dying interior panels?

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dying interior panels?

January 06, 2010, 01:20:37 PM

Has anybody had any luck with this? i recieved a couple blue door panels from Jerry (thanks again). Now i need to make them medium canyon red. Does anybody know what products to use?

I'm kind of at a loss. I called the local upholstry guy and he said his dyes would bleed threw..

thanks,

Chris

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Reply #1 – January 06, 2010, 01:30:59 PM

When I redid the headliner in the Scorpio, I also dyed some of the grey parts black. I used the SEM stuff and it worked great.

Clean the parts, use the proper prep/primer for what you're dyeing, and it will turn out fine.

You can find the SEM stuff online, or even @ Eastwood.

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Reply #2 – January 06, 2010, 01:35:00 PM

thats what the upholstry guy told me, I'm gonna try that route, i was just worried about going from a dark blue to a medium canyon red. as for the carpet on the door panel, im not sure what im going to do yet.

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Reply #3 – January 06, 2010, 01:56:34 PM

I bought some red vinyl interior paint that covered black pretty good. Took about 3-4 coats, but covered it all. the panel on my vert (Drivers side) was dyed. you can see a faint trace of gray showing through on a section of the carpeted section. (probably worn off from shoes rubbing on it down there. It might have been SEM. I'll see if i can find the can, but the color was a bit to dark for my 87's interior.

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Reply #4 – January 06, 2010, 02:01:06 PM

thanks jerry and chuck, when i get some funds ill start doing a write up with my luck on dying :)

Chris

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Reply #5 – January 06, 2010, 06:21:47 PM

Or you could just ditch the porno red interior and go with basically any other color. :D

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Reply #6 – January 06, 2010, 09:29:43 PM

i love the porno red tho. haha

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Reply #7 – January 06, 2010, 09:33:28 PM

I figured that, I was just picking on you. My wife has red interior in her Mustang and loves it!

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Reply #8 – January 06, 2010, 09:33:51 PM

porno red is the only way to go. my garage is like a porn movie set, with all the red I have in there.

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Reply #9 – January 06, 2010, 09:56:49 PM

Quote from: daminc;305360

porno red is the only way to go. my garage is like a porn movie set, with all the red I have in there.

Right, that's the ONLY reason... ;)

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Reply #10 – January 07, 2010, 04:07:59 PM

anybody know if 84 mustang red is the same? they have it for 12 bucks a can at latemodelrestoration.com. otherwise id have to spend 98 dollars a quart at carquest.... and i DONT want to do that haha.

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Reply #11 – January 07, 2010, 04:16:43 PM

For 1983-86 the correct color is Canyon Red, and that is shared with the Mustang also, so the LMR paint is right.

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Reply #12 – January 07, 2010, 04:30:01 PM

thats what i thought. but i wasnt sure. so cool. i can save alot of money and time. thanks eric.

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Reply #13 – February 05, 2010, 06:22:22 PM

hey guys! finally got my paint to do this!

Just wondering, what i got to do to get this going.

I know i gotta clean the panels with acetone.

i have a can of vinyl prep. the color i need. and a can of adhesion promoter.

Not sure if i need the adhesion promoter. but i figured i'd pick it up just in case.

anyone got a process of doing this?

tried searchin, couldn't find much.

Thanks,
Chris

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Reply #14 – February 06, 2010, 01:28:08 PM

decided to man up and figure it out myself haha. wiped the panels down with acetone, (as told by a local interior guy.) then used the vinyl prep/ cleaner and med. canyon red. from latemodelresto. i like the results. not perfect. but good enough for me. especially knowing that i did them myself.

The carpet im going to be painting black to match the other black accents in my car.