Something yall need to read!

[Kith]

ATTENTION 56k'ers PICTURES INSIDE!

---- For better quality please size the pictures down to 800x600, sorry did not have time.


----Sorry for the quality and grammer, in a hurry =)




Hey all! I know I am posting under the wrong section of the fourm, but this place gets looked at the most. Over the week, I was intrested in painting my interior, my dash, glove box, and gear box plastic. Anyway the items I bought were:

1 can of Plastic Primer
1 can of Black - Gloss Spray Paint.
1 can of High Bound Clear Coat.

Now, if any of you have painted before you would know you basicly, clean the surface, sand if need be, primer it, paint... clear coat right? Well this is my story!

Day: 1 Primer!


After a few hours of primer, spraying only 1 or 2 coats (recomended is 1, but sometimes 1 can't over it all) my plastics were looking good.

http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/P1010003.JPG


All the peices looked like that, hurray!



Day: 2 High Gloss Paint!

Well day 2 rolls around, I'm excited as can be, I start to paint all my plastic black, useing light coats, and making sure not to over spray. After an hour or so the black paint was done.

http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/P1010004.JPG

Later that evening, I went outside to check on the drying process. Upon reaching my paint table, I started to notice small imprefections, almost like a cracking. Long story short, the PLASTIC primier, was CRACKING! Just what you don't want. It seems that Fusion based plastic primers do NOT work well with interior plastics.

http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/P1010001.JPG

Day: 3 REWORK

Well luck was in my hand, I had an idea to remove the paint, and start over. I took your average can of paint thinner, poured it into a bowl. With a brush (yes a brush) I started to paint the paint thiner all over each peice, after around 30 minutes all the paint had been removed! Success! I then cleaned each peice and this time started painting WITHOUT primer, only used the black paint.

http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/P1010002.JPG

Day: 4 Ahh so pretty!

In the morning, I walk outside to see my nice new painted (completely dry) plastic peices!

http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/P1010004.JPG

Day 5: Clear Coat!

Well the next day, I decide to break out the Clear coat, most of the hard work is done, and its time to make my work look pretty! I lightly spray all the peices with a clear coat for about 40 mins. I was tired so I took a break and ventured into my room to play video games!

Alittle later I went outside and stood there shocked! The Clear Coat and the PLASTIC black spray paint did not go well! Once again each peice started to CRACK horribley! By this time I was starting to get VERY VERY pissed off. So I once again had to start over with the paint thiner and black paint.


Day 6: Finally!

Finally I am done with all the stupid painting, hateing Clear coat and hateing primer at the time I decide to spray one last coat of black before I place it in the Celi. Few hours later I install the pecies, and this is the finished product!


http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/done/P1040003.JPG
http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/done/P1040004.JPG
http://lust.homeunix.org/Car/done/P1040007.JPG


CONCLUSION:

Well aside from the few imperfections this was a pain in the ass job. I recomend either useing a special primer and clear coat, or not useing them at all. For some odd reason I acutally had fun doing this. I just didn't want to spend the 100 bucks at a body shop to get it painted, and it turned out pretty good =D

-Eric

[oONoGoAutoOo]

some pics are real blurry, but nice job!

[SF GT]

The overall finish looks unprofessional imo.

[Kith]

Ya... I don't know what I am going to do yet, the flash reflecting off the gloss paint doesn't reallly make it look good. I mean its decent... not very professional but then again it doesn't look like some 12 year old kid did it either. Wish I Could get you guys some betyer pictures

[BiZzyCeLiGT]

looks like a 12yr old did it to me, take it to the body shop and have it done right if you cant do it yourself

[Kith]

Well since I am getting drilled here....

Bizzyceligt - What would you have done differntly? If the same thing happend to you?




On another note, its what 80-100 bucks for a few peices of plastic?

[Kith]

Heres some better pictures, my camara really sucks...


http://lust.homeunix.org/better1.bmp

http://lust.homeunix.org/better2.bmp

[alphasubzero949]

A better thread title would help.

[aZnTrD2k]

can you make the pics bigger:gap::violin:

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by Kith
On another note, its what 80-100 bucks for a few peices of plastic? For new pieces, you're looking at $171 for the top of the center console, $52 for the bottom, and $115 for the glove box.

To get the paint smooth, you need to wet sand between coats. 600 grit works well. Once you're on the final coat, you want to wet sand with higher grits to make the surface as smooth as possible before you buff it for a glossy shine.

[Kith]

I acutally used steal wool instead.....

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by Kith
Heres some better pictures, my camara really sucks...PLEASE use compression next time. :ugh:Originally posted by Kith
I acutally used steal wool instead..... That ain't right...

[Kith]

Light Steal wool is alot lighter then any sand paper...

[BrianGTS]

I reccomend that you dont paint your interior.

painting interior pieces = cool in 1995.

[Kith]

I Am not going to paint the entire thing, Im just sick of the gray color.

[nemrac]

i paid $50 to have my center console painted black. they were also able to do the area around the AC controls and it turned out pretty nice. It doesn't look good to have everything painted black except for that section IMO. looks unfinished

[Kith]

I totaly agree, but didn't paint it for the obisious reason... where did you have it done LooksFast?

[nemrac]

a shop in Cali. I can post a pic of what they did if you want. can't do it right now since it's a bit dark out. let me know

[SF GT]

You should remove all the pics and resize them for everyone's sake.

[many]

Originally posted by alphasubzero949
A better thread title would help.

Originally posted by alphasubzero949
A better thread title would help.

Originally posted by alphasubzero949
A better thread title would help.

Originally posted by alphasubzero949
A better thread title would help.

[S|Lv3rBu||et]

You should have followed the instructions I emailed you....
I guess they didn't come out horrible, but I wouldn't be surprised if you found yourself wanting to redo them very soon. ;)

edit: and this really, really belongs in 'apperance mods.'

[Zensoku]

DIY.... Hey u painted the key hole....

[Kith]

I did to begin with Silverbullet =( But the primer kept crackin and cracking! What type of paint did you use? And yes, I already want to redo them

[The Game]

Originally posted by alphasubzero949
A better thread title would help.
:werd: I really didnt have to read this, plus this goes in the appearence section!

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by Kith
I did to begin with Silverbullet =( But the primer kept crackin and cracking! What type of paint did you use? And yes, I already want to redo them You probably didn't prep the surface of the plastic enough. Wash them with Dawn, sand them down a bit, then wash them again. This will get rid of any oils or dirt that have built up and help the primer stick better.

[S|Lv3rBu||et]

Originally posted by Blue Bomber
You probably didn't prep the surface of the plastic enough. Wash them with Dawn, sand them down a bit, then wash them again. This will get rid of any oils or dirt that have built up and help the primer stick better.

:werd:

Also, it's important to keep an eye on the temperature and humidity when you're doing this. If it's too cold or too humid that could cause some of the problems you encountered.

[fusi0n]

suggestion when you paint the center console: buy the A/C decals and stick them right on top of your old A/C icons. paint it and do whatever, then remove the stickers. you will now be able to see through your center console :thumbup: