Question about interior paint. Help!

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72DartGuy

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What type of finish is appropriate for the interior trim? My interior was all covered in grey Terry cloth **** when I got my car. I’m redoing the whole interior. I’m down to trim and seats. My A pillar covers are shiny black. Should I paint the rest shiny black too? I only want to do it once. This time at least! What do you all think? Thanks!
 
I used satin on all of mine interior metal. I believe the factory finish was what the called “suede”
 
Here’s an interior shot of mine, soon after I redid the dash.

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Check out SEM Trim Black. It sprays great out of the can and dries rock hard. It's got a great matte sheen to it as well.
 
From the factory, my 72 duster had a matte finish on the dash and steering column. The other metal pieces were shiny body color ( honeydew melon?) . I changed the interior color to black with gloss bc/cc black on the metal pieces, SEM Trim Black on the dash and column and SEM Landau Black on the plastic and vinyl.

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forphorty said:
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Looks like you’re doing what I’m doing. My interior was nasty. I went stock everything except I opted for the Demon style seats rather than the Swinger seats. I like the Demon seats a lot! My A pillars are shiny, but the matte finish in the headliner and rear window trim seems like the way to go. Thanks guys!
 
I just had to put together a replacement column from the original one and a donor column for my 85 D150.
I painted it before it went in, as it had the typical "arc" worn bare from past owners apparently having a big key ring hanging while the one that the truck takes was in the ignition, doing it's job.
I had a can of Rust-Oleum satin black here so that's what I used. It's still slightly too shiney. They used dull drab sheen for interiors to eliminate glare and sun spots which can be quite distracting while driving.
 
Suede on dash for sure! I just got mine back from powdercoater.
I can't remember whether I painted ds airbox with SEM or Marhyde. I'll chk tomorrow. 12 yr old 3/4 empty can and it sprayed good, looks great.

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Get the SEM brand adhesion promoter and their line of paint as well. It is the brand that professional restoration shops use. They have several lines but I like their "Color Coat". Sprays great and has a great look and feel when dry.

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