Painting Vinyl, experimenting Options

[JKceli]

I was picking up more paint for my interior when I saw some paint that was specifically intended for vinyl. I was just wondering if anyone has tried this before. I'm testing it out on the extra armrest that I took off a long time ago. It came out really good, but i'm going to give it a week or so to see if it starts peeling or cracking. I will keep you guys posted.

[Cody]

I actually painted some of my inserts with vinyl paint. Works more or less the same as regular ol' paint.

[Consynx]

i know a guy who painted his whole interior w/ that...at least the dash parts n all
turned out real nice, all amost a year and i didn't see any cracks

[JKceli]

Well the armrest held up so I went ahead and started on the first door(pic in profile). I don't have much free time, but I'll at least finish the first door this weekend and keep you posted on how it turns out.

[97GTinKC]

I once used the vinyl paint/dye spray to turn some seats and door panels from gold to black. worked pretty well, but THOROUGHLY clean the vinyl 1st, remove all traces of Armorall or other conditioners...MAR-HYDE was the brand...

[flipside97LTD]

Yea dude it definetly's possible. Check out my profile. I've told how I did mine on past forum posts. So check it out if you need to dude.

[JKceli]

Well I'm back to work on the doors but it's proving to be much more difficult than I originally expected. There was no way I could bend tape over certain areas of the center piece to get nice even coats of paint, so I just painted it without tape and now i'm in the process of painting over those areas in white. I posted some pics in my profile of what my door used to look like before this project and where I'm at right now. I know it looks kind of bad, but hopefully I'll get a little more respect when I post pics of the finished product....back to work

[Supersprynt]

Flipside you still powdercoating stuff? I may have a couple pieces for ya...

Anyone know if they sell a vinyl paint thinner? Or if regular paint thinner will work? I wanna get the yellow off my seats w/o damaging them.

[flipside97LTD]

Yep I still do powder-coating. What are you looking to get done? We do straight colors, candy's, and all sorts of stuff.

I don't think paint thinner will harm your vinyl but don't go with anything stronger. That's an awfully messy way of stripping the paint and it's gonna take some major scrubbing. I dunno man, try it out on something else first just to be safe.

[Supersprynt]

I was thinking about exhaust manifold heatshield, i guess u could call it and valve cover.

IDK what other way to get the color off, not much of an interior person. Ideas are more than welcome.

[subsolo_21]

Can anyone tell me which stores would carry paint for vinyl. I've looked around several places and cant find any. Thanx.

[Drocay]

autozone carries around here and some times advanced auto parts and pepboys.

[flipside97LTD]

Look in the phonebook for paint supply stores. And not stores that carry house paints, but automotive paints like dupont, ect. That's where I got my stuff and it's been great because the salespeople actually know something about paint.