Dying plastic

[z71on38s]

is there anyway to dye interior plastic pieces i am going from tan to black i ask this because i remember somewhere about someone dying there plastic interior pieces i think it was in this month's issue of truckin but anyway is this possible if so would it give me a factory finish i will be dying all the dash pieces and interior panels well prety much everything if this is possible could someone explain it or post a link and maybe tell me how it holds up to fading

thanks

[Toolman]

YOu can buy the paint in a can to spray it,. I have bought from Napa in the past.

[arkkiller]

i have painted stuff from tan to black in my old pickup. just get some vinyl/plastic prep and then the paint. both were spray cans. got mine at an auto paint place.

[DSZ71]

YOu can buy the paint in a can to spray it,. I have bought from Napa in the past.

YUP, the company is called SEM and they produce all sorts of plastic, vinyl, and leather dyes that are available in an aerosol can. Napa carries them, but look up the color you need at www.sem.com

[Tahoe 400]

For my old tahoe I used the dupli color fabric and vinyl with pretty good results. It looked liked oe, and was pretty durable did not come off when scratched. You just need to make prep the plastic correctly.

Here is a dome light I had left over


Before


After

[Ric83]

Wow. That looks really good. What all did you do to prep the part?? Did you use any kind of adhesion promotor or anything like that??
Also, you talk about the part in past tense. Do you not have that vehicle any more?? If you do, how is it holding up?
Sorry for all the questions, just that I am really debating doing this and want to get all the details straight before I jump into it.

[Tahoe 400]

I used the sem plastic prep to clean the part, fine scotch brite pad to roughen the surface, cleaned it with plastic prep again.

There was no adhesion promotor used, just the dupli color facric and vinyl spray. You can do some tests on on the back of the parts to see how well diffrent methods hold up. I also found after the paint is completely dry, give it a good coating of some kind of plastic protector. I used Meguiars vinyl/rubber protectant and the leather spray, they made the paint harder to scratch.

I do not have the tahoe anymore, the painted parts were in the car for 6 months and there were no scratches or chips, and it was still good when got my yukon. If you are doing th entire car I would recommend getting stainless pieces for the sill plates to take the abuse, or get the blue ones if you are going to do black.

[BEN IV]

Tahoe 400 is right that duplicolor stuff is great, I did quite a few parts in my truck with it including the armrests. wasent shur how it would hold up but they still look great after over a month and I drive it evrey day. Clean the parts real good with a good cleaner and stiff brush then use the wax and grease remover, i used sevral light coats when painting.