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Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc #1666561
09/02/14 02:24 PM 09/02/14 02:24 PM
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So I've got some bad tears in my vinyl top. Long story, but it's got about 2- 6" holes in it.

I'd like to pull it off, but I don't want to put another top on at the moment. I'd just to finish the roof off and paint it. It just needs to be a 20footer in black (preferably textured) for a few months til I take the car in for a full paint job.

Has anyone ever done this? I'd just like a heavy duty black semi-gloss or matte finish. I'll be leaving all the trim on the car.

My Build thread: Let the hemi swap begin!

1968 wanna be pro touring whatchamacallit with some fancy stuff and a new roof skin.
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666562
09/02/14 03:18 PM 09/02/14 03:18 PM
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Assuming you are taking the car in for paint in a few months, why make more labor with something that will cost time (money) to be removed?
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: Aero426] #1666563
09/02/14 03:29 PM 09/02/14 03:29 PM
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I've painted the top on two cars after removing the vinyl.... Most people swear they are vinyl until they get close.... I don't even bother to try to to make it look textured ... Just spray it!!

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Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: QTR MILR] #1666564
09/02/14 04:31 PM 09/02/14 04:31 PM
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Yeras ago they sold a paint that simulated vinyl tops.I had my 65s done with the 2 strips down it.Looked just like vinyl.Lasted at least 12 years.Rocky

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Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: therocks] #1666565
09/02/14 04:33 PM 09/02/14 04:33 PM
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Plastidip. I would think you could hold it back to create some spatter effect.

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Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666566
09/02/14 04:58 PM 09/02/14 04:58 PM
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Look up the rustoleum painting thread. Maybe an option there.

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Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: RoadRunner] #1666567
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What paint did Mopar use on the roof of the '70-'71 D100 that had a vinyl top appearance?
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: Aero426] #1666568
09/02/14 06:26 PM 09/02/14 06:26 PM
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Assuming you are taking the car in for paint in a few months, why make more labor with something that will cost time (money) to be removed?



I want a weekend project that can make the car still look decent until it gets painted.

My Build thread: Let the hemi swap begin!

1968 wanna be pro touring whatchamacallit with some fancy stuff and a new roof skin.
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666569
09/02/14 06:48 PM 09/02/14 06:48 PM
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I want a weekend project that can make the car still look decent until it gets painted.



2-8" strips of black duct tape will make it a 20-footer, but that's not much of a project. But thinking out loud: If you really want a project, spray it with flat black, cover it with lace that has a constant pattern (not all that fancy stuff), and then coat it with a semi-gloss paint. If it were me, I'd probably go the duct tape route...
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666570
09/02/14 06:50 PM 09/02/14 06:50 PM
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Assuming you are taking the car in for paint in a few months, why make more labor with something that will cost time (money) to be removed?



I want a weekend project that can make the car still look decent until it gets painted.



Talk to your local paint jobber and explain what you want to do. There should be something available, like an inexpensive industrial paint with hardener. If too glossy, you can always add some flattening agent to it.
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: Aero426] #1666571
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Rubberized bedliner?
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: radar] #1666572
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Rubberized bedliner?



He said he wanted to paint it in a couple of months...ever try to get bedliner off?

I vote for leave it alone or use some black duct tape.

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Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666573
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Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: DPelletier] #1666574
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Quote:

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Rubberized bedliner?



He said he wanted to paint it in a couple of months...ever try to get bedliner off?

I vote for leave it alone or use some black duct tape.

Dave



I've thought about the duct tape. Gorilla tape....but the heat makes it come right off.

I'm swapping to the hemi to make it more of a driver...I'd really like the painted top to get me to go a little longer. I intend on driving the paint off of it.



You can kinda seen the tear in the roof in this picture...but it's been "edited" lol


My Build thread: Let the hemi swap begin!

1968 wanna be pro touring whatchamacallit with some fancy stuff and a new roof skin.
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666575
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Other's asked, why the concern with the texture? You can paint the top gloss black and from 20' you likely will not be able to tell the difference. Chrysler painted some vehicles two-tone from the factory. If you do a decent job on the top, it should look quite nice, perhaps even "factory".
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666576
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Quote:

Quote:

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Rubberized bedliner?



He said he wanted to paint it in a couple of months...ever try to get bedliner off?

I vote for leave it alone or use some black duct tape.

Dave



I've thought about the duct tape. Gorilla tape....but the heat makes it come right off.

I'm swapping to the hemi to make it more of a driver...I'd really like the painted top to get me to go a little longer. I intend on driving the paint off of it.



You can kinda seen the tear in the roof in this picture...but it's been "edited" lol







Where's the pooch?

Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: Hugh Jorgan] #1666577
09/03/14 12:36 AM 09/03/14 12:36 AM
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Quote:

Quote:

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Rubberized bedliner?



He said he wanted to paint it in a couple of months...ever try to get bedliner off?

I vote for leave it alone or use some black duct tape.

Dave



I've thought about the duct tape. Gorilla tape....but the heat makes it come right off.

I'm swapping to the hemi to make it more of a driver...I'd really like the painted top to get me to go a little longer. I intend on driving the paint off of it.



You can kinda seen the tear in the roof in this picture...but it's been "edited" lol







Where's the pooch?



I'd rather not talk about it.

My Build thread: Let the hemi swap begin!

1968 wanna be pro touring whatchamacallit with some fancy stuff and a new roof skin.
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: AlexP] #1666578
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It just needs to be a 20footer in black (preferably textured) .







Be good for 20 years or so.


Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: OzHemi] #1666579
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Even if you are doing paint later, why not just replace the top now? One and done.

Like I said before, you have labor to some pull the top off and prep that surface for paint anyway.
Re: Simulated Vinyl Top? Paint...Etc [Re: Aero426] #1666580
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Even if you are doing paint later, why not just replace the top now? One and done.

Like I said before, you have labor to some pull the top off and prep that surface for paint anyway.



I don't think I'm going back with the vinyl. I'd like to put the steel hood back on and go turbine bronze metallic over everything.

My Build thread: Let the hemi swap begin!

1968 wanna be pro touring whatchamacallit with some fancy stuff and a new roof skin.
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