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MmatsDude 10+ year member
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If you guys want to do a quality job on interior parts, here are the steps to take:
1) Sand the part with 400 grit sandpaper until it's either roughed up well or the texture is gone.
2) Primer with sandable primer, let dry a couple hours and then sand with 1000 grit, repeat this a couple times. I recommend Duplicolor sandable primer.
3)Spray your part with an Acrylic Lacquer color coat. I recommend Duplicolor if they have your color, if not go to paintscratch.com and they can put your color in a spray can. Spray three light coats sperated by 15 minutes of drying time between each coat. After you get the part covered with color, sand with 1200 grit sandpaper very lightly, then clean thouroughly and add more color coat. Repeat this process 3 times or so.
4) Spray a light coat of clear coat on your part. I recommend Duplicolor Acrylic Lacquer clear in the "truck and van" can...it has a rattle ball and mixes the clear better than the other can. After the light coat dries for 10 minutes, spray another heavier coat, let it dry then another coat. After these coats have dried for a couple hours, wet sand with 2000 grit. This clear is very thing so 2000 grit is necessary. Repeat the spraying process a couple times. Get a good coat on the parts.
5) Allow the clear coated part to cure for 48 hours, then wetsand very lightly with 2000 grit concentrating on the flatter parts. Be very careful not to sand through. This step should be done sparingly, it's not even necessary to do it if you are worried.
6) Get some Scratch Out scratch remover in the yellow bottle. It can be bought at all auto parts stores and Wal Mart. I recommend this because it's not too aggresive and since the spray paints go on very thin.
7)Now put on a coat of your favortie wax on the parts and buff until you are happy.
Here are some pictures of the parts I painted using these steps:
Headlights, Grille Center Bar and Chevy Emblem
I used a guide similar to this one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Almost the same.
