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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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painting plastic (dash)

i wanted to paint the plastic piece in front of my speedometer, it has it fair share of scratches, just wanted to know some techinques like what grit sandpaper and if i should primer it cause of the scraches.
Old Apr 16, 2003 | 04:25 PM
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Re: painting plastic (dash)

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i wanted to paint the plastic piece in front of my speedometer, it has it fair share of scratches, just wanted to know some techinques like what grit sandpaper and if i should primer it cause of the scraches.
im painting my tails..just priming them real good, maybe u want to sand down ur sctahces though. peace.
Old Apr 16, 2003 | 06:29 PM
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I'd use 240 or 320 grit to get a smooth finish. Always use a primer before painting color coat. Primers primary objective is to provide adhesion for the color coat.
Old Apr 16, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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dude, check out the 4th gen faq's
Old Apr 16, 2003 | 06:59 PM
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Re: painting plastic (dash)

Originally posted by max1ma97se
i wanted to paint the plastic piece in front of my speedometer, it has it fair share of scratches, just wanted to know some techinques like what grit sandpaper and if i should primer it cause of the scraches.
just make sure it is real clean, clean it w/some rubbing alcohol the surface of the bezel is already kind of gritty I painted mine before I bought the polished aluminum bezel here is a pic...just use about two or three light coats since it is behind the plastic it won't ever chip or get damaged...I also painted the bezel on my Sentra

http://www.nissanx.net/gall/alb/albu...elfestival.jpg
Old Apr 16, 2003 | 08:59 PM
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Re: painting plastic (dash)

Originally posted by max1ma97se
i wanted to paint the plastic piece in front of my speedometer, it has it fair share of scratches, just wanted to know some techinques like what grit sandpaper and if i should primer it cause of the scraches.
You mean like this? Yes I know the piece is broken by the cigarette lighter. It's been replaced since. You can barely see the gauge cluster on the left side. Silver surrounding the black gauges looks really sweet and unique IMO. Just got tired of seeing white face gauges. Everyones got em now.

David

Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:39 PM
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Re: Re: painting plastic (dash)

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that looks really nice
Old Apr 17, 2003 | 03:28 AM
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that looks really nice


so does yours william...very nice...
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