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Nor'Easter
Looking to change the color of an interior- dash, door panels, etc.
What's everyone using?
What's everyone using?
Jim C
Oldtimer
well i know for diamont i have an interior color deck and all those chips reference formulas with just 10% activated basecoat. nothing on top. i have a silver piece i did in my truck that still looks like it did it yesterday and its been done since 05. other paint systems may not be the same. youcould treat it like everything else really, bc/cc with a flat clear or use a flattened ss. remember door panels and many interior parts are PP so adhesion promoter is a must.
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Nor'Easter
Thanks for the input Jim. I'm not looking for show quality or anything, just a truck getting a restomod that has an ugly blue interior. Would love to get a tan of sorts, nothing color matched by any means. I have used aerosol before and it came out okay, but its not in a high traffic area.
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black88coupe
I recently was wondering the same thing as you. I saw a guy on one of those TV car shows paint an interior on a Camaro and asked him how he did it. This is what He said he did. I hope this helps. Mitch
"I had to have the colors custom matched by the paint shop because none of the original color codes matched the material sent in the interior kit. Then once I got it on set and sprayed test panels, their custom match didn't match, either. I ended up having to tint it on set for a decent match. The color itself is just a standard PPG interior paint which has a different type of binder in it to keep it flexible and give it some UV resistance. The real trick is in the prep. For most of the interior panels I used PPG's full kit for interiors. Your local jobber can set you up with all the stuff. The only thing I would say don't worry about, is using their sponge cleaner. Just use some good Dawn type liquid soap on a slightly abrasive sponge (like for doing dishes). It's cheaper than PPG's sponge and will do the same thing. Just follow the instructions and you'll be fine. The dash, however, is a different story. I tried PPG's way of doing it, and the paint peeled off before I could get the dash installed. I ended up having to strip it and re- do it. The next time I just grabbed some slow basecoat reducer (DT890, I believe) and loaded it in a gun. I covered the whole dash with it, and let it start to melt the dash. Then when it was still sticky, I threw the color on it. The color soaked right into the dash and was there for good. I'm sure they don't recommend doing it this way because you could destroy a dash if you're not careful. But it was the only way I could get it done without having the paint blow off in the wind!"
"I had to have the colors custom matched by the paint shop because none of the original color codes matched the material sent in the interior kit. Then once I got it on set and sprayed test panels, their custom match didn't match, either. I ended up having to tint it on set for a decent match. The color itself is just a standard PPG interior paint which has a different type of binder in it to keep it flexible and give it some UV resistance. The real trick is in the prep. For most of the interior panels I used PPG's full kit for interiors. Your local jobber can set you up with all the stuff. The only thing I would say don't worry about, is using their sponge cleaner. Just use some good Dawn type liquid soap on a slightly abrasive sponge (like for doing dishes). It's cheaper than PPG's sponge and will do the same thing. Just follow the instructions and you'll be fine. The dash, however, is a different story. I tried PPG's way of doing it, and the paint peeled off before I could get the dash installed. I ended up having to strip it and re- do it. The next time I just grabbed some slow basecoat reducer (DT890, I believe) and loaded it in a gun. I covered the whole dash with it, and let it start to melt the dash. Then when it was still sticky, I threw the color on it. The color soaked right into the dash and was there for good. I'm sure they don't recommend doing it this way because you could destroy a dash if you're not careful. But it was the only way I could get it done without having the paint blow off in the wind!"
Dub
Administrator
I've been using spray bombs from SEM. Find it at your local autoparts store. The trick is to make sure everything is 100% clean. It works great. At the dealer nobody could ever tell the interior was painted. And honestly I bought a few cans yesterday to change the gray interior in my truck to 2 tone red.