painting interior....?, any help is appreciated Options

[Celica94GT]

i am planning on painting parts of my interior with a silvery color. anyone done this b4 or have pointers on how and what kind of paint to use? again, any help is appreciated. thanks.

This post has been edited by Celica94GT: Jul 10, 2003 - 3:07 PM

[Inferno]

I don't know if you've seen this, but, How To: Paint your dash inserts. Good luck with it. From what I understand, the How To pretty much tells you everything you need to know. I think most of the people use Dupli-color. But feel free to ask questions if it doesn't help.

This post has been edited by Inferno: Jul 10, 2003 - 5:28 PM

[Chrobis]

do it in the cleanest enviroment possible, if you have access to a goverment controlled clean room, use it!!! the tiniest hairs and crap get stuck in it, also make sure you use denatured alchohol to clean them really good or the paint wont go on right. And TAKE YOUR TIME!!! very very very very, did I mention VERY, small coats. and let each coat dry before continuing, the longer it takes will most likely mean the better it comes out... And I highly recomend clear coat at the end. Also dont be eager to pop em back in, let them dry for a long time... I drove without a dash for like 2 days for the whole process, I messed up the first time by putting on thick coats and was too eager to pop em back in...

[slipgun]

I just put mine silver, YEAH TAKE YOUR TIME, and I used denatured alcohol as well worked great! I used one clear coat but I think 2 or 3 would have been a better idea. it looks great though!

[slipgun]

Oh yeah, read the topic I just put up of taking out the right vent, you actualy basicaly have to break it out, its in this same topic forum.

[chosen1]

QUOTE (Chrobis @ Jul 15, 2003 - 9:33 PM)

And I highly recomend clear coat at the end. Also dont be eager to pop em back in, let them dry for a long time... I drove without a dash for like 2 days for the whole process, I messed up the first time by putting on thick coats and was too eager to pop em back in...

I second that...I did mine last night and got really sleepy so I decided that they were dry enough (only dried for 30mins). When putting them back in, i put my fingerprints all over the paint. I'm pissed as hell!

[ScoobyDooCruiser]

On the interior paint, has anyone with a turquoise colored celica painted the trim? I was thinking of painting my rims white, and also painting the interior pieces white. Do you all think this would look good with my color car? Check out pics of it at my car page.. Let me know...

[Andason]

I'm just going to take my panels into a friend of a friend and have them paint them the same metallic silver as my car.