Welcome to Club Hot Rod!  The premier site for everything to do with Hot Rod, Customs, Low Riders, Rat Rods, and more. 

  •  » Members from all over the US and the world!
  •  » Help from all over the world for your questions
  •  » Build logs for you and all members
  •  » Blogs
  •  » Image Gallery
  •  » Many thousands of members and hundreds of thousands of posts! 

YES! I want to register an account for free right now!  p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show

 

Thread: How do I paint my dash?
          
   
   

Reply To Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 21
  1. #1
    Matt167's Avatar
    Matt167 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Prattsville
    Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
    Posts
    4,990

    How do I paint my dash?

     



    How do I paint my dash and painted metal surfaces of the interior like around the doors and around the windshield?
    You don't know what you've got til it's gone

    Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver

    1967 Ford Falcon- Sold

    1930's styled hand built ratrod project

    1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold

  2. #2
    pro70z28's Avatar
    pro70z28 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    CC
    Car Year, Make, Model: 70 Camaro Z-28 Now/40 Chevy Back Then
    Posts
    4,306

    Re: How do I paint my dash?

     



    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?
    With a rattle can or a spray gun. He He HE


    "PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
    "LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.

    John 3:16
    >>>>>>

  3. #3
    Bob Parmenter's Avatar
    Bob Parmenter is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Salado
    Car Year, Make, Model: 32, 40 Fords,
    Posts
    10,844

    You could use a broom if you want the rat rod look!
    Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon

    It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.

    Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.

  4. #4
    pro70z28's Avatar
    pro70z28 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    CC
    Car Year, Make, Model: 70 Camaro Z-28 Now/40 Chevy Back Then
    Posts
    4,306

    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)
    We usta' do the ol' gun grease trick on dash gages on farm tractorz'. Worked purdy' good.
    "PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
    "LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.

    John 3:16
    >>>>>>

  5. #5
    Matt167's Avatar
    Matt167 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Prattsville
    Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
    Posts
    4,990

    Thanks guys
    You don't know what you've got til it's gone

    Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver

    1967 Ford Falcon- Sold

    1930's styled hand built ratrod project

    1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold

  6. #6
    pro70z28's Avatar
    pro70z28 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    CC
    Car Year, Make, Model: 70 Camaro Z-28 Now/40 Chevy Back Then
    Posts
    4,306

    Originally posted by Matt167
    Thanks guys
    If it were mine, I would take anything removable out - paint it - and reintall it.
    "PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
    "LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.

    John 3:16
    >>>>>>

  7. #7
    Matt167's Avatar
    Matt167 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Prattsville
    Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
    Posts
    4,990

    Originally posted by pro70z28
    If it were mine, I would take anything removable out - paint it - and reintall it.
    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.
    You don't know what you've got til it's gone

    Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver

    1967 Ford Falcon- Sold

    1930's styled hand built ratrod project

    1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold

  8. #8
    Matt167's Avatar
    Matt167 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Prattsville
    Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
    Posts
    4,990

    Also, do you think '40 Ford taillights would look good in place of the originals?
    You don't know what you've got til it's gone

    Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver

    1967 Ford Falcon- Sold

    1930's styled hand built ratrod project

    1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold

  9. #9
    pro70z28's Avatar
    pro70z28 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    CC
    Car Year, Make, Model: 70 Camaro Z-28 Now/40 Chevy Back Then
    Posts
    4,306

    Originally posted by Matt167
    probably just needs lubed.
    I'm sure Streets would recommend Mono Lube.
    "PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
    "LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.

    John 3:16
    >>>>>>

  10. #10
    Matt167's Avatar
    Matt167 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Prattsville
    Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
    Posts
    4,990

    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.
    You don't know what you've got til it's gone

    Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver

    1967 Ford Falcon- Sold

    1930's styled hand built ratrod project

    1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold

  11. #11
    clean94ranger is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Bourbonnais
    Posts
    77

    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!

  12. #12
    vara4's Avatar
    vara4 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Pahrump
    Car Year, Make, Model: 1947 International Pick Up
    Posts
    3,187

    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 ~

  13. #13
    vara4's Avatar
    vara4 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Pahrump
    Car Year, Make, Model: 1947 International Pick Up
    Posts
    3,187

    STREETS, STREETS,STREETS, HE! HE! HE!

  14. #14
    pro70z28's Avatar
    pro70z28 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    CC
    Car Year, Make, Model: 70 Camaro Z-28 Now/40 Chevy Back Then
    Posts
    4,306

    Originally posted by Streets
    [B]Hehehehe Kinda an OLD thread huh!!
    Who'da thunk' it wood' take longer to paint a dash than to make a fiberglass front end. ...HEHEHE
    "PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
    "LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.

    John 3:16
    >>>>>>

  15. #15
    Matt167's Avatar
    Matt167 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Prattsville
    Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
    Posts
    4,990

    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.
    You don't know what you've got til it's gone

    Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver

    1967 Ford Falcon- Sold

    1930's styled hand built ratrod project

    1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold

Reply To Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Links monetized by VigLink