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1/30/2017 2:29 PM  #1


Painting Vinyl and plastic

My 1990 Fox Convertible, has four colors in the interior, black, grey, blue and white. This is how it came from the factory.

Dash - black & grey
Console - Grey
Carpet - Blue
Sill plates - Blue
Kick Panels - Blue
Door panels - White
       Door Handles - blue
       Door speaker covers - blue
Rear Quarter panels - White
Seats F&R - White
Seat Belts - Blue

I really don't like the white and would rather have it one or two colors, not four. I know on the seats I will have to recover, but thought about painting / dying everything else. 

 

1/30/2017 5:36 PM  #2


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

There are paints available for plastic and new primers and adhesion promoters.  All that being said, the issue I've always seen with this stuff is that it can be scratched through and you see the original color in the scratch.  This same problem led me to replace all of my '67 fastback's rear interior trim panels.  The panels were from a red car and when the black paint would get scratched you would still see red underneath. 

A lot of the interior trim for the Fox cars is being remade in several colors, and good used stuff is still available from specialty salvage yards.  If you want it to last that's the route I'd suggest going.  You can check out companies like LMR and American Muscle to see what's available, but most of the parts are, down to the sleeves for the seat belts. 

 

1/30/2017 10:51 PM  #3


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

Go to a good auto paint and supply store and they should have the rattle cans of paint you need. Made specifically for plastic.(Where I got mine butt.....the name of the paint slips my mind.)
I painted a junkyard console and bucket seat trim from an Oldsmobile to go in my S-10 FoMoCo parts chaser. The parts were gray and I changed the color to Maroon. Its been 3 -4 years and still looks great. Zero chipping..scratching..fading. Maybe the trick is cleaning REALLY well with lacquer thinner/Brakleen(I love that stuff) and several coats of paint...let each coat dry before re-applying. I even re-painted the padded dash and window's plastic trim as well as seat belt trim.
Looks great.
I have "heard" dye works really well on fabric/leather seats too.
6s6


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1/31/2017 6:32 AM  #4


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

There is some paint made by SEM that works very well.  I used some to paint a blue convertible top boot black and also to paint some cream bucket seats black, it holds up well and looks good.


66 Vert.  4.6 DOHC, 4R70 Auto, Heidt's M2 frontend
 

1/31/2017 8:44 AM  #5


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

I have had good success with several plastic paints/coatings but as usual preparation is everything. If the car was ever owned by a smoker, it is much more difficult to get clean enough for best results. Like most other painting projects, the more disassembly you do the better. I have had good results using alcohol for final wipe down. Make sure you test all your cleaners in a hidden spot.

 

1/31/2017 2:19 PM  #6


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

I;ll send you guys some photos of what it looks like now, I would prefer all black, but it may be easier and more cost effective to make it blue.

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1/31/2017 2:25 PM  #7


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

SEM is the way to go for what you're  looking to accomplish on your fox body mustang.  They have adhesion promoter, plastic primer Which you could have tinted so that if the top coat gets scratched off you don't see an I sore color underneath.  One thing people done realize they are supposed to use to prep plastics is well the obvious " plastic prep". The closest thing I can describe plastic prep to is a Lil finer fast orange hand cleaner.  They pumice in the cleaner scuffs and promotes a superior bonding surface.  A lot of paint shops will also use this and prep steel panels with it. This scuffs the panels about the same amount as a new gray scuff pad.  Me I've used the plastic prep with great success. But one trick for when you're working on prepping textured interior panels or textured cladding panels on cars, I use plastic prep but in conjunction with a 3m green heavy medium or heavy scuff pad. The scuff pads are available at Lowes. I don't care for the cheaper off brand ones at Homedepot. Hope this helps.  Oh by the way if any plastic parts are broken in the car now would be the time to invest in a plastic welder. They aren't to much money, some even come with welding rods to help you get started.  Lots of 80-90s ford and gm use ABS,PVC, PP (poly propylene). Plastic panels on the cars and trucks. Do to regulations  plastic manufacturers were told they have to mark every piece of plastic  with an ISO Code.  This code tells you what type of plastic that piece is or you can do a stick test.  Melt a rod on the plastic and if it sticks there you go.

 

1/31/2017 2:30 PM  #8


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

 This stuff is good! A lot of body shops up here use it

https://www.walmart.com/c/ep/sem-vinyl-paint


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1/31/2017 4:56 PM  #9


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

That's exactly what you should use. Like I said use plastic prep pumice cleaner use the scotch Brite and in not to long you'll have an all new fox body. My buddy who is an upholstery guy he uses SEM interior coatings as well. I'm in a body shop I'm actually not the head painter. I use the sem cladding paint seam sealer Epoxy many many things and I've been satisfied with them all.

 

1/31/2017 10:00 PM  #10


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

MAW wrote:

There is some paint made by SEM that works very well.  I used some to paint a blue convertible top boot black and also to paint some cream bucket seats black, it holds up well and looks good.

YEAH!!!!!!!! That was the name of the paint I used!!!!!       SEM
6s6
 


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2/01/2017 5:59 PM  #11


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

Thanks for the advice,
I love this car even though I hate the interior, the body is extremely straight, and zero rust or previous paint work. I know interior work while not necessarily cheep is easier than body work.

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2/01/2017 6:20 PM  #12


Re: Painting Vinyl and plastic

No one must have liked my cars color combination, because I cant find a photo anywhere, but imagine everything that is red in this photo as Crystal Blue and that's what mine looks like,


At least my exterior is Twilight Blue, which is gorgeous.
 

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