Re dying E body interior parts
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11/06/08 10:06 AM
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In a previous thread I started, the general conclusion was that the first choice was dying OEM panels to match the interior (second was going to Just Dashes for an overlay, third keeping your own and last going for a repop). The question now is how have people recolored their door panels? What I know now is that the plastic in the panels (polypropalene (spelling?)) does not take color very well. I have a panel from the factory that was colored bright blue that is flaking off, all the rest were cast as bright blue. What tricks are there out there to promote adhesion, what brand of paint did you use, did you use a flex promoter like you use on the new bumpers? If you did not like the results of your attempt to redye, what did you think happened? I have looked through the excellent archive here and did not see anyting on this subject but have seen other references to the use of black magic and witchcraft (and I do not want to contact my ex wife for the latter). Thanks, Craig
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie, 73 Cuda Previous mopars: 62 Valiant, 65 Fury III, 68 Fury III, 72 Satellite, 74 Satellite, 89 Acclaim, 98 Caravan, 2003 Durango Only previous Non-Mopar: Schwinn Tornado
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Re: Re dying E body interior parts
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11/06/08 03:37 PM
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Go with the SEM cleaner, adhesion promoter and the dye.
Can you get custom colors? I need bright blue and I do not see anything close in the SEM chip charts. Craig
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie, 73 Cuda Previous mopars: 62 Valiant, 65 Fury III, 68 Fury III, 72 Satellite, 74 Satellite, 89 Acclaim, 98 Caravan, 2003 Durango Only previous Non-Mopar: Schwinn Tornado
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Re: Re dying E body interior parts
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11/07/08 10:50 AM
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Thanks for all of your input. A local Mopar guy, one of the firefighters I work with, also added the recommendation of having the panels media blasted by someone with experience with plastics. Most of the crud is in the grain. I have in the past used a tooth brush to clean the grain out without damaging it. The plan is to dye black panels to brite blue. These panels are mechanically in sound shape. Lots of cleaning with lots of soap followed by SEM cleaner to clean off the soap, followed by SEM adhesion promoter. Then the paint will go on. Craig
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie, 73 Cuda Previous mopars: 62 Valiant, 65 Fury III, 68 Fury III, 72 Satellite, 74 Satellite, 89 Acclaim, 98 Caravan, 2003 Durango Only previous Non-Mopar: Schwinn Tornado
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