Interior paint help...

kicker1_solo · #1 05-31-2002, 07:45 PM

Ok, I'm painting my interior and everytime I try to paint a smooth piece, this is what happens. It bubbles and looks like crap. It doesn't do it on anything except for the smooth pieces like the vents and stuff. What's wrong?

Marc-OS · #2 05-31-2002, 08:00 PM

Woah, I'm painting the same piece, but I don't have that problem. Perhaps you should try a different brand of primer, or try sanding it a bit.

kicker1_solo · #3 05-31-2002, 08:03 PM

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Originally posted by Marc-OS
Woah, I'm painting the same piece, but I don't have that problem. Perhaps you should try a different brand of primer, or try sanding it a bit.

well I preped it right, and I'm just going to wait a few days for it to completely dry and then sand it smooth and paint it again and that will work. I've had this problem before, and I can fix it. I was just wondering why it happens.

wagsaccordsir · #4 06-01-2002, 01:22 AM

I will tell you the best and most effective way to do this, first sand it and then primer it, but when you spray the primer, hold it atleast 6 inches away if not about 8.. then do the same with your paint... 6-8 inches.. spray LIGHT even coats.. Be patient and go slow, spray a THIN even coat and walk away and go grab a coke and smoke a cig, then go back and spary another coat the same way, go get another coke and a cig and do this about 3 times or as many as it takes.. Then go over it with an acrylic clear coat, do about 5 coats for the ultimate sheen... Patience my friend is the most important thing you can have... Those spots you see are what is called "Grape-fruiting" or "Orange Peeling" hence the visual of either fruites skin... that means you are applying to much paint,,, when you do it, spray light, you will see speckles of paint gathering, yoru first coat you should still see a faintness of the previous color or material.. Let it dry do it again... Hope this gets you thru your mission... If you have any ??? Give me a hollor

sparq · #5 06-01-2002, 10:17 PM

It also can depend on the paint... my buddy tom used Rustoleum for metal, what a jackass

But kicker, yeah just wait for it to dry, sand the orange peel off and LIGHTLY redo it ... takes time.

strodda · #6 06-02-2002, 01:20 AM

ive been wanting to paint some pieces but i decided not to cause i didnt know how the hell to get it off, hopefully some of you guys can shine some light. i want to take the black piece off. unfortuently its all one piece going from around the receiver and controls over to around the front consol.

wagsaccordsir · #7 06-02-2002, 01:24 AM

Start where your arm rest is, undo the scres down inside it, there me a cover in there, just take it off, thenundo the screws, then gently tug and see where it offers resistance, you may have additional screws, if not take that piece off. Then you will see 2 more screws and you eventually get up to that black piece... There is a screw behind your glove box, and one under your steering column (steering column, just grab at the edge and tug, it just pops out.. I hope this works,, mine is a 97 remember, so it may be different, but it should be close enough....

wagsaccordsir · #8 06-02-2002, 01:25 AM

Oh yea and take your shift knob off, should be a metal clip that slides or prys out... I had an automatic back in the day..

strodda · #9 06-02-2002, 02:30 AM

thanks man, ill try that tomm. no time now, gotta work early in the morning

i think i might have described what i wanted to do incorrectly. i didnt mean the area around the shift/e-brake. just the black border around the radio and guage cluster. would you happen to know if the black piece around the radio comes off by itself, or do i have to take off the entire front panel(maroon)

wagsaccordsir · #10 06-02-2002, 02:43 AM

Yea thats what I was talking about, starting from your arm rest will lead you all the way up to the dash.. I understood ya the first time buddy...

Its all good... Just try it, you will see!! I'm still working on your request too...

kicker1_solo · #11 06-02-2002, 03:43 AM

Ok, I'm not stupid, I know how to paint. I did about 6 very light coats and this happens everytime on the smooth plastic. If I do it on the plastic that has texture to it, it's fine. But with the smooth plastic, even when I do extremely light coats, it does that crap.

sparq · #12 06-02-2002, 11:52 AM

hmmm, add some texture to it then?

khead717 · #13 06-03-2002, 03:03 AM

dude, it's the paint. use a different brand.

i had the same problem before, mine looked just like yours....and i removed the paint and used another brand.....and everything is ok.

kicker1_solo · #14 06-03-2002, 03:51 AM

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Originally posted by khead717
dude, it's the paint. use a different brand.

i had the same problem before, mine looked just like yours....and i removed the paint and used another brand.....and everything is ok.

that's kinda what I was thinking, this is my second brand and it still does it. I've only had one brand of white that didn't do this, and I can't find it anymore. I guess I'll just have to look harder. So much for this $8 can of paint.

sparq · #15 06-03-2002, 06:33 AM

Ummm, what kind of paint are you using?

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