i have a 94 accord that i want to paint the interior on so i can take to car shows. right now its black and gray. im not sure what are the exact steps on doing that. ive taken the dash apart b4 so thats no problem. what size of sand paper should i use? type of paint? primer needed? steps? and also im not sure what color to go with. my car paint is burgundy with chrome wheels, and white decals. any suggestions? im confused

 

DONT SAND....i did the mistake of sanding some of my interior came out bad....all i did my second time around was clean the parts really really well then use SEM paint and it came out good

 

if you use the sem stuff they actually have a sem soap that cleans well and they have plastic primers. stuff works great.

 

thanks for the advice...do u guys have any pics of your dash after painting it with SEM paint? any suggestions as to what color i should paint it?

 

ill take a pic of my buddies dash we did...i took mine out and painted it and cleared it lol

 

ok thanks shocker911. so black and burgundy or black and white? what do you think?

 

wait so you dont needa sand/scuff the surface so the paint has something to stick to?

and i was always curious; how authentic does spraying your interior look?...

i always thought about doing it but was always afraid it would look cheap, or fade, or chip/peel, scratch easy. or just plain out not look authentic... anyone?

 

well from what other ppl have told me, u just need to do several light coats and not rush it. the ones i've seen look pretty clean. my cousin did his car like 2 months ago but without getting any info or knowing about cars, right now it looks good but i want to make sure i do mine the right way because i dont want the paint to fade or peal in a couple months. not sure about the sanding though. my buddy told me to sand but shocker911 said not too. so idk?

 

it comes out really nice...the SEM paint is the best stuff to use...just make sure that the area is very clean and do a few coats. Areas that take abuse will chip no mater what you use. but everything else if you take the time to prep and do many coats not just 1 it comes out really nice



DONT DO WHITE...it gets so damn dirty so quick i was going to do the black and white on my interionr did the door panels and the qhite was so dirty. I went all black everything door panels all plastics seats and im taking the sound deadener out soon to paint all the metal gloss black

 

if i still have some of the stuff that i sanded laying around i will post up a pick...i sanded dont remember what grit it was but the plastic kinda felt like it had hair on it lol and the paint once it was on it looked different.

 

oh good advice...how long has it been since you painted your buddys interior with the SEM paint? does it still look good? then burgundy it is...lol...

 

we did everything over the winter...it still looks fresh like the day we did it

 

Vinyl can be scuffed with a fine scotch-brite-type sanding pad to help adhesion. You'd basicly just want to make the vinyl look more dull. Make sure to clean well into the grooves with rubbing alcohol twice. Painting the dash can cause alot of glare on the windshield- the lighter the color the more glare. I did one white ten or so years ago and when it was bright outside I could hardly see the road without good sunglasses.

 

them sem soap has a mild scuffing agent in it. if you use it according to the direction with the color scothbrite pad it tells you, thats all you need to do for cleaning/scuffing. then they also have a spray cleaner you can use, and they have plastic primers(these basically glue your color to the panel). dont do anything until you contact sem. they can tell you exactly how to do it. ive been to their trainings before, trust me their stuff works if used properly and it looks oem when finished.