dash paint

[cmc76]

yesterday i picked up some lumber, i didnt even realize it was touching the dash. sure as shit, ive got some scratches. Naturally i dont want to repaint the whole thing right now if i can avoid it. Where can i get paint to match? its not peeling or anything, just the scratches. so i will sand, prime and then paint. and i dont expect perfect, im sure it has faded. I have what i believe is called 'pewter' interior.

 

[David Paul]

I think you'll find most on here will recommend SEM as the paint of choice for our vehicles. As far as the color, that's a little harder. There are several different shades of pewter. I tried several before I got it right.

 

[jerryjoe28]

have you thought about having a interior repair guy look at it? they touch up all the stuff for car dealers and have all the tools to do it perfectly. had a large spot touched up on my wife's old car. couldnt even tell it was ever there

 

[Rocket Man]

I used SEM but painted the whole dash and adjoining pieces because there is no perfect match for something that's faded.

 

[cmc76]

i want to just buy time with the touch up. i figure not paying attention means i get to pull the whole thing in the spring.

 

[Rocket Man]

I'm not sure how well you'll be able to get the SEM paint to adhere to the old paint that GM used but here's a link to the page of my build thread where I painted my dash. It has the color of the SEM that matches the pewter interiors. You can also see what I ran into when painting mine- the old paint just started peeling off where I tried to sand down the worn areas to feather in the new. I didn't plan on stripping the whole thing, I was going to paint over the top of the old paint. Problem is, as soon as I tried to feather an edge, the old paint would just keep peeling instead of feathering as soon as the sandpaper hit it. You might be able to feather yours, otherwise I guess you could just paint over the rough edges and wait until later to do the whole thing.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/red-rockets-retroactive-02-denali-build.83457/page-5