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Old 02-06-2009, 02:43 PM   #1
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What paint to use for interior plastics?

I want to paint my grey plastic peices in my 92' firebird to match my black carpet. What type of paint should I buy?

I wanna paint things like the door panels, center console, cup holder, sub woofer covers, firewall etc. Thanks!

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Old 02-06-2009, 03:08 PM   #2
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Krylon Fusion has been recommended on this site before so I tried it and so far so good. The interior plastics look great and have for the past year. Some use primer, I did not. I cleaned the plastic, made sure it was dry and sprayed several coats. Check out your question on the "search" function at the top of this page for more info. This is the first time I have painted interior parts and had them come out perfect and last.
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Krylon Fusion has been recommended on this site before so I tried it and so far so good. The interior plastics look great and have for the past year. Some use primer, I did not. I cleaned the plastic, made sure it was dry and sprayed several coats. Check out your question on the "search" function at the top of this page for more info. This is the first time I have painted interior parts and had them come out perfect and last.
yeah I did search but came mostly about the body. Thanks i'm going to pick that up. Did you use the vinyl spray?
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Use the SEM products for plastic int parts nothing works better Trust me.
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Old 02-08-2009, 06:14 PM   #5
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Raz, I just went out to my Iroc and vigorously scratched some of the plastic surfaces I painted with my fingernails and there were no scuff marks and no paint came off. I`ve only painted the hard plastics, I would not paint vinyl surfaces or seats, door panels. I used Krylon Fusion black satin #2421 for plastic. The can lists the substrates you can use it on. The part # is just above the bar code on the can. The last time, 15 years ago, I painted the interior plastics in my `74 El Camino it was a disaster. I spent a lot of time on prep and getting the paint that was recommended and a year later it was peeling off so I was hesitant to paint my Iroc but so far so good. I replaced my seats with 4th gen black along with new black door panels. Anything subject to heavy usage I would not paint, replace as you can afford it.
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Krylon Plastic Fusion works with light coats or one light coat and its something you can get about any hardware or auto store. I've used it on alcohol-cleaned polished plastic in 40 degree temperatures and the paint stuck on to the surface with no problems. In fact I had to sand it off to get it off the plastic.
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Duplicolor makes a plastic and vinal pain for interior parts worked realy good on my but i took the extra step on my plastics and sprayd them with bull dog adhisave permoter first. plastics look good done but if you dont take the nessasary steps like cleaning befor spraying they will flake then your worse off than when you started
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Yeah that is true someone would be worse off without prep. I got Krylon Fusion for plastic about 4.17 or so a can. Wiped the plastics down with a damp bath towel, then sprayed during mid nightime. It's been sitting for about two days but I think it needs more time to cure so i'm gonna let it sit longer. Satin matched very close. So far so good
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Yeah that is true someone would be worse off without prep. I got Krylon Fusion for plastic about 4.17 or so a can. Wiped the plastics down with a damp bath towel, then sprayed during mid nightime. It's been sitting for about two days but I think it needs more time to cure so i'm gonna let it sit longer. Satin matched very close. So far so good
I have never used Krylon Fusion but the good thing about the duplicoler is that it is a paint but works like a die so you can also do your door panals and after it is drie it is ther you cant barlie scratch it or git it to chip even by bending the paint actualy stretches and reforms as it bends.
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I have never used Krylon Fusion but the good thing about the duplicoler is that it is a paint but works like a die so you can also do your door panals and after it is drie it is ther you cant barlie scratch it or git it to chip even by bending the paint actualy stretches and reforms as it bends.
I believe that's the paint that is like a 1$ a pop? So from what I think you're saying is I can spray the whole door (cloth) with it? There is also that spray stuff you can get at Joan Fabrics but it is VERY expensive for small cans.
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

Vinal and leather but i havent tried cloth..... 1$ a can I wish it was that much around here the only place around town i do my shoping is o-rialys and it is like right at 4.00 a can but it only took 4 cans to do all my plastics and both panels but the bull dog adhisive permoter is like 18.00 so its pricie but i promis it is worth it.
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Vinal and leather but i havent tried cloth..... 1$ a can I wish it was that much around here the only place around town i do my shoping is o-rialys and it is like right at 4.00 a can but it only took 4 cans to do all my plastics and both panels but the bull dog adhisive permoter is like 18.00 so its pricie but i promis it is worth it.
Thanks. Yeah 2 cans did pretty much everything. And here it's 1$ a can at wal-mart. At the auto place though you can get the same paint for twice the price. The cloth stuff is like 5.00$ a can and a can does a cushion of a car's seat. so damn expensive. It's called Simply spray
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

IF YOU GIT A CHANCE CHECK OUT www.duplicolor.com im hard to pleas but i realy like there product they have a bunch of helpfull products for a poor boy doing a build
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

The Fusion does work very well, but then again its all in the prep work. I used simple green to clean my parts first due to alchohol drying the parts out too much. I spray about 3 light coats, then waited about an hour then used some satin clear to seal it, then 2 more light coats of the fusion, and it looks perfect. As for the cloth, get some of that Rit dye, some dishwashing gloves, a wash cloth that you can destroy, and a bowl of HOT water... Mix the dye in the water, dip cloth, wring it out, and wipe the fabric... really easy...
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Re: What paint to use for interior plastics?

i did sem paint all the way its all in the prep work

steam cleaning, washing with soap, lightly wet sand with 400grit. acholhol cleaner with microfiber non lint wipes

2 coats of adhesion promoter and then paint

been 2 yrs in hot sun and still hasnt peeled off anywhere

looks like it came from the factory
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