Interior gloss

[JohnC]

hopefully will get to some painting soon and wanted to know what is vaguely the correct gloss level for interior.

I kinda thought the dash top was reduced gloss, but do you also reduce the gloss on the dash front, interior of the A pillars, tops of the doors?

I think the perimeter of the door that shows should match the jam and that means full gloss I suspect.

I feel like maybe the whole dash (top and front) and A pillars should match but I don’t know for sure

The clear I’ll be using is Medallion Vari-gloss which lets you vary the gloss by the mixing ration. The options are: semigloss, eggshell and flat. Which might be most correct?

For a hvlp gun the TDS lists air pressure at “8-10 psi @ gun.” That seems awfully low. I wondered if they meant at the air cap but maybe not.

Thanks.

 

[kmakar]

hopefully will get to some painting soon and wanted to know what is vaguely the correct gloss level for interior.

I kinda thought the dash top was reduced gloss, but do you also reduce the gloss on the dash front, interior of the A pillars, tops of the doors?

I think the perimeter of the door that shows should match the jam and that means full gloss I suspect.

I feel like maybe the whole dash (top and front) and A pillars should match but I don’t know for sure

The clear I’ll be using is Medallion Vari-gloss which lets you vary the gloss by the mixing ration. The options are: semigloss, eggshell and flat. Which might be most correct?

For a hvlp gun the TDS lists air pressure at “8-10 psi @ gun.” That seems awfully low. I wondered if they meant at the air cap but maybe not.

Thanks.

I can't confirm factory gloss level, but I've always done satin level on the top and face of the dash. Eggshell is just way to flat looking, and gloss is just too much shine to me. Satin is kind of in between eggshell and semi gloss.

The air pressure for the gun is usually recommended by the manufacturer as how it'll atomize the paint / clear best, but it's best to test spray first to see. Lay some paint / clear and let if flash off, so you'll get an idea. I typically (95+ % of the time) will use slow reducer so the paint flows better and doesn't start drying before it hits the surface and give you orange peel. The slow is also best for blending into existing panels you aren't painting. You can mix a little fast in with the slow reducer to get it to flash a little faster if needed, but your temperature usually dictates which reducer to use. I don't like having to do extra work sanding orange peel, so I'll use as much slow reducer as I can.

 

[cheveslakr]

I agree with eggshell on the dashtop. I believe the correct sheen on the rest of the interior was 60% gloss, which doesn't tell you anything. I spray a satin, then just hand polish to my taste. Polishing flattened clear or single stage will get it to shine topically all the way to full gloss, just lacking depth. This is exactly how the "unflowed" lacquer in the day appeared. The beauty of this is you're in full control.