye and it looked 100% OEM
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SEM spray vinyl dye. its expensive but if you do it right it will last forever and look like oe. it is like 13 bucks a can though...
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Originally Posted by GroundZer0 336
SEM spray vinyl dye. its expensive but if you do it right it will last forever and look like oe. it is like 13 bucks a can though...
I just used that on my blue interior....definitely will never use anything else. really good stuff...would post pics but I'm not at home.
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Try The Dupli Color Interior Paint
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