Midnight Sun

*I think I am just bad at searching, could not find the answer*


So here is my plan of action. My car is red, which means the body under the carpet and such is red as well.
I am going to remove all the interior pieces (carpet, seats, console) and then remove all the paint, prime it, and paint it black(the doorjambs, trunk, firewall etc). Because I figure black will go with any color I decide to paint the exterior.

My questions:

Is there a spraypaint in existence that would work well PERMANTENTLY for the interior party of the body(black, maybe gloss)?

Is there a spraycan primer I could use to prime this whole area?

Does anyone think this is not a good idea?

How should I about removing the paint on the interior of the body (what grit of sandpaper)?


Thanks again dealing with my newbie questions

~Eric

89cmrodriver

i dont see why ud paint under the carpet, seems dumb to me cause u will never see it, i painted my jambs with gloss black brush paint so i didnt have to worry bout it messin up and gettin overspray, looks ok, but u almost never see your door jambs anyway

Irhal

take a red scotchbright... graze the whole interior once you took off your carpet then spray your black paint.. that easy... no need to take off all the paint and prime it again... use the scotchbright so the new paint will stick to the old one and buy alot of spraycans... and make sure you tape everythign you don't want painted

JR86-TA

You can do what I did and get the POR-15 rust preventative, gloss black version and lightly sand the floor and jams then paint it right on. No rust, black color... best of both worlds.

Also, it is relatively cheap.

jocww

u can get flat black cuz that is the same thing as primer

Midnight Sun

Ahh, that seems relatively ingenius. I absolutely hate rust (probably a mutaly feeling).

Will this stuff hold up around the door jambs and stuff though? Or should I get a laquor type stuff and spray over it?

JR86-TA

So far it has worked for me. No chipping or cracking. They have other colors besides black though and I am sure they all work the same.

Briansz28

I've used POR-15. Incredible durable! Its best to put on over rust because it doesn't like to stick to smooth surfaces-need to rough it up good. It can be sprayed if its thinned properly, but I was doing a rusty floor so I did it with a brush.

But... it is not cheap! $21 per PINT! I needed 3 pints to do the rusty areas of my '67 Olds. But when it was cured- I couldn't scratch it with a screwdriver!

http://www.por15.com