Covering plastic with material?

Edited: 6/19/2006 7:24:07 PM by jancecustoms

Instead of painting all my interior plastic pieces I want to cover mine in material. I have heard that you need to get the plastic smooth so the glue can stick to it?

Do I need to smooth the plastic surface or just leave the factory texture and spray the glue? Thanks!

u shouldnt hav any problems gluing ur material over the texture, just be sure to slean it really good to make sure that glue bites really well. What kinda material u using tho?

just try and get all the oil and crap off, i usually hit it with 80 grit, and use good glue, not that cheap aerosole can crap.

don't completely smooth them. just scuff them up.

Thanks that's good to know I don't have to smooth them too much. Good deal.

I will be covering them with foam and then leather.

Sand it with 180 grit sand paper and try to get it smooth or yeah you can run into it lifting later...You can try just hitting it with red scotch brite, but I recommend sanding...Just clean it first with a degreaser like prep sol and sand then spray with glue, hit the plastic and the material let it set up and go to town...

Well crap sand it or leave it alone I've been sanding it with 180 and getting it as smooth as I can. I think it would be better to get it smooth so it won't lift like you said, but I haven't ever done it before so I thought I would ask. Thanks

I always went thru a couple of steps before applying the glue and material. There was at one time available TSP or trisodium phoshate. This did an excellent job of removing the "armor all" type products as well as dirt, oil, and plastisizers which may have leached out of the plastic. It is still available in a more environmentally safer product at Lowes. Anyway, clean the pieces with a good detergent like Tide, and rinse well. Let dry and scuff with the scotchbrite. Wipe it down with Acysol or SEM plastic prep and use a good hi-temp spray adhesive like Dap/Weldwood.