Vinyl Dye / Paint help please / questions - Blue inter

Prep is king!

I used Dupli-color on some of my blue panels to turn them red.

I thoroughly washed them down with soap and water on BOTH sides to get all the dirt off. I then used wax and grease remover and finally a good adhesion promotor.

I tried my best to scratch the stuff off in an inconspicuous place and couldn't do it!

Yeah anytime you paint/dye something you have to prep it well to get good results. I used DuPont Pla-Stick on my plastic parts before spraying, and always wore surgical gloves to keep things clean.

OK thanks. Did you guys use spray cans or shoot it from a sparay gun?

I used a gun

I used a rattle can from Year One for this console and I could not be more pleased..It looks absolutely perfect...It had faded into a teal grean color and it was horrible...

number 340....costs about 16 bucks a can..

Thanks!

Thanks . Anyone else?

Deltron® 2000 (DBI) Interior Color was developed for interior and underhood color matching purposes. It is mixed directly from the Deltron® Mixing Service. DBI must be reduced with the appropriate DT Reducer and does not require clearcoating.
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Any color you want.
Don't forget to prep properly.
Use proper safety equipment and ventilation!!!!

I've used all sorts of vinyl dye. I prefer the Dupont and PPG dye sprayed through a gun but I have also used the SEM, Dupli-Color, and Plastic-Kote brands in an aerosol can and have been pleased with them too. Mo-Paints also makes a good aerosol spray that matches nicely. The higher priced stuff seems to last longer than the cheaper Plasti-Kote and Dupli-Color stuff. But... as mentioned already numerous times..... PREP work is the most important thing before you do anything. Another thing that is equally as important as the prep work is the application method. When spraying it... with a gun or a can.... apply with MANY light coats. Do not flood it on in one or two coats. Applying very light coats will give the dye a chance to soak into whatever it is being applied to.

Justin
"CornDog"

SEM is one of the original interior paints and I have been using it for 30 years with great results.
I have it mixed from the interior code and spray it from a spray gun.
I rarely use the aerosol,but it works fine,but most of the time on big panels I like spraying it from a spray gun as the pattern is bigger and easier to get even coverage.
SEM has 2 types of interior paint one for hard plastic and one for vinyl which can also be used to freshen up your vinyl roof color.

There is nothing wrong with DuPont and PPG interior paint but back in the day those didn't exist and SEM was what most everyone in the auto body trade used.I come from the day when cars were painted with Laquer and everything was buffed to get the final shine.There was no such thing as Urethane paints back then and SEM has been around since all that and never had bad results.

Like everyone said prep is key and it helps to use adhesion promoter on grain surfaces