doug doo wop

Hi guys, does any catalog sell a spray paint to do the center console and other interior plastic parts? Is there a protective coating that goes over that painted part? Thanks

EatRice

Personally I paint plastic with either SEM plastic paint or with base coat/clear coat autobody paint. SEM is available in a spray can from your local autobody supply shop. There is also a paint from Krylon called Fusion. It is made from plastic and is supposed to work very well. I have not used it so I can't say. I will tell you this make sure you clean all the plastic parts very well. If there is any residue from Armor All or another product it will fish eye the paint and cause poor adhesion. I put plastic parts in my dishwasher if they fit. If they don't I use denatured alchol several times.

Stock Man

I agree with the above. Good advice!! I use Krylon for painting and have had great results with it. There is one thing though that is that the console gets pretty hot and might not do so well getting painted. That's my opinion though others here hopefully will chime in and give you more tips.

bsmith

Is this what you are looking for?

http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.58.3474

CAPN17

Corvette America sells a vinyl dye in spray cans, I have used it and it is very satisfactory, giving great results, unlike the stuff I got from MAM.

ANI

You can try this site i am looking to order some dye to do the interior and they said they will do custom colors. i have a le manns blue and want to do some trim work inside and really dont want to use a paint. give the a shout. http://metropartsmarket.com

doug doo wop

Mid-America sells a LIght Oak spray paint and I want to buy a new console trimplate that goes around the radio,air cond. and gearshift and paint it Lt. Oak. Do you think it will come glossy or grainy(which I want)? Do I need to spray some protective coating over the Lt. Oak? Thanks for your help

Vetteman Jack

Some of the vendors sell interior paint. This may work well. I believe the key is to get the parts as clean as you can before trying the paint. Good luck - let us know how it turns out if you decide to do this.

StuzVette

Tim Burke sanded prepped and painted with exterior Quicksilver and clearcoated...

ANI

so this was done with exterior paint?. everything that i have been researching all say dont use a paint /but use a dye. for paint that looks great. thats just want i want to do is the console area. i have a couple of bids on console parts if i can get them cheap enough i/ll try it on them and see how they come out. this way if i mess them up i still have mine thanks for all the info

74-Roadster

You can paint the hard plastic with urethane (exterior paint). You have to sand and prep the plastic just like you would the outside. I'm also using a plastic primer that promotes adhesion to plastic. Probably not a neccesity but certainly worth the small price. I think you can use the dye on vinyl material. I'm not going that route so don't quote me on that item.

CAPN17

The vinyl dye is a flat finish and you need to wash the piece with dawn, then clean with denaytrd alcohol, once it is clean the dye does bond well. If you want a high gloss finish I suggest the same cleaning, then hit it lightly with 800 or even 1200 wet or dry paper to set some tooth to it. Then I would suggest Krylon for plastic spray paint, no primer need and it bonds well. I have had regular spray paints peel like sunburn from the interior plastic so be careful with them.

doug doo wop

Thanks for all the replys and those pics looked sweet. Doug

PaceThis

I had mine done with auto paints...use a plastic adhesion promoter or it will flake off...

Once done, it looked great, high gloss, and no grain. SEM vinyl sprays work alright, but it's just not the same...