finished painting my center console+rear handles! :)

[rolty_gti]

finished painting my center console and rear door handles yesterday and fitted it all back in after work earlier.thought i'd do a mini run through of what i did.
after removing the parts i wanted to paint these are the steps i took to paint them,

wet sanded parts until 'etched' finished appeared,
clean/degrease parts with meths/paint prep
1 coat of primer allowed to dry overnight
wet sanded primer smooth once dried
clean/degrease with meths/paint prep
2-3 coats of colour(i used the body colour of my car 'satin silver' )(10-15 mins between coats)
2 coats of clear laquer
left to dry overnight
re-fit parts, job done! 

rear handles removed(use a flat tool/screwdriver to prise the cover off)

handles ready for prep

handles back on the car,will get a better one tomorrow!

some parts from center console




center console getting underway!


JOB DONE
! 

Really like how it's turned out,even get the flicker of blue in the satin silver paint just like the body!
will be getting to work on some other interior bits soon as i get a chance.

[Wayne]

I like that, much better 

[callummk4reed]

lol have just done the same to mine as it needed a refurb badly, done in satin silver aswell came out quite nice to say first time sprayin lol :embarassed:

[rolty_gti]

Looks good mate! Everyone has to start spraying sometime,great work!i've also done some mlre of my interior trim,will post pics later.just need some other goodies to sort my interior out then i will be a happy man 

[bullens]

duct tape, worst tape you can use ever when painting

[rolty_gti]

Lol i wasn't using it to mask up with,i was using the roll to prop up the ashtray so the edges didn't touch the table 

[bullens]

Lol i wasn't using it to mask up with,i was using the roll to prop up the ashtray so the edges didn't touch the table 

pics clearly show stuff masked up with it

[rolty_gti]

Lol i wasn't using it to mask up with,i was using the roll to prop up the ashtray so the edges didn't touch the table 

pics clearly show stuff masked up with it

which pics would these be? the only place i put duct tape was on the table to hold down the newspaper lol! masking tape was used to mask up the edges of any pieces i painted,done a fair amount of spraying before mate,i know what i'm doing.

[bullens]

the only place i put duct tape was on the table to hold down the newspaper lol! masking tape was used to mask up the edges of any pieces i painted,done a fair amount of spraying before mate,i know what i'm doing.

shouldn't even do that with duct tape

i'm a painter by trade and have been over 10 years

[rolty_gti]

the only place i put duct tape was on the table to hold down the newspaper lol! masking tape was used to mask up the edges of any pieces i painted,done a fair amount of spraying before mate,i know what i'm doing.

shouldn't even do that with duct tape

i'm a painter by trade and have been over 10 years

i don't see what the problem is?it's holding down newspaper!i'm not saying you don't know what your doing but i just don't see what the big deal is with using duct tape for taping up the newspaper on the table?