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Have you ever dyed an vinyl interior?

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The Chevelle wagon I bought has a bench seat. The wagon came with a console and floor shifter I would like to install. The interior is black but the buckets I bought for it today are tan. Originally out of a 1969 GTO. I'd like to dye the covers and the plastics black.
Has anyone ever done this before and what products can I use. I hate to go down to our auto paint store. Everything there seems 3X the $ it should be.

Thanks.
 
I dyed a green rear seat from a '69 Firebird to install in a '67 Camaro with spray can vinyl 'dye' and it turned out great. I will have to look at the cans when I get home tomorrow to get you the specific brand, but o bought it at Autozone. Duplicolor maybe? The key is to get the vinyl SUPER CLEAN and maybe rough it up a little with some fine steel wool. There are many DIY videos out there. I was really pleased with the results.
 
I had a room mate that did that 40 years ago
google vinyl repair and colour
to find the dye
 
I did a tan to black in an entire vet interior including the carpet. Used duplicolor. Worked very well for me. Like anything the key is a clean surface to start. I think besides the super clean there is also an adhesion premotor as well. Black is the easiest to do.
 
I refreshed the interior door panels on my 63 Dodge and being clean before painting is the key. if anyone ever used an Armor all type product on the vinyl and you don't follow the cleaning instructions you will have fish eyes in your vinyl dye. I used SEM and was very happy, just follow the directions. Good luck.
 
Yep, SEM is the better interior spray. & CRITICAL is what eric383 points out. Armor all is silicone based & a MAJOR contaminant to paint. Silicone molecules float everywhere & bond....it's a painters nightmare when someone permeates with armor all...it contaminates the exterior as well. THOROUGH cleaning is an ABSOLUTE must or You will end up with thousands of fish eyes.
 
What these guys say is so true. Just when you think you cleaned it enough, clean it a little more.
 
WileERobby said:
What these guys say is so true. Just when you think you cleaned it enough, clean it a little more.
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Yeah, i LOATHE armor all & the like rubber/vinyl dressings, most are silicone & water.
A Good silicone free dressing is **Meguiar's #40**. It doesn't give a slick shine....on tires, rubber, it gives a Natural rubber low gloss....the way the rubber looks when fresh. Anybody that uses crap dressings should stop. Most of them accelerate deterioration, oxidization.
Try jamb refinishing on a car where someone has gone stupid on the interior with dressings....You can't even get tape to stick to mask **** up. On hard substrates use a cleaning solvent like RM 900 pre kleeno & lots of clean(new, or rags washed in MILD soap/HOT water & NO gd fabric softeners & NO dryer sheets)toweling. On soft substrates that could be attacked by solvent, use unreduced Simple Green & rinse that LIBERALLY!
 
SteveSS said:
The Chevelle wagon I bought has a bench seat. The wagon came with a console and floor shifter I would like to install. The interior is black but the buckets I bought for it today are tan. Originally out of a 1969 GTO. I'd like to dye the covers and the plastics black.
Has anyone ever done this before and what products can I use. I hate to go down to our auto paint store. Everything there seems 3X the $ it should be.

Thanks.
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SEMS products and follow the directions. Can be had in quart size or spray bomb. CLEAN and Clean some more before appyling
 
SEM hands down. oh and btw, did anyone mention to CLEAN the substrates repeatedly?
 
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