Dye-ing Convert Top?
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From: Lusby MD
Dye-ing Convert Top?
My 68 convertible top is white and it just kinda crappy looking. I don't have the ambition to replace the top right now because, franky, I rarely put the top up. Only when it's raining. I'm contemplating dye-ing the top black. First of all, the car is white so I think a black top would look great. Second of all, black would hide most of the stains and crud. The question is, can I get it to cover?
Point of reference: Back in the early 80s I had a 71 Chellenger R/T. It was crap brown with a white vinyl top (complete with slight dry rot in the grain). After painting the car black I was fed up with the crappy white top. I used a wipe-on black latex dye I found at a local auto parts store. I expected to need to apply several coats, and I expected it to fade right away. I was surprised that it covered in one coat and lasted 2 years. The shine was awesome, and in filled in the dry rot cracks and looked like a new top. After two years I needed to give it another coat.
But that was a stationary vinyl top, not a flexible convertible top.
Thoughts?
Point of reference: Back in the early 80s I had a 71 Chellenger R/T. It was crap brown with a white vinyl top (complete with slight dry rot in the grain). After painting the car black I was fed up with the crappy white top. I used a wipe-on black latex dye I found at a local auto parts store. I expected to need to apply several coats, and I expected it to fade right away. I was surprised that it covered in one coat and lasted 2 years. The shine was awesome, and in filled in the dry rot cracks and looked like a new top. After two years I needed to give it another coat.
But that was a stationary vinyl top, not a flexible convertible top.
Thoughts?
