spraying interior?

[flamefox850]

Originally posted by KSL@Jan 9 2005, 15:11
you can go to ace hardware and buy paint that is made to be sprayed on plastic and will definately work on PVC. but it is costly. i still suggest you go for 5rm cheap ass spray. doesn't take long at all. 1 1/2 hours and u'll be done. what will take longer is if you want a shine finish (similar to the one on the body of the car) u'll have to do the putty and sand it with water sand paper and that will take a whole day... about 12 hour's worth of work. but then after you spray on with cheap ass spray... and then add the clear shiny top film, looks sweet. a friend did it on a Glanza and it looks sweet. if you want to make your dashboard bits branded... put a 3d badge and make the edges blend in to the back piece. when u spray, it looks like the dashboard is branded!! hahaha.. or even better, buy raw carbon fibre sheets. spread glue all over your dashboard piece and fit the carbon fibre around it. once it is stuck down, cut the pieces to exact measurements. then add about 5 coats of see through layering. water sandpaper it after every layer. will make your dash heavier (opposite of wut CF is supposed to do to your car :P) but looks sweet.
have fun
and DIY IS THE WAY TO GO!!!!

errr mind to take ur friend's car interior pics with more branded look ? how is it look ha ?

 

[xcheong]

izzit every single part of a wira dashboard can spray??
including the top part?? which doesn't look like plastic to me. is it PVC?

 

[edgar_raphael]

few tips.

1. For original panels that has rough surfaces, such as the plastic panels from the Proton cars, it will be advisable to sand the surface with the lower grit sand paper to as flat and smooth as possible, then slowly increasing the grit number to a higher one to get a smooth flat surface. That way, the quality of the paint would be better.

2. Before spraying, take a pail, fill them with hot water, but not boiling hot water, just a little warmer water, put all your spray cans into the pail, this way would increase the air pressure from inside the spray cans and will result in a better efficient in the nozzle, and also the spray air coming out

3. When using spray can, always remember to place the item to be painted as high as possible near your hand level so that when you spray, it would be high as your waist line and you dont have to face the nozzle that low, spray with the nozzle facing around 30-40 degrees down, that way you get the best effect.

4. lastly, patient must be there, spray as thin as possible, one coating by one coating, and leaving them to dry around 5-8 minutes per coatings before continuing. The more thin coatings you can apply, the better and thicker and nice the end results will be. We cannot use the technique used in normal car sparying because they used pressurised air and the paint material is different and they even mixed them with thinner, and better nozzle tips, thats why they can spray more and less coating but still getting good results.

hope this helps.

 

[ninja_iga]

i'd love to give tips on spray can techniques.. hehehehee

but me way too lazy today, muahahahahahaahaha

plastic spraying has it challenges.

most 'cheap' aerosol sprays are lacquer based, shiny but fragile.
newer stuff from Bosnyl are Acrylic based and lasts better :)
slightly more pricey, about RM7-10 depending on color.

never mix lacquer based sprays/paints with acrylic (which happens to be our 2k paint!) the upper layers will have a chemical reaction and thus forming those ugly ass bubbles!

warming the cans in cooler-than-boiling water is a very well practised technique in the plastic modeling world :) i've picked that from there too!

for our plastics: ALWAYS wash the plastic really clean before spraying anything.
Why?
the plastics has a mold-release agent coated on it, so it releases from it's metal mold easier after molding.
this is usually silicone-based, and are very paint-adhesion resistant.
BAD!

so you'll need to use soap-detergent to remove these, and preferbly you must handle all the parts with clean rubber gloves.
You definately don't want to 'contaminate' the now clean plastics with your bodily oils and sweat right?

if in doubt, wash again! :)

let drip dry in sun is the bestest.

if you can afford to wipe the plastic with thinner, it's good also, but never overdo it, you'll melt the plastic surface instead.
TEST in a very hidden area of your plastic to test reaction.

best to soak the cloth (you're wearing gloves) with thinner, and make clean swipes on the plastic to clean, degrease and chemically 'open the pores' of the plastic to make the paint stick better.

alot of work, but bloody worth it :)

don't say 2k car paint and all that paint bla bla, ALL paints, to spray plastic you must do whatever i just stated above to achieve good surface adhesion.

and we're not even to the 'looking-good' department yet! :lol:

 

[szekeiemme]

Originally posted by laichong@Jan 6 2005, 18:36
:)
this is the result, left aircond blow hole(not in pic), centre console, meter panel, and Right aircond-blow hole...

wah.. looks complete wif dat momo

 

[L2TurboFool]

hhrmmm...i shall try!! wish me luck..! muahahah!

 

[gogsard]

if sent to car paint shop to do like laichong .. estimate how much aa ??

dont dare to do DIY the paint with the original panel. afraid the results ugly .. better leave it to the pro.

 

[BlackSamurai]

interested on that also, but dare not DIY. Lauzy DIYer here.

 

[et5828]

i sprayed my door trim from blue to black
ahaha
kelisa SE

 

[khguan]

got pics?

 

[laichong]

Originally posted by et5828@Jan 26 2005, 01:40
i sprayed my door trim from blue to black
ahaha
kelisa SE

i plan to do that on my door panel as well, but scared the paint on PVC not nice...

care to share the pic with us?? wanna see the result :)