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CrazyPete
04-05-2008, 07:44 PM
Heres a how to for re-dyeing your interior
First you want to wash your panels to remove dust, dirt and other stuff off you panels.
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Next you need to prep the surface before you paint apply SEM prep to your panels with a sponge or lint free cloth. Then wash with cool water to get all the solution off. Allow time for the panels to dry completely. I usually do this step 2 times it removes wax, oil and all the things you've applied over the years. It also opens the pours on the plastic for painting and softens the plastic panels for better sticking of the paint.
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Now the fun part the painting its pretty simple just apply several thin coats. Using SEM interior dye/paint you can do these coats pretty quickly allow about 10 min. between coats. Using several thin coats will allow it to asorb fast and you dont need to worry about runs in the paint.
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Next stand back and admire your handy work like i said its simple and it will also hide alot of flaws in the panels.


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These are just test runs i had a can of matte black laying around i think for the rest of the panels im going to use landeu black. It will give a slight more gloss to the finish. But for how stained these were they turned out awsome.

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6PackCuda
04-05-2008, 08:26 PM
Looks great! Nice job.
71blueduster
04-05-2008, 10:11 PM
That's how I did the plastic interior in my car, except I used Krylon Fusion paint which turned out alright. I had a couple cans of SEM paint, but they didn't spray very well and left splatters all over. I don't know if the cans were old or just bad, but they didn't work out for me.
CrazyPete
04-06-2008, 05:49 AM
That's how I did the plastic interior in my car, except I used Krylon Fusion paint which turned out alright. I had a couple cans of SEM paint, but they didn't spray very well and left splatters all over. I don't know if the cans were old or just bad, but they didn't work out for me.

Yeah this is the 4th car ive done and you learn little tricks for using SEM paint. And actually when i first started using this can it was very splattery but i stoped spraying right away and did some test sprays on scrap wood until it even out. The whole trick is like i said before several thin even coats it just builds the color so nice now when you look at the panel you'd never would of guess what it started out as.
SupraGirl
04-07-2008, 06:06 PM
Awesome...you guys definitely gearheads.
CrazyPete
05-24-2008, 11:15 AM
well i finally got the panels finished here's some pics of what i started with and the final product enjoy.................. are these panels perfect not really but considering what they were there amazing now if youre doing a driver and want to save alot of money this is the process you should do

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Stein
05-24-2008, 12:01 PM
Man I really like the wood acsents from the Grand Coupe option! Plus thats a good looking glove box door ya got there.
CrazyPete
05-24-2008, 01:08 PM
yeah the woodgrain really pops out on the black panels