Even with all the panels and trim pieces spray painted to make them look better, since we're not installing a headliner and most likely not even the rear seat, there will be a lot of areas around the interior that are exposing the bare metal surfaces that would've been covered by said components. Because of this, to make things look better, it's only right to spray paint these as well. Because I couldn't find the enamel brush on black paint, I normally use for painting floors, I went with rubber undercoating. This may have the added benefit of insulating the interior along with protecting the surface from moisture intrusion and subsequent rust. I ended up having to remove panels in order to do this so to some degree, the past actions of installing the panels I did was fruitless, but its ok. Knowing where and what needs to be painted is worth removing and reinstalling panels. I did have to mask off the windshield since I had to spray the A-pillars and the area around the edges of the ceiling, which also included the sun visors. After removing and masking everything, I used up a can of spray paint spraying the A-pillars, the sides around the edges of the ceiling and the entire ceiling. I will have to spray a second coat to ensure a uniform covering, but we are off to a good start. After using up the remaining spray paint I had, I took a moment to use up the couple cans of undercoating and an extra can I dug out from an old stash of spray paints. After vacuuming dust and crust from the floors and removing the two interior panels I had to trim down in an earlier session, I sprayed 2/3 of the floors with undercoating. Just like with the ceiling, I will have to apply a second coat to the areas that were covered, along with the areas I didn't cover. Since I removed those two side panels, I'll be sanding and spraying those panels down just the same as the others so we can have a nice uniformly painted interior, complete from top to bottom, front to back. If I'm feeling froggy, I might even use some of this spray paint on the sun visors since I may not successfully be able to clean them to the point of making them look like the newly painted panels. We'll see. Once I get the second coats applied to all the surfaces that need painting, we can then start installing interior panels. Of course I can also reinstall those two rear panels once they're painted, and get the interior reassembly completed, up to and including the seats, which will be their own little endeavor since I have to repair the broken studs on the bases. Stay tuned.
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