Painting door panel inserts need advice.

cbsdd

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What is the best way to remove the paint off the door panel inserts? I'm converting my interior to all black. I just ordered paint from Late Model and am going to be spraying the lower half of the dash and my center console black. I have the black door panels but the inserts are all scratched up & the paint is coming off them. Should I just brush Jasco all over it and rub the paint off? Has anyone ever done this?

 

deftsound

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cbsdd said:

What is the best way to remove the paint off the door panel inserts? I'm converting my interior to all black. I just ordered paint from Late Model and am going to be spraying the lower half of the dash and my center console black. I have the black door panels but the inserts are all scratched up & the paint is coming off them. Should I just brush Jasco all over it and rub the paint off? Has anyone ever done this?

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What are the inserts your talking about?

 

cbsdd

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The plastic piece that you would rest your arm on.

 

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Good luck.......your "new" paint job isn't going to last long.

 

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Best thing to use on plastic is Krylon Fusion for Plastic.

 

deftsound

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Get that interior die that latemodelresto sells, and make sure you sand the **** out of it and clean it with alcohol before you paint. I would put atleast 2-3 coats on...

 

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Yeah sounds good. I'll get some fine grit sandpaper and do that. I called Late model up and they said the same, prep it real good with rubbing alcohol and a brush & scrub the crap out of it and put multiple coats on.

 

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Nightfire, if done properly why won't it last long?

 

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i painted mine with krylon fusion black and it looks really good and has lasted for years

 

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cbsdd said:

Nightfire, if done properly why won't it last long?

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I had my interior trim pieces (on my old 01 GT) professionally done. They lasted about a month before the paint started rubbing off. These plastics just dont take well to painting

I wish you the best of luck......

 

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Man that sucks. I hope it lasts longer than that. I might just get these instead. http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-14527A

 

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Nightfire said:

Good luck.......your "new" paint job isn't going to last long.

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Mine lasted 3 years and around 50,000 miles in the Texas heat When I got rid of the car, the panels still looked great.

Sand off the surfaces, clean them down, spray a couple coats of your choice of color, and they should be fine.

I forgot which paint I used, but it worked out fine. It was cool 8-12 years ago, but I'm not sure I would start hacking up the interior of a 2v. I'm trying to search through some old photobucket accounts to see if I can get some pics.