Interior paint looks like hell

[pwherman512]

Hey all,
I have a 2001 Sport Trac with the light brown and silver interior. The silver paint has been chipping, peeling and just looking like hell. I want to paint it and have found some threads on it. Some guys have used $7 spray paint while others used $40 paint. What do you guys think is best to use? Have any pics of how yours looks? Thanks!

 

[IAmTodd]

Rustolieum has a metalic silver paint that matches the stock silver paint in the sports well.

 

[pwherman512]

Thanks! That looks really good! I hope I can get mine to look like that nice.

 

[IAmTodd]

It seems to be quite durable too. I haven't had any flaking or chipping.

 

[sporttractuner]

I got a can of touch up paint(spray) from Canadian Tire, Kind of a metalic silver...
looks great...all ya gotta do is lots of prep...sanding and stuff. the more prep you do, the better it will look...

 

[pwherman512]

Well I pulled all of the parts to be painted out and worked on the radio bezel lastnight. I hit it with some brake cleaner and the paint pretty much fell off. I then sanded it with some 800 grit and it looks like it is ready to go. I am wodering if I also ned to strip the center console in the same mannner? It looks like it doesn't have the same "rubber" paint on it. Any ideas on this? Thanks again!

 

[IAmTodd]

Glad to hear the cleaner worked well. I always had the hardest time getting that rubber coating off. The black consoles had the rubber coating as well, I'm not sure how the silver ones were finished.

Good luck.

 

[sporttractuner]

man I wish I would have tried Brake Cleaner...I used varsol, and it worked like ****...