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? :unsure:

 

[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.