Painting a Box.

[I VIK I 10+ year member]

Pretty much new here, and to car audio in general. I just bought a 13w6v2 in a fisher customs box off someone on the forums. Now comes the hard part. The box isnt carpeted. and Im thinking about giving the box a more cleaner look by paining it. Im not much of a painter either so looking to use spay paint? Any process I should be looking at? any spesifc type of paint?

Thanks in advance.

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[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

primer might help. MDF and paint dont really mix too well

 

[Millertime1028 10+ year member]

Sealing it with a 50/50 solution of Elmers glue and water always worked well for me .

 

[I VIK I 10+ year member]

Sealing it with a 50/50 solution of Elmers glue and water always worked well for me .

I see your also on the Island. Would you do it for a fee?

 

[Millertime1028 10+ year member]

What town are you in ?

 

[I VIK I 10+ year member]

Nassau.

 

[Millertime1028 10+ year member]

Hmm Yea im all the way out on exit 70 on the LIE

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375558

 

[bkjt05 10+ year member]

walmart bedliner works and looks good...doesnt soak into the wood like normal spray paint

 

[Vermithrax 10+ year member]

walmart bedliner works and looks good...doesnt soak into the wood like normal spray paint

X2. I've used it on a few boxes.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

i round the corners and texture it, then paint it whatever color i need. i did a purple box that way for a girl a while back. looks good except for the color.

flat black looks good with a little texture and a matte clear coat on it.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

Varnishes work real well.. I've used it once on a friends box and its was nice and shiny. I use the duplicolor already mixed paint from AutoZone. I spray on 3 coats of the Duplicolor primer and then 3 coats of my color, wet sand 2000grit 1 coat and 4 coats of duplicolor clear, wetsand 2500 grit for any imperfections and bake it over night. I use a DeVilbiss auto HVLP gravity feed spray gun

It looks something like this afterwards:

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

Also another note, I resin the entire inside of the box to seal the MDF then start preppin for paint