painting hard plastic interior pieces to match 88 Beechwood (Page 2/2)
Fie Ro OCT 24, 07:27 AM
The hard interior trim parts are ABS plastic. Acetone is a dissolver for ABS so do not use that unless you want to repair broken pieces; then acetone mixed with scrap abs ( abs slurry) works great.
InThePink OCT 24, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by cvxjet:

I used some SEM vinyl & Plastic color spray......On my '73 Mustang- also re-painted my Fiero's light-gray dash, but can not find the can of paint I used for that.

Beechwood may be hard to find- Try calling the different companies; SEM, Duplicolor, VHT, Rustoleum....Remember to emphasize >>INTERIOR<< paint for Vinyl.



I have used the same on previous vehicles, and while it worked out well, the painted/dyed parts are very easily scratched, so keep this in mind for pieces which will be near areas of hand activity (reaching for seatbelt, etc.) Once scraped, the old color shows through and you need to remove it and refinish. Part prep, as always, is the key to getting a lasting finish. If there's any degradation of the part (chalkiness, crumbling), find a better part, as the paint/dye will fail in the suspect areas.

If you have a local paint store, they should be able to custom match a color if you bring them a sample. Really, the plastic adhesion promoter/primer is the key to getting the plastic and paint/dye to work together, so get a good quality adhesion promoter, too.
KissMySSFiero OCT 26, 08:00 AM
I'm in the same boat. I intend to ask a few paint shops if they can mix SEM to match. I'll follow up when I do.

I have some SEM mixed to match the charcoal and I had some to match the 88 gray. But I recently used the rest of it. Now I need more. It was in quarts, but it was literally mixed over 20 years ago. IIRC, the shelf life is infinite according the tech data I found a few years ago. The nice thing about the SEM mix is that it's ready to spray and doesn't require thinning.

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toshibahusky AUG 10, 06:41 PM
so has anyone been able to figure out a paint code for the beachwood colours? i got a formula and want to paint the dash to have the same 2 tone as the GTs of that model year.
82-T/A [At Work] AUG 10, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by toshibahusky:

so has anyone been able to figure out a paint code for the beachwood colours? i got a formula and want to paint the dash to have the same 2 tone as the GTs of that model year.




Hi, call the Fiero Store, ask them if they're willing to sell you special order Beachwood interior color. They don't advertise it, but will sell it to you with a no-return policy. It takes a week for the special order.
mrfiero AUG 12, 12:56 AM
Just an FYI....beechwood is just a generic term used to describe the color as a whole. All the pieces are different colors (light sienna, dark sienna, etc.), so there won's be a single color called beechwood that'll work on everything. That said....many years ago I went to a professional paint supply place and brought in the trim panel that I wanted color matched and they custom blended it for me and put it in an aerosol can too. You may consider that, although if you're trying to paint an entire interior it will get expensive.
82-T/A [At Work] AUG 12, 08:17 AM

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Originally posted by mrfiero:

Just an FYI....beechwood is just a generic term used to describe the color as a whole. All the pieces are different colors (light sienna, dark sienna, etc.), so there won's be a single color called beechwood that'll work on everything. That said....many years ago I went to a professional paint supply place and brought in the trim panel that I wanted color matched and they custom blended it for me and put it in an aerosol can too. You may consider that, although if you're trying to paint an entire interior it will get expensive.



I never even considered that since I've never owned an 88... but that's true... there's two variations of brown in Beechwood!