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Hey, everybody.
J-Mac here.
We're working on our '92 project Coupe.
And we found a few pieces in the interior that
needed to be replaced while we were in there working,
namely the console armrest pad and the console top panel.
Now, these two pieces here are the most commonly painted
pieces in an '87-'93 Fox Mustang.
So we wanted to go ahead and show you
how to paint both of them, because one's vinyl, one's
plastic.
Now, this will cover our complete range
of how to paint interior pieces.
We'll start out with the console armrest pad.
We'll start out by taking your armrest pad,
a gray Scotch-Brite, and bucket of warm water
with Dawn dish soap.
You just want to lightly scrub the surface
with that water and Dawn dish soap
just to kind of get rid of any of the mold release agent
or any oils that may be on the surface.
Give it a thorough once over top and bottom.
That way you can get everything off.
Then we'll use compressed air to blow this off.
Now, with everything completely dry,
we're going to go ahead and use some of our SEM vinyl prep.
Now, this stuff here, it will remove any remaining oils
as well as open up the pores of the vinyl
to accept the vinyl dye whenever we spray it on.
Now, you want to shake it for about a minute
to get it fully mixed up.
I've already got this pre-shaken.
So we're just going to lay on a thin coat,
let it dwell for a couple of seconds,
and then wipe it off with a microfiber
towel or other lint-free towel.
And after just a short period of time,
you can go ahead and wipe all this off.
You don't want to let it sit for too terribly
long, because it will call surface damage.
You want to make sure and keep your hands clean
during this whole process.
That way you're not transplanting new oils back on.
It may even be a better idea if you
wear latex gloves or something non-powdered.
That way there's no chance of contaminating the surface.
Once you've got it all dried down,
you can go ahead and grab a can of our 5.0Resto interior vinyl
dye.
This comes in an SEM can loaded with PPG pigment, which
is the same stuff that Ford used straight from the factory.
That way it's going to be the most perfect match
to your interior.
Again, you're going to want to shake this can up
for about a minute.
I've already got this can pre-shaken.
And we're going to lay down several thin coats.
That way we can get a perfect coverage
on the underside and top-side of this pad.
We're going to start out on the bottom side.
Let that tack.
You're going to want to allow about three to five minutes
in between coats for tack time.
And then, after your last coat, third or fourth coat,
you'll want to go ahead and let that tack for about 30 minutes,
45 minutes before you touch it or handle it in any way.
All right, we're on our last coat here.
You want to make sure and get nice, even coverage, really
light coats.
This is coat number four for us.
You want to shake your can in between coats
before you get started.
And you'll want to hold it about six to eight inches away
from your surface.
Like I said, let everything dry about three to five minutes
between coats.
And then after your last coat, you're
going to want to let it sit for about 25, 30 minutes.
Go have yourself a cold beverage.
Let it wait before you try to handle it.
Now that we're done with our console armrest pad,
we can move on to our console top panel.
Now, this thing here is plastic.
It requires a little bit different prep method.
Again, you're going to want to start out with your Dawn dish
soap in the warm water with a gray Scotch-Brite pad
and just slightly abrade the surface
to remove any mold release agents or oils that are on it.
Like I said, we've already taped up the rubber gaskets on there.
And you'll want to completely cover all the areas on here
that are going to be taking paint.
That way it sticks to everything.
You don't have to spend just a whole lot of time on it.
Dawn does a really good job of breaking down grease and oil.
And these gray Scotch-Brites are not very abrasive but just
enough to give the surface a little bit of tack
for the paint to stick to.
Don't be afraid to go over it again
if you feel like it's still got a little bit of sheen to it
or you feel like maybe you just want
it to be a little bit cleaner.
It's not going to hurt anything to go over it two or three
times.
Now, these console top panels are
available in both power mirror versions and non-power mirror
versions.
This one here is a power mirror version,
being our Coupe is equipped with power door mirrors.
The non-power version just doesn't
have that square cut-out there.
All right, now we're going to use the compressed air again
to drive this thing off.
All right, I missed a little bit.
Now, with all the water out of the way,
we're going to go ahead and take some denatured alcohol
and lint free towel to go ahead and completely wipe down
the surface to remove any remaining oils.
Now, It doesn't take a whole lot of alcohol here, just enough
to wet your towel a little bit.
Go ahead and distribute that evenly.
Let me just wipe around the entire panel.
And you're just going to let this air dry as you go.
No need to dry it off.
That alcohol evaporates pretty quickly.
If you notice your towel getting soiled at all,
go ahead and move to a clean section.
You're going to want to do all this in a well-ventilated area.
That way, you don't get a little lightheaded,
get a little high while you're spraying the paint.
Even though, some people it may be your thing,
but pretty much you want to keep your head about you
while you're doing all this stuff.
Now with everything completely wiped down, we can go ahead.
Everything appears to be dry.
We can grab our 5.0Resto interior lacquer dye.
This is what you would use for the hard plastics or metals
within your car, anything that's not very easily
flexible like vinyl or any type of plastic.
Go ahead and shake everything up real well, again,
about a minute for the can.
I already have this pre-shaken.
So we can go ahead and lay down about three to four thin coats
over the whole deal, again, three to five minutes
to allow the coats to tack in between the next coat.
And then once you lay down your final coat,
20 to 30 minutes before you handle it.
And then you can go ahead and install everything
into your car.
Carefully remove your tape.
And you're done with your paint job.
Now, we have completely transformed
this console top panel and the armrest pad
from the original gray color to the correct titanium
gray for our '92 Coupe.
For more interior restoration videos,
check out latemodelrestoration.com.
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