Proper process for painting most of your interior parts

[circuitguy]

Process for proper painting of most interior parts:

You will need:

1 CAN KLEAN-STRIP PREP-ALL
1 CAN KLEAN-STRIP BULLDOG ADHESION PROMOTER
2 CANS SEM COLOR COAT

STEP 1: Wash each part with regular dish washing soap and a brush, must get all the dirt and any silicone "interior dressing" off then dry each part completely. "I had my wife do this for me in the kitchen as she has so much free time, thanks babe!"

STEP 2: If the part is metal then use a 3M SCOTCH PAD to rough up the surface. With a lint free rag wipe the part down with PREP-ALL, let dry. "Skip this step if the part is plastic"

STEP 3 : For plastic wipe each part down with PREP-ALL and a lint free rag, let dry. This will remove the last of any silicone and dirt that the washing with soap did not remove.

STEP 4: Once dry then spray a lite coat of ADHESION PROMOTER to each part about 10 min before your ready to paint. This will give the paint something to bite to, also helps a bunch if it’s a plastic part as these may be flexed a bit after its painted.

STEP 5: Final step. Now apply the SEM COLOR COAT spray paint. Make sure the air temp is 60 degrees or higher and the product your painting is the same to the relevant air temp. I use lite coats at first but as these tend to dry fast I then put the costs on heaver so I can get an even and consistent sheen once dry.

All should be dry to the touch in 30 min and ready to install in 24 hrs.

Hope this help all that are are this point in their restoration process.

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[foamypirate]

Awesome info, thanks for the writeup!

 

[Project79']

Great thread. Actually in the process of doing all my plastics just like the picture you posted. Will definitely use this process!

 

[JTWard]

Unless you want a huge mistake with your colored interior parts ( I did this and Wow What an education ) I have tan interior and I tried to touch it up ? Well the Acetone in the spray can will make you black spot a huge spot. How I did not know, but soon learned, ALL interior parts are black at the factory when they were made, and then painted to the customer choice. So be forewarned, touch up with a spray can and shoot a little bit into the cans cap and use a paper match stick and gently touch any spots that have been nicked. But as the OP has instructed, get a clean garage and a lot of time and clean and respray the scuffed up interior panels.

 

[Nasty-LSX]

great write up!!

 

[Shawn Cribbs]

Very cool

 

[trukman1]

Great write-up! I'm a newbie and am really getting an education on this site. Thanks.

 

[bucket]

Unless you want a huge mistake with your colored interior parts ( I did this and Wow What an education ) I have tan interior and I tried to touch it up ? Well the Acetone in the spray can will make you black spot a huge spot. How I did not know, but soon learned, ALL interior parts are black at the factory when they were made, and then painted to the customer choice. So be forewarned, touch up with a spray can and shoot a little bit into the cans cap and use a paper match stick and gently touch any spots that have been nicked. But as the OP has instructed, get a clean garage and a lot of time and clean and respray the scuffed up interior panels.

Just saw this, but it needs corrected. The plastic panels were molded in color at the factory, not painted later on. Any panel that was painted, was more than likely a replacement part.

 

[trukman1]

Very informative write-up for those of use that are new to painting interior parts. Thanks for taking the time to share this information, especially the proper products with pictures! Now I know where I went wrong in the past!

 

[fried_daddy]

Nice write up. I'll be using these steps to re-do all of my interior panels.

 

[78C10BigTen]

Is this still the same for the dash pad?

 

[Raybo135]

Is this still the same for the dash pad?

I think Brothers or LMC had a video on repainting the dash pad and they have the paints to match any interior.

 

[Steve78 k10]

Good info. I literally just finished all my kick panels and door panels. I did exactly like you have just different brand on the adhesion promoter and the paint. I went with dupli color. Turned out good would post pics of my rebuild but Everytime I try to upload a pic there is a file problem.

 

[jeremyb]

Thank you for this write up. I followed it exactly and they turned out as good as new. Nothing like saving a few hundred bucks!!

 

[Brian Bonehill]

I have used and am still using Colorbond LVP bought from LMC. I have done the entity of the headliner trim and all the window trim. I am converting my all smurf blue Suburban to a blazer grey interior. The colorbond is amazing stuff. Spendy...but worth it, in my opinion. I have used 4 cans so far to do all the interior trim and now and doing the door panels.

I washed / cleaned all the parts with greased lightning first to remove any dirt / grease / grime. Then I wiped down the entire painting surface with 100% rubbing alcohol on a lint free rag. I have used 2 coats on each panel and when dry; you cannot tell that they were “painted”. It is painstaking but rewarding. Here is a of the pic of the progress.

I cannot more highly recommend the colorbond lvp product.

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