Painting Dash... Too tired to search...

[1991_Vn2nV]

Ok my dash is currently sitting on the front porch while im doing my climate control... So I figured I will leave it til tomorrow and paint it black and blue!

So... What do I use?
How do I prime it?
Clear coat?
What brand paints/vinyl dye?
Clean it with metho first?

Basically I was gonna use metho to clean it, then some plastic primer coats (2?)... followed by VHT Vinyl Dye (black and blue) coats... again how many?... do a few coats of clear as well...Will this work? Is it good enough?

Also any pics of peoples colour combinations would be sweet, where they have painted what parts etc....

Thanks heaps in advance people

[Burnout_bro]

man i used two coats of clear plastic primer, then about 7 thin coats of just normal spray paint then a fair few coats of clear. did it 5 months ago with silver still looks the same as when i did it.

[1991_Vn2nV]

Ah sweet.. Did you clean the surface with anything special first or just give it a wipe?

Last time I cleaned my car INSIDE was september so she is a little dusty...

[r_i_d_a_h]

yea brother give it a very niiiiioce long wipe with wax and grease remover...get all them contaminaters outta the surface

[1991_Vn2nV]

Ok cool.. i'll do that and give it a go.

Might go to Solver paints or Bunnings and get a reccomendation on Vinyl Dyes...

[Burnout_bro]

yeah wax and grease remover man, supercheap has it all

[1991_Vn2nV]

Ok sweet Hopefully I do a decent job of it...

Last thing... Matt black or gloss black? Im thinking gloss.

[Boonz]

gloss black looks good, mates VQ has a full black interior and im gonna steal it lol...

[Bravotwozero]

Ok sweet Hopefully I do a decent job of it...

Last thing... Matt black or gloss black? Im thinking gloss.

A semi gloss would look better imo. You want a bit of shine but not too much. Otherwise it will uumm.. look painted! I think painting interior trim looks crap, so if I was to go painting stuff I'd want it to look like it hasn't been painted. Know what I mean?

[Morton]

I'd say go alternating layers of gloss and matt black. I did that on my exterior window moulds (the ugly grey ones), and it came up just nice Cause too glossyis tacky, and too matt is just boring.

[PaRaDoX]

i hate painted dashes to be honost, apart from your center console vn2nv.. you rarely see one well done and they usually look botch, thats why i havnt painted mine but yeah you need plastic primer, paint and clear coat to do it properly, or gloss paint (has clear coat mixed in with it)

[hakhawk]

if you're gonna use vinyl dye, DONT stick plastic primer on it, otherwise it wont soak in.

you can use a white vinyl dye as a base to light vinyl dyes tho i think. but dont use a paint that isnt a dye as a base coat unless topcoat is the same

[Ygoford]

dfun use metho ! will stop the paint from sticking , to get stains or what ever off sand is lightly and then wipe it down with a dape towl then a dry one, pm sent

[1991_Vn2nV]

Arrr I started and I used a plastic primer... It seems ok though????

Im using VHT Vinyl Die Jet Black Gloss and the same blue I originally got for the centre console... however its not coming out the same on the dash parts as the centre console did. Perhaps the fibgreglass helped the finish.

[Ygoford]

yea sounds like the case but give it a few extra sprays , also make sure u give it a clear coat cause it chips easily in some places ,

[1991_Vn2nV]

yea sounds like the case but give it a few extra sprays , also make sure u give it a clear coat cause it chips easily in some places ,

Problem is I dont have enough blue to give it alot of sprays. I went to autobarn, Repco, Motoquipe and Supercheap and only one place had my blue in stock, and they only had 1 can of it... Im down to the A/C vents now and scratching to have enough. The blacks fine cause theres heaps of it at repco and stuff.

[dijm8]

ey guys i just recetnly dun my dash here's a pic.
i just used wax n decreaser, then couple coats of primer n couple coats of paint worked out nicely

[1991_Vn2nV]

Yeah mine is lookin good, pretty happy with how its all coming out

[padrickz88]

i didnt do my top half of my dash but ive done a two tone look, the bottom is black and the top is the stock ugly red, ill try and get some pics today and post them DAMN IT! need to paint my kickpanels because of the previous owner but ran out of thinners! might go get some soon

[JSTPOZN]

Get it wrapped in vynil dylan.....

[AirStrike]

i hate painted dashes to be honost, apart from your center console vn2nv.. you rarely see one well done and they usually look botch, thats why i havnt painted mine but yeah you need plastic primer, paint and clear coat to do it properly, or gloss paint (has clear coat mixed in with it)

Just to clarify gloss doesn't have the clear mixed in it, it just has no/limited flattening agents.

[Full Spectrum]

The VP Calais Internationals look great with there black dash and centre console, That look comes up great.

[Keesh]

ok theres a vynal paint called truflex that i got from bristol.. its vynal awning paint and is extremely flexable.. ive painted my dash 3 times now cause i was using **** from autobarn.. dont use a spraay can ever.. as long as you give your dash a massive rub back a massive wash it will come good.. removing the dash is easy, replacing it is a nightmare!the main wiring loom hooks onto the back of the dash and has to be put on the dash before u replace it! nightmare!!!!!