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Everyone's been asking for a guide to painting the interior trim panels... I'm just going to go through the steps for painting, i'll leave the removal and reinstallation guide to someone else.

Please hold off on posting until i'm done... unfortunately, i don't have any in progress photos...


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For this project, you will need:

* your ugly gray interior panels

* Regular windex, or similar ammoniated window cleaner

* Liquid dish detergent

* SEM interior finish, in the color you choose
I used #15243 Satin Black

* SEM clear coat
I recommend #13023 Low Lustre Clear, to keep glare down

* SEM #3836 Sand Free or # 3986 Flexible Bonding Clear

* A good scrub brush

* A lot of time and patience


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Begin by prepping the panels...

In your bathtub or wherever you can find room, scrub the panels down with the dish detergent and the absolute hottest water your hands can stand. After you've scrubbed it with the detergent, rinse it off with HOT water. Spray the panels down with the ammoniated window cleaner, and scrub again. Finally, rinse the window cleaner off with hot water. Towel the panel dry with a clean, delinted terry towel.


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Set the panel that you're painting up on newspaper, a dropcloth, or something similar to help keep dust down, and control where the overspray goes.

Wipe the panel down with tackcloth immediately before you begin painting...

Begin by spraying a thin coat of the SEM #3936 or #3986 over the panel. Let this dry for about 15 minutes.

wipe the piece down with tack cloth

Then, spray several thin coats of your color over it until you get good even coverage. Let it dry for about an hour.

After the color is dry, and looks good and even (you can keep recoating the color until it does look even), you can spray out a couple of good coats of your clear, again, working to make the coats as even as possible.

Let the clear coat dry for at least 12 hours before you try to put them back into the car.


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After the panels have dried, you can carefully put them back into the car. Make sure that you are VERY careful with them, as they are most prone to scratching during the first 30 days after they're painted, and if they get scratched, you have to start all over again.

Wait at least 7 days after reinstallation before you use any kind of interior polish on them.

After a week, use whatever interior polish you prefer to moisturize and protect the panels. (I use Meguiar's Natural Shine)


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ok, i'm done... chat it up! thumbsup


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Originally Posted by carbon_blue_gt
ok, i'm done... chat it up! thumbsup

laughsilly .. I was a bit early, so I deleted my post wink

Great info.! thumbsup


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Originally Posted by Evan
Originally Posted by carbon_blue_gt
ok, i'm done... chat it up! thumbsup

laughsilly .. I was a bit early, so I deleted my post wink

Great info.! thumbsup

You just have a patience problem rofl

Thanks though!


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tongue ^ I thought you were done rofl


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Sweet man! I loved your paint tutorial, and like this too. Keep up the good work. **gets idea** Someday, make a Fiberglass tutorial, I think a lot of people would like that. thumbsup

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and here's a finished shot...
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^ looks great, but honestly, how fragile is the paint on the center dash? because I've seen lots of painted dashes where you can't even adjust the temp. for fear of scratching the paint with your fingernail


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Originally Posted by Evan
^ looks great, but honestly, how fragile is the paint on the center dash? because I've seen lots of painted dashes where you can't even adjust the temp. for fear of scratching the paint with your fingernail

I accidentally hit my center console with the tip of a screwdriver.. really hard. There isn't even a mark. If their paint is scratching off like that, either their paint is bad, or they didn't prime it or use some kind of adhesion promoter... and that's just asking for trouble. If the paint job is done well, it will be just as durable as the plastic underneath.


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^ ok, in that case, come paint mine laughsilly


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Here's a shot of my door panel...

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Originally Posted by LostAngel
Sweet man! I loved your paint tutorial, and like this too. Keep up the good work. **gets idea** Someday, make a Fiberglass tutorial, I think a lot of people would like that. thumbsup

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dang that looks awesome thumbsup


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wow..awesome guides..very simple and you don't have to use a lot of sand paper to sand everything down..There's another guide from someone else on here but it's long as heck..very very detailed but you need to buy like 3-4 diff..kind of grid sand paper and cloth and such..i like ur betta..short, simple, and effective..Great job.. thumbsup

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dude that look sweet i am gonna check back in a month to se ehow it is holding up and then if it is i am gonna do it


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Originally Posted by celicafourotwo
wow..awesome guides..very simple and you don't have to use a lot of sand paper to sand everything down..There's another guide from someone else on here but it's long as heck..very very detailed but you need to buy like 3-4 diff..kind of grid sand paper and cloth and such..i like ur betta..short, simple, and effective..Great job.. thumbsup

Um.. yeah... that other guide was also by me... that's the one you want to use if you're going for a high gloss, glass smooth paint job on pieces like your center console and gauge bezel.


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oh ok..oops.. grin..well i guess i'll just use that then..i thought i saved that thread but now i can't find it..u have the link for it?? could you PM me with the link so i'll have it in there until i decide to paint my console???

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Could i get someone to put this guide into the install guide section?


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now that's some great stuff!!..very informative thumbsup


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great info. i've been looking into different ways of painting my interior panels and yours has been the best.


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Originally Posted by carbon_blue_gt
For this project, you will need:

* your ugly gray interior panels

* Regular windex, or similar ammoniated window cleaner

* Liquid dish detergent

* SEM interior finish, in the color you choose
I used #15243 Satin Black

* SEM clear coat
I recommend #13023 Low Lustre Clear, to keep glare down

* SEM #3836 Sand Free or # 3986 Flexible Bonding Clear

* A good scrub brush

* A lot of time and patience

Where do you buy this kind of paint ??? Wallmart, Canadian tire, ... ???

What is the brand ???

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the brand is SEM, and i could only find it at an auto paint store


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shit, that is nice...! tasty

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Nice post. It def should be put in the install guide section thumbsup

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