Dyeing Interior

What are the names of the dye used to paint vinyl interior. And where can I find them? Also what is used to clean the parts before painting

yeah ill second that question........that whole dying the interior thing still confuses me

most people either paint the vinyl with vinyl paint in a spray can and other people get all new vinyl in the color they want.

i've seen one guy use exterior household latex paint cuz its durable (resists weather and UV rays) and its flexible for the vinyl. the better way is to get it professionally dyed like silverbolt did for that bling bling feeling.

And just how much does that cost? Most likely way too much for me. That, and there aren't any places within 100 miles of here that do that kind of work.

I would grab some parts from a junk and test different types of sprays on the parts.

what about carpet? I have brand new carpet I bought for my car a year and a half ago from the dealer. I just checked it the other day and realized its the wrong color (grey instead of black), but I lost my invoice so I'm stuck with it. Is it costly to have it dyed, and how does the color hold up?

I just found this so I don't know much about the company.

http://www.vinzdecals.com/vinylsheet.html

Originally posted by ricodemus
what about carpet? I have brand new carpet I bought for my car a year and a half ago from the dealer. I just checked it the other day and realized its the wrong color (grey instead of black), but I lost my invoice so I'm stuck with it. Is it costly to have it dyed, and how does the color hold up?

if u don't mind experiementing you can try dyes on that carpet. what color did you want it to be?

I've tried carpet dye ... it works pretty good except it doesn't have that soft carpet feel to it anymore after ... it's a little more rough if you know what I mean ...

I've used exterior latex paint on my door panels and that stuff works excellent and looks excellent if you do it properly ... that stuff WON'T come off on vinyl!!!

I just wanted to make it black. What kind of dye do you use?

Originally posted by ricodemus
I just wanted to make it black. What kind of dye do you use?
I used carpet dye found at Canadian Tire ... I'm sure that upholstery shops will have carpet dye as well ...

VINYL COLOR by plasiti-kote.. for mah door pannel and dash .. the parts that are vinyl.. its seems to looke pretty good.. but .. i seems that mah dash is a bit shinyer den mah door panels.. but u will have to do a lot of cleaning..
Ps.. it wont work on plastic parts.. it will peal off.. cuz is like a dye u might say..

I also used the vinyl color by plasti-kote and it worked very well. When you let it dry properly before handling it, it stays on very well. It wont' flake off like other paint but it is like 7$ a can. also, does anyone know if clearcoating it looks better than leaving it just painted? and how does that work? How do you clean it to keep it from spotting, where there are spots that just don't seem to want to be painted?:mad:

can you dye plastic interior pieces?

I'll post pics of my work-in-progress interior if i get a chance, but i used a product called G2 interior vinyl dye. It worked perfectly on the vinyl part of the doors (the only things i've done so far); it truly looks professional. It went on very easy too; much easier than the hard plastic to paint. here's the link: http://www.g2usa.com/interior.shtml they have a link to a place called mach v motorsports which is where i ordered the stuff from, they have excellent customer service. I would highly recommend that anyone doing their interior dye the vinyl.