970Tahoe
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So I took the time this weekend to pull and paint some trim...
Dash bezel
ALL A/C vents (front & rear)
Fuse cover
Overhead console
Dome light bezel
Handle bezels
Front door controls w/ tweeter screens
Rear door window switches
Rear door speaker screens
Ashtrays
Rear A/C control bezel
I sanded all of the texture off starting with 80 grit. Then I knocked down the deep scratches from the furious sanding with 100. Once all of the hairs were gone from the pieces, I wet sanded with 400.
After the pieces were texture free, I cleaned them using a microfiber towel and paint thinner, wiping them down with another clean microfiber.
I put down one light coat of standard spray primer from Lowe's (used about 4 12 oz. cans). Then followed with 3 heavy coats.
Letting them dry 10 min between coats, I left them to dry for an hour after the final coat. Next, I wet sanded with 2000.
I used the cheap Lowe's brand back spray paint (4 cans). Applied the same initial light coat to the primed pieces. Then applied 4 heavy coats. Same flash dry time was used of 10 min between coats, but I let them dry overnight.
Once they had dried, I wet sanded all the pieces with 2000 to remove ALL the orange peel. I again cleaned them with a microfiber NO THINNER!! used Alcohol just to be safe.
Finally I sprayed down the clear (2 cans of Duplicolor). I did three heavy coats of clear. I went heavy because I intended to wet sand them after the clear, but decided not to. They came out flawless.
SO hear are some pics I pulled off of Autotrader.com after i had forgotten to take before pics, (I know they are different)
And the After....
Dash bezel
ALL A/C vents (front & rear)
Fuse cover
Overhead console
Dome light bezel
Handle bezels
Front door controls w/ tweeter screens
Rear door window switches
Rear door speaker screens
Ashtrays
Rear A/C control bezel
I sanded all of the texture off starting with 80 grit. Then I knocked down the deep scratches from the furious sanding with 100. Once all of the hairs were gone from the pieces, I wet sanded with 400.
After the pieces were texture free, I cleaned them using a microfiber towel and paint thinner, wiping them down with another clean microfiber.
I put down one light coat of standard spray primer from Lowe's (used about 4 12 oz. cans). Then followed with 3 heavy coats.
Letting them dry 10 min between coats, I left them to dry for an hour after the final coat. Next, I wet sanded with 2000.
I used the cheap Lowe's brand back spray paint (4 cans). Applied the same initial light coat to the primed pieces. Then applied 4 heavy coats. Same flash dry time was used of 10 min between coats, but I let them dry overnight.
Once they had dried, I wet sanded all the pieces with 2000 to remove ALL the orange peel. I again cleaned them with a microfiber NO THINNER!! used Alcohol just to be safe.
Finally I sprayed down the clear (2 cans of Duplicolor). I did three heavy coats of clear. I went heavy because I intended to wet sand them after the clear, but decided not to. They came out flawless.
SO hear are some pics I pulled off of Autotrader.com after i had forgotten to take before pics, (I know they are different)
And the After....
