Interior face lift
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Interior face lift
So I went to the junkyard today guys and I couldn't find good captain seats so I got a bench seat with lumbar support and an ARM rest. But the seat is beige and my interior is blue and the roof is that does grabber blue. The interior is blue like a darker blue. So I am going to respray the panels and get a new dash pad. But I am wondering how do i go about repainting the metal like the roof that has no panel and behind the pillars and below the rear windows? What color should I paint the interior? I am goin to get a tan seat cover and I want the color scheme dark blue and tan. Do I need to scuff the paint alittle or down to bare metal? Any suggestions is appreciated. I may have answered my own question but I would like your input thanks.
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I don't really know much in the way of painting and body shops, but I would assume because the existing paint has already been primed, sealed, sanded, painted, and clear coated to seal the metal underneath, that it would function as primer for the new paint, right?
I would think that if you were to paint right over the existing paint you'd want to at least clean up the top coat of the existing paint? This would keep debris out of the new paint.
Maybe take some fine grit sandpaper and scuff the old paint and just go over the top?
Just thinking out loud.
I would think that if you were to paint right over the existing paint you'd want to at least clean up the top coat of the existing paint? This would keep debris out of the new paint.
Maybe take some fine grit sandpaper and scuff the old paint and just go over the top?
Just thinking out loud.
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I don't really know much in the way of painting and body shops, but I would assume because the existing paint has already been primed, sealed, sanded, painted, and clear coated to seal the metal underneath, that it would function as primer for the new paint, right?
The Paint & Bodywork forum here has got some pretty good info in its stickies.
I would think that if you were to paint right over the existing paint you'd want to at least clean up the top coat of the existing paint? This would keep debris out of the new paint.
Maybe take some fine grit sandpaper and scuff the old paint and just go over the top?
Maybe take some fine grit sandpaper and scuff the old paint and just go over the top?
When I did my 1970 Mustang as a teenager, I bought a large toothpaste tube of a 3M product for filling in chips in paint. Don't at all remember its name and couldn't find it quick a quick Google search but it worked pretty well.
I learned, though, to leave that work to the professionals who know what they're doing.
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Go look in the paint & bodywork forum and read the stickies, IIRC there's some good stuff there....
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For good paint adhesion, you need to scuff the surface of the current paint to remove all gloss. Any chips, fill with spot putty and sand smooth. Once that is done, wipe it down with tack cloths and wax and grease remover. Tape off all that you don't want overspray on. Then paint.
Scuffing off all the gloss gets the old paint ready for new paint. If not scuffed, it will not stick very long.
Any auto body shop will have tack cloths and wax/grease remover. I recommend using it. Not using it will probably result in a bad paint job.
Scuffing off all the gloss gets the old paint ready for new paint. If not scuffed, it will not stick very long.
Any auto body shop will have tack cloths and wax/grease remover. I recommend using it. Not using it will probably result in a bad paint job.
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