Hey guys,

I'm going to paint part of my inside door panels white and was wonderign what the best method was.

I was going to sand it then spray a few coats, then spray a clear coat when it's done. Is this ok, or is there a better (correct?) way to do it?

Here's what i'm painting, if you're unsure.

Not saying that's my truck, BTW...just an example :)

If you sand (1200 grit) after each coat of color , the surface will be great and smooth to spray a clearcoat.

Ps. Don't sand last coat color!

i was wondering the same thing. so i should sand it w/ 1200 grit before i do the first coat then also right? how many coats should i use?

1- Sand, you can use 400 or 300 grt.

2- Clear all dust, and apply thin color coat

3- Wait till dry

4 - Sand 1200 grt (with water), little press to don't remove all the paint.

5- Clear dust, apply another thin color coat

6 - Repeat steps 2 to 6 about 4 or 6 times.

7 - Don't sand the last color coat.

8 - Now, just spray 4 or 5 thin clear coat.

PS. If you use automotive clear varnish, you can sand the clear too and polish befor, looks like a automotive paint.


See ya...

how do u make it lookk like fiber glass look?> or where can u get that stuff at>?

i really don't reccomend sanding the plastic at all. the best thing that you can do is get some plastic adhesion promoter (or plastic primer as some call it).
clean all the peices really good with hot soapy water & spray a lite coat of it on them, let tack up, then go over with your color & what not..
i wouldn't go thru all the trouble of wetsanding the color coats either.. they are only interior peices after all:)

I just finished painting those pieces. What I did was got some dupli-color primer and some dupli-color that matches my truck exterior. I sanded the piece with 320 wet/dry sandpaper and sprayed a very light coat of primer, let dry and repeated that step again until piece was totally covered with primer. Let that dry completely and then started spraying the exterior color, same steps as with primer lights coats then dry and repeat. I ended up with 2 full primer coats and 3 exterior color coats and 2 clear coats. Mine turned out awesome. Very happy with it. Just take your time. Later

do you have to use a special kind of spray paint? i know on some plastics spray paint will eat through it..
later

When I did mine I did it similar to explained before, but it didn't have the glossy look that I liked. But when I was painting the windshield washer fluid cap and cooalnt cap, I did all teh same, except when it came to teh clearcoat. I sprayed about 5 minutes after my last coat of paint, when it is still wet. Then I sprayed clear a couple tiems at 15 minute intervals. Gives it a real nice, glossy, look, looks like it is wet. So I am going over my interior doing it that way to get it right.:)

I finished the painting today using the methods above and it came out really good. All I have to do is the clear coat and it's done.

here's what mine looks like



http://cool-trucks.50megs.com/truck/splash/painted_door.jpg

I did what "DragonRot" did... turned out great!

Hey Splash,

It was a great job. Looks great! I'll try to put some pic of my paint.

Originally posted by Splash
here's what mine looks like



http://cool-trucks.50megs.com/truck/splash/painted_door.jpg

I did what "DragonRot" did... turned out great!

Hey that came out pretty sharp! :afro: