Painting Plastic......
 

How do you go about painting plastic? I'm not much of an expert in the painting field. What's being painted is the plastic such as on the dash; center console area; area around the stereo headunit, a/c and heater controls; maybe door panel parts as well. I'm assuming that most of you have seen the article in the MM&FF a few issues ago with the Roush mustang with the Chromalusion paintjob. It had some of the dash parts painted the Chromalusion as well. How do I accomplish painting these plastic pieces?


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1996 Mustang GTS

Hi,
Yea, I'm curious on this as well. What kind of paint, any other finish/material I should put over paint, etc. Anything to make the paint last and look good.

Thanks!
Bye!


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Gautam N. Lad
http://www.cubicdesign.com
http://www.cubicdesign.com/mustang/

well if your thinking about changing you interior color then use paint dye..it works wonders on interiors and is very durable

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1987 black notch(ex 4 banger)
DSS 306 w/ main support...Elderbrock 6028 heads..gt-40 intake..24# injectors...70 mm tb..77 pro-m...accel 300+..mac full legnth..tremec w/ pro5oh...full MAC exhaust,off road h-pipe,long tubes, catback...ron davis radiator..subframes, control arms...CFDF II..o yea holley FPR sucks..dont buy one..

Also, and this probably goes without saying, but spend a lot of time on prepping the pieces before they are painted/dyed. Clean the parts very thoroughly to get rid of any traces of oil or grease. Just a little bit can ruin an otherwise nice looking painted part.

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Greg
91 LX Convertible