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Hey guys, I have my corvette in parts installing a new heater core. I also have a “new” used dash that isn’t cracked! Upgrades! anyways the top seems to be brown opposed to black, anyone used interior paint on there dash before? Any luck? Any issues? It’s covered in cleaner so I’m slightly worried about the paint sticking but that’s all! Thanks!
I have dyed the entire dash on my 79, about 10 years ago and no issued whatsoever. I used SEM dye and proper prep, which included sand free primer and adhesion promoter.
I have dyed the entire dash on my 79, about 10 years ago and no issued whatsoever. I used SEM dye and proper prep, which included sand free primer and adhesion promoter.
Another vote for SEM dye. I haven't done my dash, but I have done halos, T-top centers, and other interior pieces. The prep is crucial. You have to really clean the surface, and use just the right amount of adhesion promoter. They seem to have more colors now. I used SEM Color Coat 15013 Landau Black for the trim edges around the windshield.
Thanks guy, do you know where you guys purchased the product? I’d rather not wait on shipping, I see autozone has a dupicolor interior paint but a good product makes all the difference. Best
Amazon. Some of the Corvette vendors also have it. I think Corvette America (or whatever they call themselves these days on their new website) repackages it to sell with specific colors.
Look for local Automotive Paint supply places, they usually carry SEM paints.
Also Local automotive upholstery supply shops they usually carry sem paints.
i would probably pass on the duplicolor. they usually have a terrible sheen and their black is like Jet black, and usually darker than regular interior trim black or raw ABS.
clean the panels really well with degreaser/water, or dish soap water and a red scotchbrite.
lay down a light coat and do 2 more medium for full coverage.
I used this product from Corvette America which is now Top Flight and it worked very well, easy to use. Surface has to be clean-clean-clean. Last step that I used was a wipe of the surfaces to be colored with denatured alcohol and then multiple very light coats of dye color with 30-40 minutes of dry time between coats. I also used Corvette America interior dye primer on my upper dash pad too prior to applying the color coats. Did 2 very light coats of primer dye just to make sure that I had all areas primed.
ended up cleaning the pad with dish soap (degreaser) and using a grey scotch bright. Used dupi-color, I know it wasn’t the suggested paint but I want the dash back in tomorrow and dupi-color was the only locally available dye. I am happy with how it came out.
You will be disappointed with spray cans of "dye". Most of them are just paint with a flex agent added. I concur with getting liquid dye mixed to match and interior piece at NAPA or a pro auto body paint supply store. You can use regular spray equipment or just buy and inexpensive gas/bottle sprayer ($10-20) for applying the dye. It works VERY well and is easy to use.
I used this product from Corvette America which is now Top Flight and it worked very well, easy to use. Surface has to be clean-clean-clean. Last step that I used was a wipe of the surfaces to be colored with denatured alcohol and then multiple very light coats of dye color with 30-40 minutes of dry time between coats. I also used Corvette America interior dye primer on my upper dash pad too prior to applying the color coats. Did 2 very light coats of primer dye just to make sure that I had all areas primed.
Me too. Changing some OEM black interior panels to red was a challenge. The interior paint.......excuse me...it's called dye.....takes multiple coats and a lot of patience. Any singular spray coating is extremely thin..extremely thin. Wait for it to dry, and then another coat. I lost count. To change an interior panel''s color, I might have had to lay down 25 coats. More? Anyhow, try to rush the paint job and you'll screw things up. When you finish, your coating collor will be relatively thin. It won't take much abrasion to scrape off the color coat to reveal the surface color.
Clean the original vinyl with alcohol. Because virus buyers had stripped the stores of alcohol, I used Amazon to buy industrial supplies of 99% pure isopropyl and ethanol alcohol. You don't want to use lacquer thinner or acetone since there is a danger it will destroy the vinyl and plastic parts you want to paint......opps! excuse me....the parts you want to dye.
ended up cleaning the pad with dish soap (degreaser) and using a grey scotch bright. Used dupi-color, I know it wasn’t the suggested paint but I want the dash back in tomorrow and dupi-color was the only locally available dye. I am happy with how it came out.
thanks all
I hope it works out for you! I'm pretty sure a PO painted (dyed) my red dash with black dupli-color, and it is still there...
Give us a little more warning next time, but hopefully the surface prep tips helped!
Interior paint on dash pad?
anyways the top seems to be brown opposed to black, anyone used interior paint on there dash before? Any luck? Any issues? It’s covered in cleaner so I’m slightly worried about the paint sticking but that’s all! Thanks!
