Has anyone used vinyl die on there interior? I want to do mine in black and all I see offered is gloss or flat black. Seems like gloss would be to shiney and flat to dull.
I've heard that SEM dyes are the way to go, not sure about the finishes , ie gloss or flat or semi( pun intended) gloss. Steve
Visit www.sem.ws and get Landau Black. Do not expect the dye to last on wear areas such as seat bottoms and seat backs. Make sure you get the items to be dyed......ABSOLUTELY clean otherwise the dye will never adhere. Use RM901 Pre-Kleano or similar prep-sol to prep the surfaces to be dyed.
Sem is the way to go but Specialty Coatings(from PPG) is basically the same stuff . Your local autobody supply store can mix up any color you want with the desired gloos you want . I generally use a satin finish but it depends on the gloss of the rest of the interior parts . If you take in a piece that you want to match , they will match that finish. Get the spec sheet when you are there. Stitcher www.bennettsupholstery.com
I've been using that vinyl spray paint you can buy at the auto parts store, and I have to say, the stuff works amazingly well. I painted the worn-out arm-rests on my '63 Electra, and I painted the headliner on my '57 Super and they both came out looking like new.
Using this Flat/Gloss scale I would say SEM Landau Black falls in around the Satin or Eggshell area. Flat SemiFlat Eggshell/Satin SemiGloss Gloss Imagine a new black plastic console on a 1970 car...the black color is moulded into the plastic. SEM Landau Black comes pretty close to this "natural plastic" sheen. You will probably like the look. Try not to spray it if it's extremely hot out....if you have no choice then don't try to cover a large area with it (using spray cans). See if you can divide your work up in sections. Temp range in the 75-85 area would be good.
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd post my results with Landau Black. I did a rear seat. It started life as bamboo or buckskin. I cleaned the bejeezus out of it. Used a fairly stiff brush (not too stiff or you will mess up the stitcing) with Simple Green rinsed with a fine mist of water and then let sun dry on deck for a few hours. used SEM 38343 vinyl prep and scrubbed the crap out of it with that stuff, sprayed it on, let it sit, scrubbed it in, wiped it off or rinsed it off whatever the directions said. The seat will almost begin to feel tacky which is what you want. Let it sun dry again then used two FULL CANS of SEM Landau Black. I can say that the adhesion part was fine, but I am not all that happy with the depth of the color. It is too flat. Next time around I will try SEM 17093 "GM Black Aerosol" and see what those results are like. All in all SEM is a good choice either way I think.
in january of 2001, i dyed the door panels, rear side panels and the plastic surrounds about the base of the bucket seats on my 72 gs with sem landau black and the results were excellent. the original colour was sandlewood. the sem stinks like he??.
Gerry, Not sure how to interpret your post?? So you liked it or you didn't like it? I.E. reults were excellent; stinks like hell I'm assuming you're talking odor. :Smarty:
So I wonder why I seem to think that the Landau black appears too flat. As I said, I used two full cans on my rear seat. Don't get me wrong, it came out great, I just think that the paint could have a little more of a lustre or sheen to it.
Yeah, it's not so much brightness I am looking at as sheen. I.E. flat vs. glossy. Maybe we are just saying the same thing two different ways. p Anyway, no biggie.
I see according to this page that there's three different black SEm vinyl paints. Can't judge by the swatches what they really look like, but if anyone here has used any others "besides" the Landau Black, I'd be interested in knowing what the results were like and if you were happy with them. http://www.levineautoparts.com/semvinandpla.html
I used satin on my door panels...actually on a '66 GTO. It matched the new upholstery very well. More on the flat side than shiny...has ust enough gloss so that it isn't totally flat. I don't like the Armor All though.
Yeah, that stuff is a PITA to get off! If you don't get it all off, you'll know right away . . . fisheyes all over the place. The best thing I've found to get it off is to use the original "blue" Dawn dish soap. Scrub everything down real good before you attempt to dye, cause once it's on, it's on.
the sem product produced excellent results in dyeing the sandlewood original colour on the items i stated. the sem dye itself smells stinks so bad out of the can.
