Is it Possible to PAInt the Dash without taking it out???

[europeanboy]

I would want to paint my interior i'll begin with the dash, I own a blue interior mx-6 and want it black, can I juste cover all the things I don't want paint on and spray it cuz I don't want to remove the entire dash, i'll take appart all the plastic accesiries that arent plugged with electric wire but thats all, then is it possible to also paint the doors without getting them into hundred of pieces,

the carpet on the floor can be painted??
the top carped can be painted??
the seats can be painted with duplicolor paint?????

[europeanboy]

the top carped can be painted?? >> I mean the roof carpet and the sides high plastics

[antiSUV]

While there are various dyes and paints that you could use to change your entire interior to black, they aren't all sitting next to the Grant steering wheels and LED windshield washers at your local car parts chain store.

Properly masking off each set of interior pieces which recieve a certain "re-coloring" product, in seperate groups and steps, would become a larger task than simply removing the parts in the first place.

Think about it. How do you spray the Pep Boys seat paint on your seats without getting it on the door panels? (You gotta mask the door panels.) How do you spray the Pep Boys vinyl paint on your door panels without getting it on your seats? (You gotta cover your seats.) How will you mask off the final horrible-looking product to avoid embarrassment? (You can't!)

Don't do it unless you do it right.







P.S. Doing it right costs a lot of money.

[allmazda]

I agree with antisuv on this one but he forgot to mention the easiest way to do it.












Buy the darkest sunglasses you can and wear them only when you drive.

[SixSick6]

My dash has been painted for 4 years. I didn't remove anything and it looks fine. Take your time to mask and cover and you won't have a problem. *I removed all of the accessories before painting ie: vents, gauge cluster, steering column.

[europeanboy]

you are right man but I said I didn't want to take out any electrical wires, the for seats there aint no problem i'll got them all out of the car for painting them and for the side panels I do it with care, for the dash I''ll take out all plastics that I can but wont disconnects the entire dash from the car

u can paint the seats, the material??any danger to make my white t-shirt turn black on sunny hot days

[Arseassin]

I have quite a bit of experience in repainting your interior using Duplicolor's line of "Vinyl & Fabric Spray".

Before I wrapped my accord around a tree, I had everything on the inside except for the rear seats in my selected color theme, which was black and silver at the time.

The Vinyl & Fabric spray's were at the time alot less selective than they are now, so now you can find just about any colors you want.

Its quite simple tho, just pull everything out that you want to paint, wash it very well with some dawn dishsoap or something to remove any trace of armorall or anything that may be on there, let it dry, then coat it 2-3 times letting it completely dry between each coat, which usually takes 5-10 mins.

You can paint your carpeting and your seats as well, but I highly reccomend you pull them out as its quite tedious when trying to paint the cloth or carpet.

All you do for cloth and carpet is coat it heavy once, let it dry, then take a very *very* hard bristled brush that you can buy at wal-mart in the cosmetics section (look for the ones with the wooden handles and very short, very hard black bristles) and just brush it to hell and back, brush it in all directions, do swirls and everything, then take a blow dryer or leaf blower, and blow it to push all the flakes that came off out of there, then rinse and repeat.

After you do it about 3-5 times, the material will be black, and it will definately not come off.

I actually had it on my carpeting under my clutch foot for over a year, and the paint never came out, so I'd definately say its not easy to get it out.

Also make sure to wash your carpeting with some carpet cleaner beforehand, but you can do that in the car itself.


Just remember to get the FLAT colors, if you prefer glossy shiny interiors get gloss, but I've seen how bright gloss interiors get, and its just plain tacky.