interior paint job

ok i was wondering how you go apon painting the interior of your car like the paint you use and how to do it

like this guys
http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=290564&page=3

i was thinking of doin red and white (red to match my red seat covers with red boot and red shifting knob)

Well i am currently re-doing my interior(in fact i just came in from sanding). What u need to do is to remove all of the peices that you want to paint. The your need to sand them down, then prime them, and then paint them how you want. Start off a lil bit at a time and do several layers of paint. You can use any type of paint. And if you want a glossy look then buy glossy paint and paint over. Anymore questions?

but like what about the dash and some shit that you can't take off (or the shit i am too fucking stupid to relize you can get it off)

Originally posted by ci5ic
Here's the exact process that I used, and my interior came out looking proffessional. Hope it helps.

Materials/Tools required:
-- Primer.
-- Krylon Interior/Exterior paint
-- Clear Enamel
-- 320 grit sand-paper
-- Rubbing alcohol and Q-tips and/or cotton balls
-- Masking tape (also good to have masking tape with attached drop-cloth)
-- Various sockets/screw-drivers, etc. for removing pieces

A few words about technique/safety:
-- When spraying your primer, paint, or clear-coat, be sure to keep the tip of your finger out of the spray. Having your finger in the way will cause paint mist to build up on your fingertip, and the airflow will blow the built-up paint off your finger in the form of little droplets of paint. If these drops land on the piece you're working on, you might as well start over, cuz they look like crap. The same thing happens if you use a plastic pistol-grip attachment on your spray cans.
-- I can't say enough how important patience is. If you rush, you are going to make mistakes, and if you don't fix the mistakes (which is a huge hassle), you'll have a horrible looking interior. So it's best to just do it right the first time. Do whatever you can to avoid over-spraying the pieces. Personally, I smoked A LOT of cigarettes and drank A LOT of beer between applications, just to keep myself from using too much paint all at once.
-- I made the mistake of painting all my trim outside on my back deck. For some reason, bugs were really attracted to my paint and clear-coat, and kept landing on the pieces. They'd get stuck in the wet paint, and some of them are still visible in the finished pieces. If you have access to a well ventilated garage or paint-booth, I would highly recommend using it.
-- If you follow these steps, you'll end up with a durable, professional looking painted interior.
-- If you plan on painting your entire dash, or your gauge cluster cover, a really light color like white or bright yellow, be aware that on sunny days, it will be reflected onto your windshield, and in my opinion is a bit distracting, and can make it difficult to see sometimes.
-- Always spray paint in a well ventilated area.
-- This process is only meant to be used on plastic pieces. I have no experience painting vinyl-covered surfaces.

The Process:
Remove each piece that you want to paint (consult manual if unsure how to remove pieces).
Use the following process on each piece you want to paint:
-- Wash with soapy water to remove built-up dirt and grease.
-- Sand each surface you wish to paint with 320 grit sandpaper.
-- Swab each piece with rubbing alcohol to remove any left-over Armoral, finger grease, etc.
-- Wash again with soapy water to remove rubbing alcohol residue.
* at this point, be sure hold the pieces by the edges, or by surfaces that won't be visible. This is to avoid getting greasy finger-prints on the prepped surfaces.
-- Mask off any areas that you do not want to get paint on.
-- Apply 2 coats of primer. I used Rustoleum Primer.
* When I refer to "coats" I actually mean LOTS of really light applications of primer/paint. remember to take your time, spray a little bit, give it a few minutes, spray again, etc. Do whatever you have to in order to avoid soaking the pieces. You'll just get runs and sags like crazy.
-- Primer dries pretty quickly.
-- Once each coat dries, it's a good idea to lightly sand the primer with 320 grit paper. And sand after the 2nd coat as well.
-- After sanding each time, wash the piece again with soapy water to remove sanding dust.
-- Apply 3-4 coats of paint. I used Krylon Interior/Exterior paint from the local parts supply chain.
* Again, remember to take your time applying the paint. The Krylon takes a lot longer to dry than the primer does, so give it a bunch more time.
-- Once the paint has completely dried (I would give it at least 24 hours to be on the safe side), apply 2-3 coats of clear enamel. I used Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel for this.
* Same process as with the primer and paint steps.
-- Let the pieces dry again for at least 24 hours before handling. It's the most frustrating thing to spend all this time and energy on painting the pieces, only to put a fingerprint in them or scratch them with a screw-driver trying to install them while they're still a little soft. BE PATIENT!

Here is a pic of his interior, and it looks really good in person. Pics do not do it justice.

http://gta.crestfallen.com/oregon/picture016.jpg

and do you think red/white would go good with my black car?

i think im also gonna get all red hoses and intake and shit when i get my engine swap.....



and any ideas for what to paint what colopr would be greatly accepted (like the console speaker covers doors that kinda shit)

You can take everything off man, just look around and locate some of the bolts and screws needed to take them off.

I know you want a flexible paint and you don't just want to buy a glossy paint and paint over it, get a clear coat paint and paint that over it, add some protection to it. I think ami has a how to on her website, not to sure though. Just wait a while there should be someone who knows exactly how to do it. But he is right, take your time on it, don't get in a hurry.

And the dash, you can take the dash out, unless you want to mask your whole interior off just to leave it in.

yeah thats hot i think im gonna paint all of what he did but in red (and i don;t know if mines vynil covered) like the plastic has a rough texture to it like a design or some shit on the console and the steeroing wheel i think thats just how the plastic was molded though


guess im going to the store tomarrow or tonight suppost to get snowed in like 1-2 feet of snow so that will give me something to do all day :D

Originally posted by Theodditie
I think ami has a how to on her website, not to sure though.

ci5ic made the how to which is on her website.

thats what i thought.

How does he keep the texture on some of the interior parts though? I painted my stereo console and sanded a few spots flat by accident. but i also think i used to big of grit sand paper.

i want to sand the texture off so its all just smooth

man thats gonna look hot all i know is while im doin the console for like 3 days i'll be driving with no console gonna be weird to shift i bet

HAHAHA

man that was great i just told my mom my project for painting my interior and she goes "what a waist of money"

i bet it costs like 50 bucks

its more time and patience then it is money it shouldnt even cost you that much money to do it

yeah i need something to do nowadays it seems when im not in school or at work i just sit in my room and look at this site lol

Heres a tip for painting anything on your car: Use clearcoat on anything you expect to last more than 2 weeks or else that shit is unprotected. Clearcoat maskes a like plastic like coating on for protection. And since your interior will get hot in the summer the heat will be hell on the paint. But if you clearcoat it should be ok or better.

I swear by using Krylon interior/exterior paint! that shit works AWESOME!

heres my old interior using krylon:

http://www.leigh.xstreamhosting.com/personal/mycar/interior.gif
it did chip cause of the cold weather otherwise it woulda worked out fine...clear coat is what makes it chip

like i said, make sure the paint you use is a little bit flexible and don't rush it makin it dry. The faster it drys, the less flexible it is.

i hear AEM vinyl paint is the best u can get

yo leigh, did you throw your interior back to stock, or repaint it or what?

My door panel has extreme sun damage. It is so bad it went all the way to the core of the door, anyone know how i should fix it?

The how-to that I wrote is ONLY to be used for painting hard plastice pieces, NOT vinyl (door panels/dash, etc).

Also, don't use solvent based cleaners to clean the painted pieces once they are done... also Armorall, etc will rub the paint off... 90civicrider says that he uses something called "spray nine" that works perfectly... hit him up for more details.

so do i use the clear coat after the enamel?

and what should i use to paint my dash then i think im just gonna try it the same way

anyone?

Here's Mine.
I used Painters Touch Primer, Krylon Interior/Exterior base coat, Tremclad Clear Coat.

http://images.cardomain.com/installs/129000-129999/129046_65_full.jpg

Originally posted by Melt
yo leigh, did you throw your interior back to stock, or repaint it or what?

i went back to stock for now, i am still missing a passenger side door panel but other than that its stock again...I am gonna do up the exterior first then figure out the interior, white was blinding during the summer but I will probably do it again

Im just waiting till schools over then I will work ft and pour $$$$ into my car...I am almost certain to be kitted and turboed by the end of summer heh

does anyone think red/white would look good togeather?

and does it really matter if i do this in my garage while its like 10 degrees or less outside since im stuck here all day (i hate the snow arg)

i mean all i was gonna do was sand all my shit in the house then do the primer today but tomarrow is the painting part

i don;t think the cold will make it crack or anything

where ever you paint it should be warm otherwise it will not stick and it will crack. Warm it up somehow
:D

ok what about this i spray it outside and then bring it all inside (on some wood so not to touch it)

i want ti just spray it in my basement but my moms all like no bitch then the smell will go all over the house im trying to tell her that it won;t but she';s being a wanker

do you have a space heater or something that you can use to warm up you garage. And as for painting inside just set up a fan afterwords. They wont be any smell. My wife yells at me all of the time for doing shit like that. But they will get over it. LOL:D

lol we have a little heater for the bathroom


and normaly they won;t care but god forbid that smells around with my 8 month old brother

bastards

This is what I would tell them, I will have the door closed and a fan a the bottom of the stairs so the smell does not go upstairs. I mean you do want you son to be happy right. LOL guilt trip:D

well he's not my son he's my brother

and i have a qeuston in ci5ic's thing telling you how to do the paint job he says to use 320 grit sand paper but the krylon paint says to use 220 grit so i bought both so which one do i use??

did he have a typo mabye?

personnaly i like the black on red. thats what i did on my interior.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/129408DSC00972.JPG

all i used was professional vinyl cleaner (prep), plastikote interior vinyl paint, scotch bright pad, and thats it!!http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/129408DSC00972.JPG

ohh and by the way the dash is very simple to take out.

Originally posted by blueturtle
well he's not my son he's my brother


no no no that is what you are supposed to tell your parents. And I would use the 320. If it would have been A typo then someone else would have caught it. But I could be wrong:D

Originally posted by 1990civic
ohh and by the way the dash is very simple to take out.

No it is really easy, but the ony thing is that I could not get my steering wheel off............:confused:

what i need to know how to get off is the vents on the door and the dash board i wanna get those to be red too

and how do u take off the dash?

all u have to do is just pop the H off the steering wheel, then there should be a nut behind that, take that off and just pull it off. Thats how i was told.

my steering wheel is simple, just pop the horn off, there is a giant bolt right there, take it off and walla, steering wheel is off, the fun part is getting it lined back up when you put it back on.

the fun part is getting it lined back up when you put it back on.

Yea that makes me feel better about putting on a new steering wheel, just have to make sure u dont turn the little thing when the steering wheel is off right?

Oh and 1990civic that interior is hot.

umm yeah so how do i take all of the vents off??

To me painting the interior is only a temporary way to do it. If you want to do it right that vinyl it or dye the pieces. Vinyl can be found at a fabric store pretty cheap, my friend did his whole for about $35.00. You have to have some patience to do vinyl but the results are worth it, and they don't wear like spray paint.

yeah but if you clear coat the paint with enamel it will last

damn sanding takes forever ive been sanding one of the pieces from the door now for over 30 min

I was sanding my peices too............got any pics?

yeah soon i have a sony little cam recorder thing so i record for a few seconds but then in order to get pics u gotgta pause the fil;m put in the memory stick and save the pic to it

just goptta fiquire out how to hook up to comp don;t have the 3.5 floppy adaptor

Ok, ran out to the garage and got some quick pics to show how the sanding is comming along.

Here is a pic of the lower center console:


http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/695574Img_0293.jpg


Here is a pic of the speaker grill: I had already painted it but did a shity job so i am re-doing it:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/738580Img_0294.jpg

Sorry the pics are so small, i will re-post in a lil

i'm wanting to change my interior color from maroon to either gray or black, which colors were offered on 4 doors? the other question is would it be easier to paint the whole dash and components or find a donor car and swap everything? i'm kinda thining the latter b/c of the doors, deats, and roof (which is tan)

Originally posted by Civic Rush


No it is really easy, but the ony thing is that I could not get my steering wheel off............:confused:


you dont have to take the wheel off, you can just drop the steering column, ther are 2 bolts holding it up under the dash, take those bolts out, and sccot ur seet back and it drops the the floor and out of your way :-D

hehe

the dash is my last part im gonna do gonna drive around like 2 days w/o it lol

same with my console

hey jay, i have a 90 civic lx 4dr and my interior is black and grey, the dash is black, mid counsle is black, the door handle area is black, then its grey under that, then the speaker area is black.

The only thing i hate about taking everything out and driving around is the fact there is no music in the car:eek:

k i was fuking around and painting my cell phone cover and i messed the paint up and i used paint thinner to take the paint off.......i took all the paint off and like 2 min later i looked at it and the plastic was all cracked im just telling you this so if you fuk up you interior dont used paint thinner to take the paint off i guess just wait for it to dry and sand it out......

Thats ass man......sorry to heaqr that but thanx for the advice

To clean the paint off you can use Pro Form Plastic parts cleaner. It is actually to clean the plastic and vinyl before painting it also opens up the pours in the plastic so that the dye soaks in. but it also takes off paint if you screw up!

aight thanks for the info

Alright, I wanna paint the vents in my car red. Right now they are black so whats the best way to paint the vents, with the cheapest paint? And do i have to do any sanding?Later