Painting interior

ALways use an adhesion promoter on plastic, just make sure you read the directions for the type of plastic you are using.

ok then scuff, clean, adhesion, pirmer, sand, paint, clear.

i'm curious why you spread 'glass body filler on the part? why couldn't you just sand the texture down and primer it and sand the primer smooth?

Well, if you have'nt noticed, the panel below the rear window is one flimsy piece of crap! It gives it rigidity, and hopefully it won't bend when the bass hits!

I've got two of my interior panels done, which are the rear ones, and they are turning out pretty good using filler. I only skim coat it lights enough to smooth it. That way it wont crack and have flexibility. But, I suppose I could do high-build primer instead. I found some in an aerosol can, but its $6 a can!

I'm trying to work on the dash as well, I pretty much need to do the dash first now, actually.!

Hey guys, I decided not to make another thread. Its basically an update related to this thread, so I'll stick 'er here!

I decided to actually get my dash going. I'm not really doing any shaving work to the dash except the speaker grilles and making things smooth. Overall, the dash is going to stay the same functionality wise.

I added in my tweeter holes into my dash. They are on the ends of the dash. It is turning out pretty good, except I keep yelling at my dad that I don't think he put in enough catalyst! I'm dredging over waiting this whole time for it to cure! Sigh... Anyways, here it is so far!







I've got a little concern over the air pockets, but I think I'm going to get that fixed... Just wish I could do something to it except look at it! LOL!

BTW, don't I have to resand the fiberglass to prime it? My dad thinks you can spray it right now without doing anything to it. I'm pretty sure you have to sand it for bite. Right?

YOU HAVE TO SAND IT, and by the looks of it you have to sand it smooth first anyways...

Nice job so far. I like the tweeter holes. And yeah,that looks like it is going to require quite a bit of sanding.

Ya you have to sand it start with 60 grit and move up to 120 grit then prime but first you have to do something about the large air bubbles.

I thought that was right! It did'nt make sense not to. Lol, and with the way things go for me, I should have known that I have to sand, more! Sigh, lol, I sand waaay too much. Handsanding at school and home, how fun!

I was just thinking about getting it scuffed up and doing a thin layer of filler to smooth it nicely. But I'm thinking I wont need to do that. Maybe I'll take it to school and smooth it with some K36 or Feather-fill. I would rather sand the K36 though, lol!

I wanted to get the dash done by now, because I want to get started on the kicker panels for my 6 1/2's. But with the way things are going, I don't think I'm going to make the first sound competition on the 28th! Sigh...

Any suggestions on how to remedy the air bubbles? I'm thinking I need to find a way to remove the sections and re-glass them... I can't put acetone on it and make it maleable again, right?

Its my first real project using glass, and I'm not totally familiar with it all...

Its day 2, and I've got another day to go looking at it, lol!

You can cut out the real big spots and reglass it but use a roller and make sure the bubbles in the new sections are all gone and sand it as smooth as possible and did you sand the dash real ruff because if you didn't it will pop down the road with all the movement and viberations when you are moving and from your loud music.