Alternative use of lens paint?

cls12vg30 · Nov 7th, 2003, 10:44 AM

I've been wanting to paint some of my interior trim pieces orange for awhile. All my instrumentation is orange, and I also have an orange aluminum Ichibahn shifter knob, an black leather Ichibahn shift boot with orange stitching, a black leather steering wheel cover with orange stitching, and other orange highlights.

Unfortunately, none of the orange paints I've found are the shade and look I'm looking for. But I have an idea, which is to paint the pieces with metallic silver paint, and then a coat of transparent orange marker light lens paint over that, to hopefully achieve a shiny or metallic orange look. This is the lens paint I'm talking about:

Has anybody ever tried anything similar to this before? I'm not sure it will work, but I figure it's worth a shot.

Slayer2003 · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:57 AM

id try the metalic paint like you said, but id also look around to see if dupli-color or krylon make a candy-like paint....if ya find one, just use a light coating of it on top of the base metallic paint, should come out ok.....

OR, find a paint shop that will do you some kandy paint for a reasonable price

se_nismo · Nov 7th, 2003, 01:21 PM

you would spend alot less going to a hobby shop and getting the candy spray paint for the models...

Slayer2003 · Nov 7th, 2003, 01:51 PM

just came back from lunch, went to Pep Boys, n they have a ton of candy spray colors, but yah, hobby shop, er a craft shop would prolly have the orange your looking for