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Painting plastic interior panels
Okay, after much research and getting over the "I don't wanna go through the hassle of ripping everything out" feeling, I finally have started to paint my interior.
Let me be a bit more specific- I'm starting with the trim panel that surrounds the shifter, and working up. My "wood" trim panel there was highly scratched and very ugly, I tried covering it with vinyl, etc. All not satisfactory. I came upon the Krylon FUSION paint (for plastics) in my travels and noticed that they had gloss black- the color I was looking for. THIS IS THE STUFF! After hesitantly sanding down the panel, and applying a few coats of this paint, I realized how different from typical spray paint it truly was. It is very thick and highly durable- will not crack, or chip. Dries very quickly to a nice shine. I am very pleased with the results of this. I have intentions of continuing to revitalize all my wood interior panels likewise. Luckily for me, I have the SVX off the road at the moment and can afford the time to gut the interior- which I did- to both repair and enhance the appearance. Now I will have to remove the whole center dash to paint such things as the trim around the cigarette lighter. Does anyone have a service manual of how the dash trim goes together? Or a how-to? Thanks all, and I will post a picture of the final product afterwards. -Sz Krylon FUSION weblink: http://www.krylon.com/main/product_t...roduct_details
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It'll crack eventually. Put fusion on my XT radio butoons. Took the radio about 6 months but it finally started to wear. It happened when the interior started to heat up when summer hit.
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I don't think I would recommend painting anything that is in constant contact and use, such as buttons or levers.
Still trying to remove that cigarette lighter panel. Argh.
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I believe that of all the fake wood dash panels the cigarette lighter panel is supposed to be the most difficult. (2 screws from behind the dash somewhere)
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It's funny, I've never heard of this Fusion stuff but today I see a commercial for it. And then there's a post about it. Weird... |
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same here! never heard of it till this thread, then 2 hours later i see an ad on tv! FREAKY
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Sound's like it's paint with a little extra thinner in it to help attack and melt the plastic, hence 'fuse' to the plastic.
Anyway, please don't paint the SVXs interior. It only looks good for a little while, then it cracks, chips, fades etc and you're going to make it a horrible time for the next owner. |
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