How do I paint my dash and painted metal surfaces of the interior like around the doors and around the windshield?
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How do I paint my dash and painted metal surfaces of the interior like around the doors and around the windshield?
With a rattle can or a spray gun. He He HEQuote:
Originally posted by Matt167
How do I paint my dash and painted metal surfaces of the interior like around the doors and around the windshield?
:LOL: :) :LOL: :)
You could use a broom if you want the rat rod look!;)
We usta' do the ol' gun grease trick on dash gages on farm tractorz'. Worked purdy' good.Quote:
Originally posted by Streets
Mebbe use some PAINT?? hehehe
Wipe grease on the inside of the windshield so when ya spray/brush it it don't stick on the window(s)
Thanks guys
If it were mine, I would take anything removable out - paint it - and reintall it.Quote:
Originally posted by Matt167
Thanks guys
Even I knew that. All the gagues radio, knobs and trim gotsta come out. And the clock but, I gotta take that out regardless, clean it up and try to get it to work, probably just needs lubed.Quote:
Originally posted by pro70z28
If it were mine, I would take anything removable out - paint it - and reintall it.
Also, do you think '40 Ford taillights would look good in place of the originals?
I'm sure Streets would recommend Mono Lube.Quote:
Originally posted by Matt167
probably just needs lubed.
I got a quick question. If I smooth out my hood, would I have to remove the Powerglide trunk lid handle to even it up.
Pull the dash out, prep it, spray it!
if you use grease, im not sure how compatible that is with paint, I'm thinking there is a pretty high chance of flaws in the paint if you're using grease right next to what will be sprayed!
I would do it the right way if I were you.
Another possibility would be pulling the windsheild out and masking everything off!
Good Luck!
Matt; Are you gonna paint it the same color again or differant?
If I were doing it , I would sand it by hand just enough to ruff it up a bit. Then take a good oil and greese remover and clean the whole dash with it. Then get some good two step paint for it so you can spray the color first,which should look a little flat and then
spray it with a clear coat. that should give it that glossy look.
If your gonna use a light color over a darker color you should use a good primmer before you use you new color.
~ Vegas ~
STREETS, STREETS,STREETS, HE! HE! HE!
Who'da thunk' it wood' take longer to paint a dash than to make a fiberglass front end. ...HEHEHE:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
Originally posted by Streets
[B]Hehehehe Kinda an OLD thread huh!!
Being that I still have yet to paint the car or dash/ painted interior surfaces, help is still needed and apreciated. I really can't take the dash out because it's welded in as all cars of that era are therefor, it needs to be painted walist in the car, unless theres some way you can that I don't know about, I'v always seen people just take the windshield and all dash instruments and knobs out to paint the dash. The dash will be 2 tone, the glove box door and the panal around the gauges is grey were as the rest of the dash is black, I am going to paint the main part of the dash ( the black ) the same purple as the exterior will be and where the grey is, will be a white that matches the white part of the soon to be 2 tone interior which will be purple and white.
Matt---You paint the dash the same way porcupines make love------very very carefully. I have done this a fiew times, with good success. Remove everything that is easy to remove like seats, carpet and seatbelts if you have them. Leave the headliner alone, They are a bitch to put back in right, remove all the garnish moldings around the side windows if they are the type with screws holding them on(they can be set up on sawhorses and painted outside the car). Forget about the grease--it just makes an ugly messs----Spend a great deal of time masking everything including the gauges---remember that masking tape comes in a variety of widths to make your job easier. Either mask off the sidewindows, or, if the exterior of your car has yet to be painted, just roll them down and mask off the slot at the top of the doors. Buy some "prep-sol" or its equivalent and wipe down all the surfaces that you want to paint before sanding---that way, if there is any silicone contamination (from hand creams, etc,) on the surfaces you won't be forcing it into the micro crevasses created when you sand. Sand everything with 320 grit paper, dry sanding is fine, water just makes a big mess inside. You don't have to remove all the paint--just sand enough to remove the shine or gloss from surfaces to be sprayed. Wipe again with "prep-sol" before you spray your paint. Time and preperation are what really make the difference here, as in any paint job. You can use a rattle can, or if you have it one of the door jamb touch up guns with the half pint cup works well. I have even used a full size production spray gun, but you don't have as much room to manouver it inside a car.
Dupli Color brand, the nozzle also uses less preassure to open than a regular, I use Dupli color paints often.:)Quote:
Originally posted by DennyW
If you do use rattle can paint. Theres one that actually uses a fan type pray tip. Instead of a round circle. Can't remember the brand right off, but they work really well.
The Falcon's road ready, I just have to get it registered & inspected. I'm not working on the '51 Chevy right now ( it's in storage for the winter ) but, I figured that, being this old thread had new replies on it, I would post on it because I'm still not compleatly shure on how but with the new helpful replys, I'm shure I can figure out how.Quote:
Originally posted by csf03716
hey matt did ya finish your daily driver yet?....................the Fal-coon?.............
While we're talking about paint. I finally put my Camaro steering column back together with help from Brian Rupnow and the local AUTO ZONE sales clerk. I sanded the surface rust off the steel part of the column and scuffed up the blue-grey paint (?) on the top hub and then sparyed it with rattle-can Rustoleum black. The bottom of the column where the steel is looks like new with a glossy black finish, but the top part remained a dull black even after three coats. Maybe the temperature in the garage was too cold?? But no, the steel turned out fine. Further the blue-grey part seemed to not wet with the spray enamel. What sort of paint do I need to get a glossy finish on the top part of the column?
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Honestly, I would not suggest rattle can. I had part of my dash sprayed in rattle can for one show season. It is possible to get it to look just as good as "real" paint, but the only problem is that it fades VERY fast, especially on a dash that is almost always exposed to the sun. So if you want, the rattle can way can be done, but i really think you will regret it within a year when the paint is a different color than the rest of the car. So speding the couple extra dollars and taking the extra time is very well worth it, and besides that all the "color-matched" rattle can does not mix at all with "real" (lol) paint, so if you would end up respraying it in the future, ALL the rattle can paint will have to be stripped, and trust me, thats not fun on a dash!
Goodluck!
Sand down the place where the paint did not gloss to bare metal then, respray. For even, easy controlled coats with a rattle can, I use a cangun, it works well for controllability.Quote:
Originally posted by Don Shillady
While we're talking about paint. I finally put my Camaro steering column back together with help from Brian Rupnow and the local AUTO ZONE sales clerk. I sanded the surface rust off the steel part of the column and scuffed up the blue-grey paint (?) on the top hub and then sparyed it with rattle-can Rustoleum black. The bottom of the column where the steel is looks like new with a glossy black finish, but the top part remained a dull black even after three coats. Maybe the temperature in the garage was too cold?? But no, the steel turned out fine. Further the blue-grey part seemed to not wet with the spray enamel. What sort of paint do I need to get a glossy finish on the top part of the column?
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder