What's the best vinyl paint? please help! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

balloonknot · 10-13-2008, 11:28 PM

I am going cheap out a bit, due to this wonderful economy,i'm going to paint a few of my interior pieces black. ( they are blue now). Does anyone have a product to recomend. I see classic Industries has some good stuff that sounds great for 15.00 a can. I just don't want it to scratch off easily. I also see some stuff called G2 that sounds too good to be true. Please help. Also I'll post some pics of the Blazer tomarrow, I took it to get painted, and now they have taken it further apart than ever, got to get all the knooks I guess.

**71blksuper4x4** · 10-14-2008, 12:04 AM

Well the stuff I recommend is an actual ppg dye that you can get from a local car paint place. They mix it up in the exact color you want that you can pick out of a huge catalog by year of vehicle. I think it withstands abuse better than rattle cans, but there are some rattle cans that are pretty good. If sticking with rattle can, spend the extra couple of bucks and get SEM vinyl dye. It's superior to any other type of rattle can vinyl dye. SEM will be somewhere between 10-15 bucks a can if I remember right. The ppg will be atleast double that and you will need a paint gun for it. Trevor

RunninLo · 10-14-2008, 01:11 AM

+1 on the SEM. As a car audio installer I used tons of it with good results. there's a plastic prep liquid that should be used too. It should be right there with the dye. We did the entire interior of a x-cab dually color change from OEM Blue to grey 15 years ago and it is still great. Unless I told you it was changed you'd probably think the truck came with a grey interior.

Josh

**N2TRUX** · 10-14-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RunninLo

+1 on the SEM....... there's a plastic prep liquid that should be used too. .....

This is a crucial point. I agree with everyone that SEM is the way to go for rattle cans. No matter what you use it is VERY important to clean the pieces thoroughly and prep them. Spend the time to clean, clean, and clean some more, then use the prep and it will last a long time.

65-72 chevytoys · 10-14-2008, 08:42 AM

I used dupli-color on my console with good results.

69 K-5 · 10-21-2008, 10:01 PM

I use SEM too. It works very well. Prep is the key. SEM makes a cleaner as well as a prep spray, they work equally as well.

10-13-2008, 11:28 PM	#1
balloonknot Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California Posts: 19	What's the best vinyl paint? please help! I am going cheap out a bit, due to this wonderful economy,i'm going to paint a few of my interior pieces black. ( they are blue now). Does anyone have a product to recomend. I see classic Industries has some good stuff that sounds great for 15.00 a can. I just don't want it to scratch off easily. I also see some stuff called G2 that sounds too good to be true. Please help. Also I'll post some pics of the Blazer tomarrow, I took it to get painted, and now they have taken it further apart than ever, got to get all the knooks I guess.

10-14-2008, 12:04 AM	#2
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,156	Re: What's the best vinyl paint? please help! Well the stuff I recommend is an actual ppg dye that you can get from a local car paint place. They mix it up in the exact color you want that you can pick out of a huge catalog by year of vehicle. I think it withstands abuse better than rattle cans, but there are some rattle cans that are pretty good. If sticking with rattle can, spend the extra couple of bucks and get SEM vinyl dye. It's superior to any other type of rattle can vinyl dye. SEM will be somewhere between 10-15 bucks a can if I remember right. The ppg will be atleast double that and you will need a paint gun for it. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

10-14-2008, 01:11 AM	#3
RunninLo 3DrDwn--the 'burb not the band Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 598	Re: What's the best vinyl paint? please help! +1 on the SEM. As a car audio installer I used tons of it with good results. there's a plastic prep liquid that should be used too. It should be right there with the dye. We did the entire interior of a x-cab dually color change from OEM Blue to grey 15 years ago and it is still great. Unless I told you it was changed you'd probably think the truck came with a grey interior. Josh __________________ Slo and Lo that is the tempo. '72 burb build page here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=259256 '89 GMC Dually crew build page coming soon. 88 4x4 crew DD duallys past/present pics here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...46#post4001246 89 1 ton Dually rear flip kit install here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=354327

10-14-2008, 08:42 AM	#5
65-72 chevytoys Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wesley Chapel, Florida Posts: 1,113	Re: What's the best vinyl paint? please help! I used dupli-color on my console with good results. __________________ 2004 Chevy Silverado 1500LS SWB 5.3L 2004 Corvette Z16 #770 Wish I had not sold 72 blazer

10-21-2008, 10:01 PM	#6
69 K-5 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Arkansas Posts: 25	Re: What's the best vinyl paint? please help! I use SEM too. It works very well. Prep is the key. SEM makes a cleaner as well as a prep spray, they work equally as well. __________________ !969 K-5 Blazer 1973 Pontiac Grand Am 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 2004 Jeep Wrangler



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