Painting Center Console

[blackcoffee]

The original plastic center console in my truck looks like crap, its just sitting in the shed. I want to paint it black or blackish?
What kind of sand paper should I use and any sort of paint I should use?
I was just gonna use some adhesive paint, black primer, and glossy black but I have a feeling the glossy will look weird I want it to retain its original texture/look, just be black.

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If you all are confused as to what I'm talking about this is what I'm working with, except I got this picture from the internet, I wish mine looked that good ha.

 

[txhoescrapin]

Sand with 200 grit, spray with krylon fusion primer, sand again, then spray with krylon flat black fusion for plastic, then with satin clear. Thats what I did to my dash.

 

[blackcoffee]

Thanks man, yeah I've got krylon primer and flat I'm just gonna use those, then hit it with some satin clear I guess. I'll post pics wenesday when I do it.

 

[Da90]

I bought a Escalade dash bezel and it was tan so I went to O'reilly's and bought adhesion promoter, gray interior paint and painted it. Came out great! Can't even tell a difference in the color! I didn't sand or prime but may need to do a little on the console.

 

[IRQVET]

Unless you have body work experience DO NOT SAND FIRST !!!

Its too easy for someone to sand down flat spots and ruin whatever it is your working on. Take a degreaser like Simple Green and clean it well. Once all the oils and foreign matter have been removed, shot the console with a sand able primer.

SAND LIGHTLY with 200 grit sandpaper.
(Repeat this process a few times before you apply your first coat of paint)

Use a semi-gloss or flat paint cause using something with too much gloss makes the final product look kinda cheap.

Good luck dude !!!

 

[clean454]

ya a good cleaning
flat paint
and a MATTE clearer coat
dont shoot a glossy coat it will look weird
flat paint and matte clear coat
i did mine i can show u a pic
it looks factory just black

 

[blackcoffee]

Sweet. Thanks for the help, its not that I can't paint or something ha. It's just I know you all have done things like this before and its really nice to have you give me a layout of EXACTLY what I need and what I need to do.

I appreciate it, and I'll show you how it turns out when I'm done with it tomorrow!

 

[txhoescrapin]

I would sand before prime. Thats what I did to my dash. If there is any shine at all left on plastic that paint job aint gonna stick for a long time.

 

[gulleyman]

Hey txhoescrapin, can you post some pics of how your interior turned out? I'm curious and think'n about doing this to my truck...