How to get interior like this

[scarlemthug]

YOOOOOOO:finger: :finger:

That looks tight as hell man. What do you mean you dyed it? And u can dye plastics?

I needa find the parts to convert my locks and windows to power man. hopefully i can find some at the junkyard

[civic98stunna]

Well, i sprayed the vinyl dye directly onto the vinyl parts with no primer or anything. for the hard plastic parts, g2's directions said that i could use primer and use it just like plastic paint, so thats what i did. My interior is a lot farther along now, i'm just waiting for the pictures to be developed, then i'll post them up for ya. btw, thanx for the compliment!

[scarlemthug]

Once i get started on my plastics ill start posting pics. Hopefully mine turns out good and that it doesnt crack or anythin.

For the top dash part what should I do, Silver/Grey or Black....Im tryin to use that as a starting point for the color scheme

BTW.....do you know if it would be easy to get the handles and door armrest thing wit the power windows and locks or should i try and get the whole panel?

[wheel1856]

cool post.

not to intrude, but what if you have a black interior? will the die still take?

and I think that the primer, or lack there of, is the key in painting the plastic and vinyl. Kicker you said, as well as another post somewhere, that you didnt use primer and your interior came out fine...I wonder if the primer is the cause for cracking in that its not for vinyl like the other paint is, hmmmm

[kicker1_solo]

Originally posted by wheel1856
not to intrude, but what if you have a black interior? will the die still take?

I've sprayed white on top of black before and everything was fine, it was paint though and not dye, I dunno if dye would be the same.....

[civic98stunna]

dye is just that. it doesn't actually "stick," but instead goes into the vinyl and colors it permanently. after you've dye'd vinyl, you can scratch it, poke it, even rip it, and the color will still be there because the vinyl is now THAT COLOR. If you have a black interior, and you dye it red, the vinyl will now BE RED. so yes, even a black interior will work if you dye the vinyl. I'm not sure if the original black color will have any effect on the color of the dye, like if its black and you dye it red, maybe it'll come out a little darker red than if the vinyl was originally white, but still, the vinyl is permanently the new color, and there's nothing that is sticking to it.

[scarlemthug]

I dont know if this would be good for your vinyl but maybe if you want your dash red, dye it white first and then white?
MAYBE

On vinylpro.com they have this "plastic bonding agent" that they recommend using when painting interior plastics. Anyone use it?

[civic98stunna]

i'm sure its just adhesion promoter/primer. They have lots of names for it. I don't think they're all exactly the same, but there basic job is to allow paint/dye to stick to plastic.

[civic98stunna]

oh yeah, in case any of you are thinking about dye'ing your vinyl, one of the most important things to do is get a product called plastic/vinyl prep. brand doesn't matter, but basically it takes out all the armor-all and grease that may have been put into the vinyl in the past. not only that, but it dries the vinyl out like a dry sponge, so that when you apply the dye, it sucks it up like a sponge would water (not literally that much, but you get the point!) i even used it on the hard plastic pieces, cause it also is a cleaner, and it'll get all the junk off pretty much anything you wanna paint/dye. definately one of the most important steps in the coloring process.

[scarlemthug]

What company did u get your vinyl prep stuff from?

[civic98stunna]

i just went to my local auto paint store, they had a can of it. I'm not sure if it even has a brand name on it; might just be generic. Oh well, it works really well. Just ask a paint person for a can of vinyl prep!

[scarlemthug]

Aight so im gonna go pick up some vinyl prep stuff soon and order the dye from G2USA.com and then figure out what im going to use on the plastic parts.

[Gusto222]

Originally posted by kicker1_solo
It looks dyed, but I can't say for sure. And yes, you can probably do it yourself. My friend dyed his civic interior all himself, here's some pics of it

hrmm hype--- i miss his car....

i still cant believe he apinted tha whole outside of tha car w./ a rattle can...