Morning all

I started painting my interior a couple of days ago, and last night i painted 2 coats of the colour and i ran out of paint getting some more today, but how many more coast do people think it needs?? As i can still see the texture of the primer underneath??

I have painted some textured external parts, using 4coats of primer,4of paint and 4 of lacquer, would have been a better finish if you rubbed off some of the texture before applying primer, you could also try filler primer?

i rubber off the top layer of primer before painting, and it looked smooth but as i applied the paint it looks more textured, i have more paint to pick up so i wil give it another 2/3 coats when i get the chance im sure it will smooth out right?? :/ :(

Hmm I'm not too sure mate, I haven't really seen a close up of the mk7 interior to see how textured the interior parts are, if its anything like the mk6 then you would probably need like 20 coats if paint to coverup the texture lol.

If I were you, I would be tempted to rub right back down to the texture, and keep rubbing until you take the texture off. It will make painting much easier(and probably not as many coats) and it will be a far better finish:-)

there wasnt really a texture to begin with it was smooth, after i rubbed that down and applied the primer thats when the textture appeared after priming?? if i keep adding paint it will smooth out right?? its only where the primer has harden where you can see it ie, little bit around the edges

I'm sure it will smooth out eventually you may need a good few more coats of paint, I'm no expert though so basically just keep at it and I'm sure you'll get there, I painted textured door mirror covers for a mate and he's well chuffed with them.... So am I lol the are minted.....

Before:

After:

How many coats did you do on that??

Try doing a few heavy coats instead of light coats. Like, spray the plastics until the reflection of light, when they're wet, is almost glass like. Take care not to do too heavy a coat or it'll run. The way I got mine so smooth was to do serious heavy coats to the point were the paint was bordering on running. Leave that for an hour or two, until it's dry to a light touch, then clear coat the !Removed! out of it lol

I use primer filler on things I've painted with texture, rubbing down, and applying normal primer then too. Then I apply 4 - 6 light coats of paint, then clear coat, rub it with a high grit until polished, then again with some more clear coat. Do about 3 coats of the clear coat and then buff to a high shine.

Thanks guys i will, just need some more paint as i ran out lol. Will update pics when i have done them, i will apply 3 more heavy coats then clear cheers guys!!

Hi mate how's the painting going ? :)

Hi all, was then about to do an update KPG ;) great minds and that!!

Ok not gone smoothly -.- paint was late arriving my cars been in bits for a week lol no radio driving to work is killing me without a radio -.- u hear every little noise you know a car shouldnt make, like a squeaky belt -.- service needs to come round quick i think lol

Anyway some pics

First lot rubbed down abit

Then it went wrong a little forgot to run the primer down -.-

Recovered it tho ;) installed and looks good, just need to do the rest

All centre console remover and primed will be finished next week so final pics up then and will paint tonight so some pics tomorrow for you

Door handle looks good :-) and the primered surface of the centre console looks smooth! How does it look close up? Did you manage to get rid of the texture?

Thanks :) looks good smooth as :) happy as larry with it over here paint and clear on here's the pics

Also washer jets done ;) yh texture all gone just went to town with the sanding this time spent 3 hours sanding now i have no skin left on the tops of my fingers lol :D

Washer jets need some more work with the polish and sandpaper grit 2000

looking good mate.

Would have kept the steering wheel overlay blue my self though.

Cheers :) its only an overlay so with some heat it will come off easy as dunno if i wanno remove it tho ... Would suit it all better tho??

All dry now in the warm :) be installed tomorrow after a rub and polish!! :)

They look lighter than what they are

i reckon it would suit it better in the blue.

I like the blue, sliver and black contrast, so i would keep everything on the car blue, black and silver including the overlays if i was you.

But its only my opinion :P

Dont like the Norwich air freshener either!

You need one with a wolves emblem :P :D

i know what you mean i will remove the overlays and get a new set of ford blue bagdes spice it up a bit and yh yh we are premier league ;)

i reckon it would suit it better in the blue.

I like the blue, sliver and black contrast, so i would keep everything on the car blue, black and silver including the overlays if i was you.

But its only my opinion :P

I'm same as you dan, I reckon it would have been better in blue.... Was a bit disappointed to see the pic in silver..... Although I'm sure once its all in place it will still look cool :-)

yh ill upload another pic tonight, dont know why it turned out silver on the pic its blue as!!! lol will upload tonight :)

here it is cheeky photo at work for you all, as you can see its blue as lol not silver

here it is cheeky photo at work for you all, as you can see its blue as lol not silver

Me thinks you quickly put a few coats of blue on as that also pic was defo silver lol,

You were right it is as blue as!! :-)

Looks good mate, what othe parts are you going to paint?

lol naa i didnt i promise ;) lol dunno why my camera was turning any pics silver funny lol and yh got the heater controls steering wheel panel and aerial base left to do then painting done i think :)