Painting Dash

[Manche757]

This probably is too lame to be posted here but here goes.  I have seen that some of you have used vinyl paint on interior parts with good success.  I assume that the parts were either removed for spray painting or the interior was covered in plastic and taped off to spray the dash.  Has anyone used a sponge paint brush or paint pad on the dashboard to avoid brush marks?  I am not going to change the color but want to cover sun damaged discoloration. 

[eaglescout526]

I completely removed all my pieces to paint them. You could get away with tearing out the dash and paint but if yours is cracked from the sun, I would recommend just having it redone if I was going to go that far to paint it.

[Warren Mohler]

remove defrost vents and A pillars, glove box, lower dash and should be able to spray I used SEM Color Coat, very good stuff

[Manche757]

12 minutes ago, Warren Mohler said:

remove defrost vents and A pillars, glove box, lower dash and should be able to spray I used SEM Color Coat, very good stuff

You spray painted the dash with it in place?   Paint didn't drift to the door panels, seat, carpet and console?

[Warren Mohler]

you will need to cover but the spray should get evenly to front of dash pad and into pretty tight areas

[AZJeff]

8 minutes ago, Manche757 said:

You spray painted the dash with it in place?   Paint didn't drift to the door panels, seat, carpet and console?

I have successfully spray painted interior stuff in place, using that previously recommended SEM Color Coat.   You need to do it in a garage or the like, where there is no breeze.   You also need to cover stuff nearby with old sheets or other lightweight drop cloth materials.

 

The SEM paint dries very quickly, so it's not like the airborne droplets remain sticky for very long.

[scguy]

Slight thread hijack, do you need to use the SEM adhesion promoter or can you use another brand/ something else?

[Warren Mohler]

I did all hard plastics also door panels and arm rests without adhesion promoter-no problems, dash panel is similar to armrests if painting kick panels and lower side trim I would recommend the promoter as it is a different type of plastic and is not affected by acetone

[Airborne Janitor]

3 hours ago, scguy said:

Slight thread hijack, do you need to use the SEM adhesion promoter or can you use another brand/ something else?

 

I've used duplicolor brand adhesive promoter with SEM color coat with good results. Currently painting my interior trim to match my XJ doors. Original color was the lighter gray.

 

[scguy]

Thanks, the Duplicolor is what I was looking at.