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Omd84

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Oct 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/9/99
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Well the car had an ugly blue interior. Some panels were faded etc, well to
make a long story short last year I started painting them with cheap walmart
brand paint. It didnt come out to good(shiny in some spots, if you to a finger
nail to it the paint would come off, etc.) Now I have returned to my car a year
later and I have no interior. I would like to not have to buy new panels. What
can I do here? Is there a proper way to paint them? A cheap way? I realize the
door panels etc would have to be recovered. Has anyone else done this? Any help
would be great. Thanks in advance-chris

Ssssnakebite

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Oct 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/9/99
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There are paints that are specifically made for interior plastic and vinyl
parts. You may have to strip your old paint off first.


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Omd84

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Oct 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/9/99
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How can you stip the old paint off? The parts are plastic and I assumed the
color was molded in not painted.

Ssssnakebite

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Oct 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/9/99
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>How can you stip the old paint off? The parts are plastic and I assumed the
>color was molded in not painted.
>

You said you painted them with cheap Walmart paint that you could scrap off
with your fingernail. Unless I read that wrong, you will have to probably
strip that off so the new paint can adhere better.

'Wulff

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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Just go to an Autobody supply store to price out the paints,
they carry stand alone vinyl paint systems that should give you no
problem.
A possibly cheaper alternative would be going to a smaller style
bodyshop (the bigger shop's will be less inclined to help a do it
yourselfer)
Ask them if their paint system includes interior formulas and see if
you can just buy the exact amounts you need.
You WILL be better off to strip off the walmart crap as the real paint
will either eat it or discolor itself.
Try putting some good ,wide masking tape over the panels somewhere
near a broken edge (of the paint) and rip it away from the panel, If
you're lucky ,you may be able to strip off a lot this way,otherwise
it's light solvents or mineral spirits.(read the walmart can to find
out the solvent base)

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Trevor

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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Chris,

A number of guys in my Z24 club have used (don't laugh!) Testor's model
paint on the plastic parts with great success. The stuff is plenty tough &
flexible and is even good for low-heat underhood painting too. I'd suggest
stripping off the old stuff and then prepping by taking the 'sheen' off any
other paintable parts using various grades of steel wool. A few coats with
Testor's is probably the cheapest way out. For the Vinyl, you could
proabably use 3M spray adhesive and recover the bottoms of the doors in
fabric for about 20 bucks.

Good luck,
Trevor

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Omd84

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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Oh okay...I was alittle worried there. Now I know what you ment. Sorry about
that. Yeah I will have to get that crap off. I already ripped the door panels,
speaker covers etc down to the cardboard and will recover with some vinyl and
fabric. I might try the testers model paint. To the person who posted that: Do
you have any pics of some int. parts that were painted with that? Thanks to
everyone for the help.

Ssssnakebite

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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OEM makes all the paint you need. They even make an adhesive promoter to help
adhesion to plastic parts.


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Omd84

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At this point I might just try and get it back to the org. blue color. It was a
mistake to even try and switch it. I will try and do something with it soon.

Jim

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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As everyone else has said, strip the old stuff off. You can get the
original colors in paint from
places such as:

1.) NATIONAL PARTS DEPOT. Page 98 in their catalog.
Plastic Prep & Cleaner. Part number (C-CPA) 11.25 oz. aerosol
can. $6.75 each.

-OR-
Vinyl Prep & Cleaner. Page 98.
Part number (C-CV) 32 oz. liquid $12.50 each

The paint, depending on what you go for, either the Acrylic
Lacquer for the plastic, or
the stuff for the vinyl are in aerosol cans and will both cost
you $8.95 each.

NATIONAL PARTS DEPOT. Florida - 1-800-874-7595

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And there is also:

THE PADDOCK Inc. 1-800-428-4319

Page 22 in their catalog.

The Paddock Inc. has the same aerosol cans but they cost $11.95
each.
They also sell Vinyl Dye and Acrylic Urethane Paint that Must be
applied
with a spray gun in order to be applied correctly. Both cost
$29.95 for
Acrylic urethane or $46.95 for the Pearl Parchement, 2 part.

They also have GM Plastic paint primer $12.95 for a 12 oz.
aerosol can.
Part number (1052364).

Hope this helps,

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