Smooth Interior Process

[paint toad]

Quote: Originally Posted by cadman

Mr. Toad,

or can we just call you 'Paint'?

Questions about painting...

I will be getting a booth together in the next few weeks.

What items would you suggest i pick to to help the slick sand/primer process.

Mixing cups? measuring cups? those kind of things?

what stuff to help clean the gun afterwards?

Basicly I have the gun, I will have the booth.. but what are the little things i will come across that i need that i might not think of?

you ain't far away.....pm me if you wanna take a road trip and make it easy on yourself

[circa]

do i see skulls in that fire hood in your photobucket?

[01cherryreds10]

Jesus christ I can't stop looking it's too sexy!!!!!

[slonlow2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by 99SonomaHeavenS

After the peice is dry spray it with 3-5 light coats (since rattle can it will take this) and if its not got any flakes in the paint or nething you can wetsand inbetween coats just wetsand very lightly, i would personally just wetsand on last coat.

I got the metal specks dupli-color blue, so should i not wet sand this paint since it has flakes in it? and help would be awesome cuz i'm in the process of doin thsi now i'm up to the point of puttin the base on just need to know if i can wet sand it or not thanks

[INSANEnoma]

you said prime sand prime sand.
what do you sand with?
wetsand with 600?

[paint toad]

Quote: Originally Posted by circa

do i see skulls in that fire hood in your photobucket?

yeah....sik kreations did that....i just hosted the pic for him

[01cherryreds10]

Did the panel come bare like that, like what I mean is there was no vinyl or leather of any of that crap?

Or did you remove it?

[dbprecision2002]

I put playdoe over the vinyl

[lowridinrebel]

Alright guys, i have a question, i painted my interior and all, cleared it, and it looks good, but i need to wet sand it with the 1500 then 2000, but after that, i need to buff it, what do i use??? i'm stuck at that point right now! thanks for the response!

[dbprecision2002]

Buff it with 3M products there are million option just go to there website and see how much you are willing to go.

[Game Over8108]

Did you hand sand it or use an air sander?

[psssssstblazer1]

Well in my 02 2 door blazer it has cloth and like a vinyl mixture, what can I use for this? I heard playdoe but will that really work well? I want my door to all be glossy black except for the arm rest.

Thanks

[gezer77]

I'm still a little confused, whats the best way to be able to work over the cloth on your door panel?

Also what can I do to work on my door handle too?

[Mys10isbetter]

did you base coat over the slick sand,, i heard that bases don't bind good to polyester primers.

[Loco S-10]

Hey, where did you get the door panel with plastic around the door handle? My panel has carpet all around the door handle. It's not plastic like yours.

[gmcjimmy96]

ok, so im gonna rattle can smooth my interior, i've read up on the whole process and i think im ready to go for it. I went and got some of the stuff today...(im gonna paint the ultra silver with metallic black AC vents) anyway, i found everything except for one thing...bulldog adhesion promoter....how important is it that i use this stuff??? i was told i wouldnt need it if i used the high build primer..is this true??

[Torchxx4]

since the old thread was brought back up...the question about removing the carpet/fabric on the door panels was never answered. can you just remove it and then you sand then paint under it? or what? im repainting my interior for Southeast Showdown and i only have 20 days, so the quicker the response the better. thanks

[slonlow2000]

There are s-10s without the carpet on the panels, i dont know what model it was, but thats how theirs is painted, so either find the door panels, or re-wrap yours with tweed or leather or something like that

[misteviouse]

cant you just fiberglass or bondo or whatever where the cloth was?

[gezer77]

i just took my carpet off, and sanded etc over the plastic underneath it.

first door didn't turn out 100% but it was my first time, so i'm on the second door panel now.

if it turns out nice, i'll post pictures.

[slonlow2000]

I've not takin mine off so i dont know what it looks like underneth, i've just seen the other panels, in a blazer is where i think i seen then 1st, i plan on wrapin mine in tweed

[ablues10]

I am in the process of doing my 5th dash. i love to change colors and fiberglass stuff in. Well This one will be the same color as the exterior of my truck. So far i have scuffed/sanded with 320 then shot a few coats of filler primer and wet sanded with 400. I put the final coat of filler on today. I plan on sanding some more tomm. and I will post pics then.

[yeayea]

with the way those door panels look with the grooves still visible. the high build filler primer isn't taken them out. suggestions?

[TOMMYGUNZZSS]

Those door panels are probably out of a cheap-o work truck with the rubber floors.

[slonlow2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by yeayea

with the way those door panels look with the grooves still visible. the high build filler primer isn't taken them out. suggestions?

Sand more before puttin the builder primer on, and/or with a lower grit sand paper.

[yeayea]

Quote: Originally Posted by slonlow2000

Sand more before puttin the builder primer on, and/or with a lower grit sand paper.

so in other words sand all the grooves out?

[2VipeRS]

Quote: Originally Posted by yeayea

so in other words sand all the grooves out?

I have just applied my last primer coat and can tell you that the more you sand down before you primer, the less primer coats you will need.

Essentially, work the panels with the rough grit sanding until most of the grooves are hardly there (it's near impossible to get them all after base sanding I have found), then fine tune it down with the lower grits. Use the primer as the bondo (unless you have cracks or deep dents - then use fiberglass/bondo) to build up the surface until you reach a near perfect smooth surface (this is when you know you are on your last primer coat).

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do sand within a day, be prepared to go through a LOT of sand paper. It takes a full 2 days for the primer/paint to dry completely. If you do sand when it is just a little wet, the paint has a tendency to glob if your sandpaper gets too hot.

I have been at this for about 2 weeks now, and am at the stage just before applying the paint. It's a very lengthy process (well, probably because I am doing this to both door panels, my dash, and a few other interior accessories that require a lot of tedious sanding), but I am very impressed with how nice the smooth dash looks

Here are some pics of how my *DRIVABLE* (LOL) S10 looks now...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...R/DSC_0001.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...R/DSC_0002.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...R/DSC_0003.png
(I Dynamatted most of the interior and ran my Amp wires through the firewall)

[slonlow2000]

I just sanded all the groves out a ton easier, and then i still use the filler primer and wet sand it down a few times then paint. I just got all the groves sanded out of my gauge bezel its not that bad, and i sanded out that line that goes across the top, now that took some time.

[misteviouse]

how many times should i primer and paint and clear?

[slonlow2000]

Primer and sand until its as smooth as you want it, then the rest is kinda up to you, at least like 3-4 coats sanding inbetween

[misteviouse]

3-4 coats of primer? or clear? or paint or what? im going to rattle can it

[slonlow2000]

Primer until its smooth, paint until its the color you want sand inbetween, then clear a few times just dont sand the last coast of clear unless you want to buff out the scrathes

[paint toad]

sand it all smooth before you spray anything on it.......i use 80 to get all the texture out......180 to remove the 80 scratches.....clean then adhesion promote......

i'm doing my overhead console as i type......(actually i'm taking a break)