interior colour coding

[tick]

Having succesfully coded my wing mirros was thinking doing some of the indside of my clio, i.e. handle for glove box, interior handles, etc, bits and pieces really, has anyone tried this and to what extent and success

 

[Lunner]

To do the interior trim, its basically the same process, but you need to use a paint wiht a plasterciser in it, to make it flaxable, as the interior trim flexes.

This you can buy from Folia Tec, demon tweeks stock it.

Or alternativly if you have a spray gun, you can get the paint mixed

 

[tick]

have you done it, if so whats it like, also anyone got any pics?

 

[Monkey45]

I used the Foliatec stuff in my old AX (God rest her soul) and it was ok but did flake and rub off after a while. I think to do the job with spray paint you will need to be prepared to completely pull everything you want spraying out of the car, prepare it by cleaning and sanding, then finish off with the laquer. Thats when one of those little cheap, quick jobs becomes a bit dearer and takes a lot longer - you will benefit more by leaving the paint/laquer to dry and harden for about 24 hours, so dont spray your steering wheel just before going to work!

 

[tick]

seen the foliatec stuff was gonna use that with the primer and finishing spray (whatever that is) does it look ok tho?

 

[Maxx]

havent got any pics but it looks fine if done properly

 

[tick]

do you sand down, prime, paint and laquer as if colour coding exterior palstic?

 

[Lunner]

Yeah, monkey yours flaked cus you didnt prep properly.

90% of the finish is in the prep, sand, smooth, clean, prime, paint, laqure.

Exactly the same as the outside plastic, cept wiht the interior paint.

The paint is VERY expensive in cans, im planning to do my whole dash, and may look inot hiring a compressor and paint gun, and buying the paint in cans, the folia tec spray is £15 a can

 

[tick]

how much coverage do you get with a can?

 

[tick]

and also do you use normal primer and laquer or do you have to use special interior stuff for that also?

 

[Evil ICE]

do you mean something like this:

http://www.evilice.freeservers.com/images/dsc00019.jpg

I used normal spray paint and high build primer from Motorworld at £5 per can. Its been on 4 years now and needs to be maintained a little bit but its been good so far. The rest is done in blue Vinyl.

more pics are on http://www.evilice.freeservers.comwww.evilice.freeservers.com in the Clio Demo Car section if you want to have a browse.

 

[h3lter]

hope u do better job than renault! i got a black car with blue interior!!! work that out!

 

[David]

^^^whered di u get this from?!?!?^^^

 

[tick]

just the ticket my man, you dodnt even have to use the expenxive interior paint? did you sand it first and also laquer it? whats it like at the door handles does that scratch easily?

 

[Evil ICE]

nah i couldnt be arsed with the interior paint...too expensive. IYou can get 3 cans of normal paint for the price of that stuff.

I didnt do any danding. I just cleaned the dash with a bit of cloth and soapy water, let it dry properly and stuck a couple of coats of high build primer on. Then I added a couple of layers of blue and finished off with a coat of laquer...looks ok to me and is fairly hard wearing. Im in the process of touching it up before the modified nationals and french car day.

The handles havent caused too much of a problem to be honest. The key is letting the paint dry between layers otherwise it tends to go on too thick and peels or looks sh*te.

 

[Bubbles]

God i hate the interior of that car.. that monitor just looks stupid.. and all the pods on the doors... i like the seats though.