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Cornelius Rambler
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Posted: Nov/13/2018 at 4:15pm |
OK...I dyed a few soft interior parts. Dash pad, arm rests, door panels, console, sun visors, etc. Did it the same as I always have. Cleaned with denatured alcohol, hit with SEM vinyl adhesion promoter and then SEM vinyl dye. Let dry first inside and then outside in the sun. Still sticky after 8 years.
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304-dude
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Possible not mixed well enough, or there was Armorall used In its past life. You need to strip it down and neutralise the surface for the next application. I will be mixing my own acrylic vinyl and leather paint, as it covers without making a permanent bond. Just don't clean with solvents, simple water and soap to keep it nice. Plus you don't get toxic chemical spray from a can. If I need to change color later on, I just use remover and prep with alcohol. The nice thing about the acrylic paint, it is water based. You can mix it 50/50 with alcohol for fast dry or water for normal. And do multiple thin coatings. You can also obtain glossy, matte, patten (ultra shinny), flat and metallics like silver and gold, along with neon colors for modding out. Just have to use a digital color matcher app to match RGB colors and mix with base red, white, blue, black and yellow. All non metallic colors can be matched with those basic colors. I learned all this with re-dying a custom leather steering wheel cover for a member. Turned out pretty well considering i only had photos to match with, and a few swatches of mixes for comparing to actual material. Just ended up a wee darker, because of time constraints. |
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Cornelius Rambler
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Thanks Dude! I always thought (hoped..) that a good scrub with alcohol with take care of the Armorall's, the waxes and human contaminates. What would you suggest?
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304-dude
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I use 50/50 MEK and Alcohol. Don't rub in daub or test with a q tip swab in a rolling not sliding method, it should loosen and lift off the previous application, of paint. Also MEK will draw out chemicals on the surface of the vinyl.
Don't use any more than 50% MEK. Once you start seeing the original color stop and let dry over 30 minutes before trying more cleaning. MEK can be used safely, as long as you keep from saturating the material, and strong or vigorous scrubbing. You will notice the MEK will make the material feel lubricated by how the paint becomes jellied by the lack of solvent in its chemical breakup. You will go through a bit of towels, as you don't want to be applying the loose paint around over the cleaned areas. It just so happens I have the same condition with my door panels and kick panels, which I have been setting as side for when I finish other things. I may have time next week to show what it takes to lift off and deep clean trouble to repaint over past applications. If not sure about your first attempt you can test on the back side of a panel with a damp application, as not to drip or saturate the surface and spill onto the areas you don't want to be touched. Edited by 304-dude - Nov/14/2018 at 7:52pm |
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Cornelius Rambler
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Thanks again for the information! I'll give it a shot this weekend...
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farna
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You might be able to wipe it with alcohol or some other solvent now and get rid of most of the tackiness. Worth a shot!I've done it and it helped, used regular rattle can paint on some vinyl arm rests and had same results. Soaked a cloth in mineral spirits and wiped, most tackiness gone. I was getting ready to strip them down and start over.
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Cornelius Rambler
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Before stripping it down and starting all over, I'll give it a try! Thanks for the input!!!
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knobbler
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Same here, except I used parts store vinyl "dye" and turpentine to remove the stickiness. Took a couple passes, but it was stuck-free and pine tree fresh by the time it was done. If I was doing it again, I'd use mineral spirits like farna said. |
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