Painting console ?
12-02-2004, 07:57 AM
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Car: 85 Firebird
Engine: 350
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Axle/Gears: 3.42
Painting console ?
What type of paint should I use to paint my console for my Firebird? paint for plastic or the vinyl dye?
Thanks in advance for any info.
Thanks in advance for any info.
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12-03-2004, 03:12 AM
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Car: 1982 Pontiac Trans Am
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I did this to mine I copied this text from another thread I made. Sadly I don't have the picutures anymore because I don't have my webspace anymore.
Some of the pieces in my console were cracked and the little screw ears were broken or badly cracked. I found some that were in better condition than the ones in my car, but they still needed a little attention. They were faded and could use some refreshing. I took my console apart and cleaned it very very well with some purple power. I let it soak in pure concentrated purple power and brusehd the little crevices with a tootbrush and got all the grime and gunk off. After I rinsed them well and let them dry I cleaned them with a serface prep cleaner that is suppose to remove oils and other contaminates off and allows paint to stick on better, I found at Home Depot. I cleaned it as per the container's instructions and I put on some rubber gloves to not get any of the oils from my hands on the pieces. I then sprayed on a couple coats of Bull Dog paint adhesion promotor and let that dry. I followed by painting with Plasti Kote bumper paint in black semi gloss. On the can it said it was for flexible and hard plastics such as trim pieces and bumpers so I figured it would work well with my console. I sprayed on about 3 coats and these are the results. Once they were dry I tried to scratch the paint off and it wouldn't that paint it stuck on there good.
So I used paint prep cleaner from Home Depot, it came in a tin container like paint thinner, but had an orange label. The Bull Dog Adhesion Promoter and Plasti Kote paint I bought at Pep Boys.
This was 6 months ago and the paint hasn't chipped or scratched at all.
Some of the pieces in my console were cracked and the little screw ears were broken or badly cracked. I found some that were in better condition than the ones in my car, but they still needed a little attention. They were faded and could use some refreshing. I took my console apart and cleaned it very very well with some purple power. I let it soak in pure concentrated purple power and brusehd the little crevices with a tootbrush and got all the grime and gunk off. After I rinsed them well and let them dry I cleaned them with a serface prep cleaner that is suppose to remove oils and other contaminates off and allows paint to stick on better, I found at Home Depot. I cleaned it as per the container's instructions and I put on some rubber gloves to not get any of the oils from my hands on the pieces. I then sprayed on a couple coats of Bull Dog paint adhesion promotor and let that dry. I followed by painting with Plasti Kote bumper paint in black semi gloss. On the can it said it was for flexible and hard plastics such as trim pieces and bumpers so I figured it would work well with my console. I sprayed on about 3 coats and these are the results. Once they were dry I tried to scratch the paint off and it wouldn't that paint it stuck on there good.
So I used paint prep cleaner from Home Depot, it came in a tin container like paint thinner, but had an orange label. The Bull Dog Adhesion Promoter and Plasti Kote paint I bought at Pep Boys.
This was 6 months ago and the paint hasn't chipped or scratched at all.
12-06-2004, 02:28 PM
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get the VS3-flat black trim paint and try it. it looks grey when you paint it, but once you hit it with armorall or your favorite brand one time, its black from then on.
dries fast and sticks to anything.
dries fast and sticks to anything.
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