CA spray dye.....
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Burning Brakes
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CA spray dye.....
Anyone use the "Corvette America" spray dye?
Opinions?
I need to dye my dash pads, pillar posts, header moldings, top liners, etc, etc. Seats and door panels are new so nothing needed there.
Opinions?
I need to dye my dash pads, pillar posts, header moldings, top liners, etc, etc. Seats and door panels are new so nothing needed there.
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Depending on the color, you may not have any other choices. That said, I've used spray dye from CA and it has worked very well.
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CA dyes have worked very well for me in the past. One very important thing to remember, that your prep is 90% of your job. Make sure your parts are cleaned proper and ready for the dye.
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For the price of one spray can [of whatever it really is?] + shipping from CA, you can buy a pint of SEM ColorCoat vinyl dye and a Pre-Val gas/bottle sprayer from a pro auto paint supply store. The dye will be mixed to your car's interior code (or to a piece you bring in to match) so that it will be the color you really want...not just what comes in a can.
You have to remove and clean the parts you want to recolor, either way. Why not get the right stuff and get the results you really want?
You have to remove and clean the parts you want to recolor, either way. Why not get the right stuff and get the results you really want?
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Burning Brakes
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For the price of one spray can [of whatever it really is?] + shipping from CA, you can buy a pint of SEM ColorCoat vinyl dye and a Pre-Val gas/bottle sprayer from a pro auto paint supply store. The dye will be mixed to your car's interior code (or to a piece you bring in to match) so that it will be the color you really want...not just what comes in a can.
You have to remove and clean the parts you want to recolor, either way. Why not get the right stuff and get the results you really want?
You have to remove and clean the parts you want to recolor, either way. Why not get the right stuff and get the results you really want?
Also the Corvette America spray nozzle is better than Pre-Val. It sprays a flat fan shape.
Also Corvette America is a better color match (unless you are using black when it does not matter). SEM does not properly match the red and various saddle colors. Those SEM color codes never seem to match real well. I have never had luck trying match a part, especially a 40-year old part that has faded. Is your interior black? Have you ever used Corvette America dye?
Last edited by Clubby99; Jul 26, 2011 at 02:50 AM.
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The local automotive paint store matched my medium saddle pretty darned good if I don't mind saying so myself. I shot it on with an HVLP gravity feed gun, and it went on like a dream.
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my local auto body supply mixed up the sem product and put it in an spray can and it worked very well with that said it was about $30.00 a can! but i had it right then. the Corvette America stuff is a good deal
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I would suggest to anyone that is doing a bunch of stuff to go for the quart if you have a spray gun. 1 quart will do an entire car and its just strain and shoot.
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