Plastic restoration

The SEM Color Coat product looks like a great plan so long as it holds up and doesn't wear off like crazy. I'll definitely get myself a can and try it out. They have some blues that I think will work well, or at least look better than the terrible olive green I have now.

It shows up on the O'Reilly's website, so if I can get through them, that will be great.

I think the chrome spay looks pretty decent, but when I use a clear coat, it turns more of a dull silver.

Instrument specialties/inc did mine on the "Donohue"and I am very pleased with the results $344.50 for all 3 rings. You do get what you pay for, just my opinion.

I've used SEM and Tower APS paint, plus interior paint from Amark. They're all around $25 a can for custom blended paint. In my case, I'm re-doing a saddle tan interior and after using the expensive stuff I decided to use some Dupli-color interior paint at O'Reilly's and found that it was actually quite good, just as good as the more expensive paint and it was only $7 a can. As has been already stated, I've also found that the prep is more critical than the actual paint used - clean the part with warm soapy water & let air dry; use an interior cleaner spray such as SEM sells and wipe off with a clean cloth; spray on an adhesion promoter from SEM or Dupli-color and let sit for 20 to 30 minutes; lastly, spray on several light coats of color letting each coat dry in-between. Do this and you'll get great results.

Remember, most parts from the factory were molded in a standard color (usually black) and then painted to match the interior and those paint jobs lasted years.

Edited by sweatlock - Oct/16/2014 at 8:39am

Duplicolor makes a plastic and vinyl spray dye that was a dead match to my interior. I'm giving that a shot.

As for the chrome bits, I'm trying rim paint. It's a two-step process of silver and clear, and came in a complete kit.

It's more of a silver metallic flake paint than a chrome, but it should work great for the small accent lines I'm using it to cover.