Metal interior trim restoration

[gran coupe john]

Sandblasting metal interior trim today. Beautiful Ohio weather, can start making progress. Questions should I paint, or prime and paint? I primed the 2 lower window trim, because it was pretty rusty. The other pieces are of good quality.

 

[EV2RTSE]

I think I'd lean towards just painting them the finish color and skipping the primer, you might lose some of the detail otherwise.

 

[floyd]

I used SEM self etching black primer and SEM Trim Black and got very good results on most of my metal interior parts. It’s best to wipe the bare metal down prior with a paint prep solvent prior to applying paint.

 

[Challenger RTA]

SEM rust Mort first.
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[gran coupe john]

The paint color is brown, same as dash. Just afraid if I primer, it will be harder to match?

 

[mopar jack]

The paint color is brown, same as dash. Just afraid if I primer, it will be harder to match?

No primer. I would use Herbs parts rattle can interior paints. The colors are spot on and easy to apply.

 

[Ronbo73]

I agree with mopar jack. I didn't primer mine either but I also didn't strip mine down to bare metal. If you do decide to primer them, maybe use a primer closer to the brown color or a light color. Definitely use Herbs interior paint. The color matched my trim color perfectly.

 

[gran coupe john]

Although my painting skills are terrible, they turned out okay. Thanks to all that advised.