interior painting update

[Omd84]

Well I after talking to some people I went to home depot and got this stuff
called citrus strip which worked really well. It took off all the black paint
on the panels and took it down to the org. blue color. The panels were not in
good shape. I thought they were but there was some sun fading etc. Now I want
to repaint them either the same type color blue for 84 firebird interiors or
something pretty close to it. Does anyone know of a good spray paint to use?
Where is the best local place to buy? Home depot? Auto store? Walmart?! I am
not looking to spend $5.00-10 a can. I have recently gotten my hands on a 66
mustang and would just like to make this interior nice for now. It does not
have to be show quality or fact. org. looking BUT it can NOT look like it just
came from the ghetto either. Any help would be nice-chris

[WThomp6470]

check out year one they have a whole line of paints
Alex (aka House Of Pain)
94 camaro
71 camaro
71 trans am

['Wulff]

A lot of autobody supply shops can mix whatever interior color you
need and load it into spray bombs.....the plus side to this is you get
the same type of paint body shops use instead of the Wal-mart crap.
For a medium blue,you should easily get away with 2 cans max (If it's
a low hiding color)
Shouldn't cost you too much.

'Wulff
"It's Not the Bullet with my name on it I worry about....It
is the thousands marked OCCUPANT!"

[Omd84]

It is a medium to light blue. I will call some autobody stores and see what
they can do. Thanks Wulff for the suggestions.

['Wulff]

On 21 Oct 1999 09:43:29 GMT, om...@aol.com (Omd84) wrote:

>It is a medium to light blue. I will call some autobody stores and see what
>they can do. Thanks Wulff for the suggestions.

Let me know what you find out,There's other alternatives if my
suggestion doesn't pan out.

'Wulff
If animals have the same rights as humans then make
the buggers pay taxes like us humans.

[Omd84]

Well I called a few autobody shops and got nowhere. I think they are just mad
because I am not asking them to do it, so they don't want to lose a few bucks
perhaps? How about duplicolor or is that just outside paint?

['Wulff]

Ah....you have to phone autobody SUPPLY shops,they want to sell you
paint.
Look for SEM brand interior paints as well and get back to me.

I think Duplicolor is an enamel, If I'm right,it's not what you want.
Even if you can find someone that uses DuPont I'd be able to get you a
formula for your color(Their exterior paint can be mixed for interiors
as well)

[frenchy]

'Wulff <Wu...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:38103110.9983678@news...

I went through the same dilemma looking for interior paint. I did a complete
color change on the interior of my s10 which is mostly hard plastic. I ended
up using PPG paint. They have a paint made for plastic interior pieces. This
paint needs to be sprayed from a gun it doesnt come in spray bombs. It can
be mixed to your factory color using the vehicle color codes or you can
customize it if you want. I can say that it is very easy to spray. I did
mine myself using a friends paint gun and I have never painted before using
a gun. If I remember, the paint type is DUI. It needs to be reduced using
PPG reactive reducer DRR 1160. You cant tell it was even painted. It looks
factory. Just make sure you clean the plastics real well. Paint doesnt stick
to Armor All real well. I used PPG DX440 wax and grease remover as suggested
by the paint store. I dont know about durability because I just did mine,
but I am happy with the appearance.

--
Chris
*****

[Omd84]

I will try the suggestions you guys have given me. Frenchy do you have pics of
the interior? I would like to see how it looks. I will call some more places
tomorrow.

['Wulff]

>
>I went through the same dilemma looking for interior paint. I did a complete
>color change on the interior of my s10 which is mostly hard plastic. I ended
>up using PPG paint. They have a paint made for plastic interior pieces. This
>paint needs to be sprayed from a gun it doesnt come in spray bombs. It can
>be mixed to your factory color using the vehicle color codes or you can
>customize it if you want. I can say that it is very easy to spray. I did
>mine myself using a friends paint gun and I have never painted before using
>a gun. If I remember, the paint type is DUI. It needs to be reduced using
>PPG reactive reducer DRR 1160. You cant tell it was even painted. It looks
>factory. Just make sure you clean the plastics real well. Paint doesnt stick
>to Armor All real well. I used PPG DX440 wax and grease remover as suggested
>by the paint store. I dont know about durability because I just did mine,
>but I am happy with the appearance.

Yep...PPG works well, pretty much all major auto paint companies have
a way to do interior parts.
And yes,it doesn't come in spray bombs but can be loaded into one by a
paint distributor.