First - Thank you to all of those that e-mailed on the "how-to" clean up on my seat belts for my 68 KR . I opted to machine wash some and soak others. Both results appear to be the same but I have to admit the washing machine was much easier. Now on to more resto questions. I want to repaint some interior trim items and want some opinions on what you guys have done. My panels are all in excellent condition but have faded a little over the years. I have found interior" paint available through some of the mustang houses. I do not want to paint any soft trim items , only the rear plastic trim around the fold down seat and the trap door perhaps. Is a primer base required? Should I buy the expensive paint from the dealer or does my local auto store have something similar at half the price? Any difference between painting the metal items vs the plastic trim? Any hints here are appreciated. Thanks in Advance, Tony Hardesty #04170
Tony- I'll give a plug for the SEMS line of professional paints that are available at most of the better auto paint supply stores. I've used their Landau Black (they make many other colors) available in bulk cans and now in aerosol cans. Follow their prep instructions and be sure to allow sufficient drying time before handling/assembly. Great on metal, fiber panels and plastic trim. Believe it or not, I've even used it in the engine bay. It holds up well and is easily touched up. Regards, Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony To: ShelbyMustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: Shelby Interior Paint Questions for the group First - Thank you to all of those that e-mailed on the "how-to" clean up on my seat belts for my 68 KR . I opted to machine wash some and soak others. Both results appear to be the same but I have to admit the washing machine was much easier. Now on to more resto questions. I want to repaint some interior trim items and want some opinions on what you guys have done. My panels are all in excellent condition but have faded a little over the years. I have found "interior" paint available through some of the mustang houses. I do not want to paint any soft trim items , only the rear plastic trim around the fold down seat and the trap door perhaps. Is a primer base required? Should I buy the expensive paint from the dealer or does my local auto store have something similar at half the price? Any difference between painting the metal items vs the plastic trim? Any hints here are appreciated. Thanks in Advance, Tony Hardesty #04170
A ever so common mistake is painting the interior black. A 65 and 66 is semi gloss black. A 67 to 70 is dark charcoal metalic on the interior trim pieces. All except the door panels, plastic kick panel and dash pad . The best thing is to paint them with a professional line paint and then install them so they don't get kick around. I use a strong detergent first to get them clean before priming them with some of the SEMS line adhesion promoters and then paint. If you use the spray cans that some venders sell it does not come out near as nice and is splotchy. On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at 08:15 PM, STAN SIMM wrote: > Tony- > I'll give a plug for the SEMS line of professional paints that are > available at most of the better auto paint supply stores. I've used > their Landau Black (they make many other colors) available in bulk cans > and now in aerosol cans. Follow their prep instructions and be sure to > allow sufficient drying time before handling/assembly. Great on metal, > fiber panels and plastic trim. Believe it or not, I've even used it in > the engine bay. It holds up well and is easily touched up. > Regards, Stan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tony > To: ShelbyMustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:29 PM > Subject: Shelby Interior Paint Questions for the group > > >
Re: Re: Shelby Interior Paint Questions for the group When you clean the plastic interior pieces, try an SOS soap pad. Thinners will dissolve the plastic and obviously you cannot sand it as the grain goes away. The soap pads clean 40 years of residue off and scuff the surface enough for good adheasion. Rinse with water and dry before spraying. PS, this also works great on plastic models to prep them for spray. When I use the SEM vinyl spray, I always use the vinyl prep to soften the vinyl and open the pores. This stuff lasts years on seats. SEE Y'ALL Lee > > From: Robert Gaines <bgaines (AT) kc (DOT) rr.com> > Date: 2006/05/02 Tue PM 09:51:38 EDT > To: STAN SIMM <SSIMM (AT) triad (DOT) rr.com> > CC: Tony <krman (AT) fuse (DOT) net>, ShelbyMustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com > Subject: Re: Shelby Interior Paint Questions for the group > > A ever so common mistake is painting the interior black. A 65 and 66 is > semi gloss black. A 67 to 70 is dark charcoal metalic on the interior > trim pieces. All except the door panels, plastic kick panel and dash > pad . The best thing is to paint them with a professional line paint > and then install them so they don't get kick around. I use a strong > detergent first to get them clean before priming them with some of the > SEMS line adhesion promoters and then paint. If you use the spray cans > that some venders sell it does not come out near as nice and is > splotchy. On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at 08:15 PM, STAN SIMM wrote: > > > Tony- > > I'll give a plug for the SEMS line of professional paints that are > > available at most of the better auto paint supply stores. I've used > > their Landau Black (they make many other colors) available in bulk cans > > and now in aerosol cans. Follow their prep instructions and be sure to > > allow sufficient drying time before handling/assembly. Great on metal, > > fiber panels and plastic trim. Believe it or not, I've even used it in > > the engine bay. It holds up well and is easily touched up. > > Regards, Stan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tony > > To: ShelbyMustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com > > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:29 PM > > Subject: Shelby Interior Paint Questions for the group > > > > > > > > > >
