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A few months ago, I decided to start a dash painting project in my Focus. Finally broke ground on it, and I figured I'd post the results, and say that the Duplicolor paint does an amazing job.
I picked up a few interior pieces made of various materials from the local junkyard. The pieces I painted today were from that Focus. It had no windows, and was sitting in the middle of a dirty, rainy junkyard. These were not very clean. In any case, the pieces I painted today were made of two different materials, Vinyl (I think that's what the door was made of) and plastic (the dash piece)

The results were just as I wanted. I've never painted anything for my car before, and I'm damned lazy, so I didn't do much to prep for painting. With these pieces, I just grabbed a wet rag (not even soap) and wiped off as many scuffs and dirty areas as I could find for a minute, dragged em outside, and painted them. No priming, no sanding, nothing.
Plastic Dash

Vinyl Doors

I left them in their original resolution (sorry 56kers) so you can see the original texture, and how well it was preserved. I'm by no means an expert at painting, and I didn't do a whole lot of prep. My goal was to get a dark interior color while maintaining the OEM bumpy texture. Mission accomplished, I'd say.
I picked up a few interior pieces made of various materials from the local junkyard. The pieces I painted today were from that Focus. It had no windows, and was sitting in the middle of a dirty, rainy junkyard. These were not very clean. In any case, the pieces I painted today were made of two different materials, Vinyl (I think that's what the door was made of) and plastic (the dash piece)

The results were just as I wanted. I've never painted anything for my car before, and I'm damned lazy, so I didn't do much to prep for painting. With these pieces, I just grabbed a wet rag (not even soap) and wiped off as many scuffs and dirty areas as I could find for a minute, dragged em outside, and painted them. No priming, no sanding, nothing.
Plastic Dash

Vinyl Doors

I left them in their original resolution (sorry 56kers) so you can see the original texture, and how well it was preserved. I'm by no means an expert at painting, and I didn't do a whole lot of prep. My goal was to get a dark interior color while maintaining the OEM bumpy texture. Mission accomplished, I'd say.