painting interior panels

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i have already gotten a few tips on how i should go about painting some trim panels on my mark. the rubberized coating is peeling, so its time for a re-do. im pretty sure i have the idea on how to strip the rubberized coating off the trim panels by using oven cleaner. then sand with 800 grit, and paint.

the thing is how do i go about painting the "RUBBER" passenger air bag. looks like some people have had luck with doing it.

heres the concept...

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...iii+interior&start=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=N
 
RE: painting interior panels

take a look at my webpage from my sig, i just took it out and took it to my shop and they had no problems. even though the airbag is rubber, the paint has never cracked or peeled. i don't know if it has that rubberized stuff on it, i never bothered to check, but like i said, the paint is fine. everything else i did take the stuff off and sanded down to 1500 grit. that was before I learned the over cleaner trick, grr.
 
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thank you. ur just the guy i wanted to hear from. you have the car ive been admiring. i ended up going to a auto paint place, and they recommended a paint that would take care of everything. they also gave me a paint chip book to take home and decide what i liked. i think im going to go with a dark grey mettallic. the dark gray to keep it kinda/sorta how it was, and the mettallic just for an extra flare.

thank you.
 
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I'm doing this same thing to my 94 mark. I know about the oven cleaner but i thought it would hurt the plastic? So i have ben doing it the hard way with a knife and scraping the rubber "paint" off. I have a gray interior with some stock black parts. The parts that were gray are going to be silver and the black parts are metallic black. I'm just using duplicolor truck/van/SUV primer, paint, and clear. So for its coming out pretty good. I have also taken the blue light covers and tint off of the dash lights that i have taken off so far to it has white lights in the dash. I think that looks a lot cleaner.
 
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whaddya know the link isn't in my sig, here it is http://www.cardomain.com/ride/602027
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Ohh wow, that does look sweet. I havent seen it since you switched it. Did you pull your pieces you painted off the rear panels, and then painted? or had them mask it off? I pulled mine off and broke the cheap plastic studs. Ill have to get replacements for mine or use adhesive to reinstall mine when i get painted. Your interior looks sweet! :eek:

1995 DK Blue Lincoln Mark VIII
1998 DK Blue Chevrolet 1500 P/U
2004 BLACK/Silver HONDA CBR 600RR
 
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hi, i have already gotten a few tips on how i should go about painting some trim panels on my mark. the rubberized coating is peeling, so its time for a re-do. im pretty sure i have the idea on how to strip the rubberized coating off the trim panels by using oven cleaner. then sand with 800 grit, and paint.the thing is how do i go about painting the "RUBBER" passenger air bag. looks like some people have had luck with doing it.heres the concept...http://images.google.com/imgres?img...iii+interior&start=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=N
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My interior guy said to clean the part with solvent cleaner with clean wipe rags, then use "Bulldog Adhesion Promoter" spray can. Then paint as normal using interior paint. I had some factory Ivory mixed up at car paint dealer and having him spray my panels with his paint gun after i prep and mask them off for him. Thats how im doing mine.

1995 DK Blue Lincoln Mark VIII
1998 DK Blue Chevrolet 1500 P/U
2004 BLACK/Silver HONDA CBR 600RR
 
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Thanks!! I pulled the pieces out, and it was a PITA, most of the studs did break off, so mine is more or less glued on.
 
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Thanks!! I pulled the pieces out, and it was a PITA, most of the studs did break off, so mine is more or less glued on.
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What type of adhesive did you use to glue them back on? As ill be re-assembling mine soon. I still have some of the plastic studs, but 3-4 broke off while twisting off the fake aluminum nuts on backside of panel.

1995 DK Blue Lincoln Mark VIII
1998 DK Blue Chevrolet 1500 P/U
2004 BLACK/Silver HONDA CBR 600RR
 
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