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painting dashboard
Im in the middle of swapping out my dash and i was just wondering has anyone ever had any luck with painting plastic interior parts and not having the sun complety destory the pant? if so what did you use and how did you?
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I've painted a lot of stuff with LMC Truck's Colorbond plastic paint.
The key to a good paintjob is in the prep work.
Started off by cleaning the dash with a degreaser/foaming cleaner.
Plastic razorblades are a lifesaver!
After a good rinsing, and a final wipe down... I sprayed it down with adhesion promoter (Duplicolor brand)
Then started spraying the dash (Note that it was just the shell)
At this point, I had 4 coats of Adhesion Promoter, and 8 coats of paint.
Gave it a final wipe down after 24 hrs of curing, to remove lint/dust, and sprayed it with 5 coats of clear coating.
It's been in the truck since april 15th of this year with 0 issues.
Then again, I'm extremely easy around it.
The key to a good paintjob is in the prep work.
Started off by cleaning the dash with a degreaser/foaming cleaner.
Plastic razorblades are a lifesaver!
After a good rinsing, and a final wipe down... I sprayed it down with adhesion promoter (Duplicolor brand)
Then started spraying the dash (Note that it was just the shell)
At this point, I had 4 coats of Adhesion Promoter, and 8 coats of paint.
Gave it a final wipe down after 24 hrs of curing, to remove lint/dust, and sprayed it with 5 coats of clear coating.
It's been in the truck since april 15th of this year with 0 issues.
Then again, I'm extremely easy around it.
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1992-1993 Grey is a different shade than the 1994+...
Also, the piece of interior trim that holds the headliner up in the front is different from 1992-93 than 1994+.
1992-93 has 3 holes and the 1994+ has 4.
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How much work is it to get the dash out of our trucks? I didn't think I would be able to get to all the bolts. How much stuff has to be removed?
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I can remove one in less than an hour now
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I painted my 89 F250 dash last month. I used the Krylon Fusion paint for plastic. I did mine in the truck, just mask off areas not to be painted. Removed vents and anything else I did not want to paint. I used Simple Green to clean off the dash, then rinse with water, Let it dry then painted.
And after:
Here's the rear cab trim. I'm swapping out for a 92 as it has a speaker that mounts in it. Had to do a few mods to the 92 trim to fit the seat belt mounts. Still have to mod the cab it self, stupid bracket in the way of the speaker.
So far its holding up really good.
And after:
Here's the rear cab trim. I'm swapping out for a 92 as it has a speaker that mounts in it. Had to do a few mods to the 92 trim to fit the seat belt mounts. Still have to mod the cab it self, stupid bracket in the way of the speaker.
So far its holding up really good.
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I painted my 89 F250 dash last month. I used the Krylon Fusion paint for plastic. I did mine in the truck, just mask off areas not to be painted. Removed vents and anything else I did not want to paint. I used Simple Green to clean off the dash, then rinse with water, Let it dry then painted.
And after:
Here's the rear cab trim. I'm swapping out for a 92 as it has a speaker that mounts in it. Had to do a few mods to the 92 trim to fit the seat belt mounts. Still have to mod the cab it self, stupid bracket in the way of the speaker.
So far its holding up really good.
And after:
Here's the rear cab trim. I'm swapping out for a 92 as it has a speaker that mounts in it. Had to do a few mods to the 92 trim to fit the seat belt mounts. Still have to mod the cab it self, stupid bracket in the way of the speaker.
So far its holding up really good.
I actually removed the defrost vents, cleaned them, and painted/clear coated them also.
It looks BRAND new now.
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Where was your firewall leak? I have one directly behind my gauge panel. Am waiting for a nice weekend to pull the entire dash out and fix the leak.
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I have some threads about this about 4 to 5 years ago here.
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