Anyone know if I can paint ABS dash cover with bumper/trim paint?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Anyone know if I can paint ABS dash cover with bumper/trim paint?

Check with the Paint Mixer at any local PBE store and he should be able to direct you to the right products to prep the plastic and then paint it.

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[roushstage2]

Re: Anyone know if I can paint ABS dash cover with bumper/trim paint?

Vinyl paint should work. A very nice paint I used in my Roush is SEM Classic Coat paint. Very nice stuff, most OEM colors that I know of. I can't find their original site, and am to lazy to go get the can right now :p, but here's a website with some info. Second one down.

EDIT: went and got the can anyways. Bothered me not knowing exactly what I used. This is the stuff I used to paint my gauge pod. Pretty dang perfect match! http://semproducts.com/Catalog.asp?prod=242

[Nappers]

Re: Anyone know if I can paint ABS dash cover with bumper/trim paint?

Eastwood may have what you need. You may need a coat of a adhesion of some kind to make the paint stick good.

I've read that some powder coating companies can powder coat plastics (the low temp powder coating that is ).

[10degreesbtdc]

Helping my step-son install a molded ABS dash cap and gauge bezel on his Dodge Ram and they didn't have the dark gray he needed for the dash cap. Dupli-color bumper trim dark gray is the perfect color, but it says it's for vinyl and rubber, not ABS. It's very thin and I'm worried about warping it and about adhesion/durability since we have to tape the cap down during installation the tape might pull off the new paint. We looked everywhere locally and online and couldn't find plastic paint in the correct color.
Anything is better than this mess, but I want to do it right and not screw up the new piece.

Any help and/or suggestions would be appreciated!