Alright I made a post about my problem with that krylon fusion and my center console fish eying after being painted. Well seeing paint will eventually rub off anyways, would it be easier to redo the vinyl parts of the interior with a new sheet of black vinyl? Is vinyl easy to work with, and will it make good results? Looking at the center console, it looks like I can peel off the old vinyl, use it as a template, and glue the new vinyl on. Also, does vinyl use a special glue, and will it easily smooth on, or will it have to be stretched as its layed down, to look right? Can the vinyl be bought in fabric stores/etc. in big pieces? Would redoing the door panels be easily done? And the dash?

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The console and the door handles are hard to paint because they are rubber and adhesion to these parts are not easy ,if you are going to paint gray them you can use primer that Home Depot sells in a can and that will hold up on the rubber.As for vinylit is difficult to work with because the glue will come loose when you close up the car and the heat gets to the vinyl I have tried it .

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Go to G2usa.com they make paint for the interior. Its not just paint it is dye in a can, i used it works good if you use there primer also.

prep is the most important part of the job. Lightly sand with fine sand paper, then use MarHyde stripper, then BullDog Adhesion promoter, then paint using a few light coats to cover everything. This is the process we used for my 88GT - it looks factory and will NEVER come off. The paint we used was the interior stuff from AutoZone.

OR just take the parts to an upholstery shop and let them professionally do them.

Both of these have worked for me in the past with good results. Forget about using the vinyl covering. I think that would turn out to be a mess in a short while ....

I e-mailed you pics ... post them if u want

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I redid one of my interiors to black using the vynil dye...i actually filled my bathtub up with a mix of degreaser and water and soaked the parts in it...then sanded em down (alot) and the paint stuck with no problems and the parts look as good as if they were black to begin with...the degreaser seemed to help cause i did leave one part uncleaned and it didnt stick to it as well...

Vynal is not to difficult to use if you staple the back. you can also make a patern the backing and stuff it with a little bit of quilting material also found at apulstry shops. after you lay the vinal over it you can run thread threw the little holes to form your design. takes a little stiching skills so you might want to do a little experimenting. I wish i had a pic but a friend did his door panels with a large fiero emblem stiched into it. Looked really cool when he finished. I havent got that creative with mine yet. the stiches not only make it look cool but they hold the vinal to the backing.
otherwise they sella glue called liquid stiches or something like that that works well other wise just use the spray glue with the staples. i would recomend doing the streching on items like center consols, and the dash (do not over heat). I have done a few dashes as i always manage to own unusual cars, or last year models at least, and parts are often hard to find. The vynal will expand a little when it heats up which is why the heat gun and straching is recomended. when it cool it will tighten really well and should look stock. just remember any bumps under the vynal will show on the vinished product so make sure everything is the way you want. Have fun and goo luck.

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I did my headliner with vinyl. Glued it on with contact cement... it isn't going anywhere

I changed my GT interior from brown to red/black to match my new seats with paint and it looks great. Fish eyes are caused by oil spots and or left-on armor all and the likes. You have clean it really good. I used brake cleaner (use only the flamable type, the others leave a film) and mineral sprits to get it spotless. As for that fusion paint, it sucks!!! Sometimes it works great and sometimes it never dries fully, stays tachy? And use a heat gun or hair dryer, seems to bake it on and speeds up the job. Oh, and do remove everything from the car first. The dash is easy to get out.

SEM makes a product that works great on the plastic/vinyl parts. I used it on my car and it hasn't worn off. Its been two years and I use my car daily. You must prep the parts correctly(clean with a special SEM soap). I completely changed the interior from Gray to Tan. I can't remember the color but it matches the original tan perfectly. I didn't do the brown so I'm not sure about that color but I'm sure they have one that works.

quote Originally posted by jnsnet: SEM makes a product that works great on the plastic/vinyl parts. I used it on my car and it hasn't worn off. Its been two years and I use my car daily. You must prep the parts correctly(clean with a special SEM soap). I completely changed the interior from Gray to Tan. I can't remember the color but it matches the original tan perfectly. I didn't do the brown so I'm not sure about that color but I'm sure they have one that works.

Where did you get this product? I want to chang my interior color as well.

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