i did my interior back in hs days and want to redo them. i painted the console and the vents etc...but they're starting to crack and bubble...whats the best and easiest way to take the paint of without damaging the parts...any suggestions...

sand it down with like 160 grit then like 800 grit

Yea you can't take off the paint. You need to sand, prep and paint over what you've already got.

yeah...i should prolly just sand it, prime it, then repaint it...now what about clearcoat...i did it before and it turned out okay...do i apply the clearcoat when the paint is wet or dry...

You should allow it to flash off. That means you should wait for the clear coat to start to dry, but not wait until it dries when you put on another coat. Flashing off means that the flash (or shinyness) starts to kick off. That's when you should put another coat. The reason is if you keep putting more and more coats over wet paint, it will never dry and you'll have a big glob of clear on the interior. The reason you don't wait for it to dry is because most clears lose the ability to chemically bond with another coat once it's dry. But if you do decide to wait until it dry's before adding more coats, wetsand each time before the next coat. Wet-sanding opens up the chemical bonding stuff again.

-flipside97LTD+Sep 24, 2004 - 8:18 PM

yes after you paint, you clear. but make sure its not to dry or to wet if you mess up just stirp and try again..but umm are you coming up for the socal meet in october? casue if you are i think we all can help you there. unless you wanted to do it before hand?? i dunno pm me and i can help you more. i did 3 or 4 interiors so far but im no whizz.