Dupli-Color Vinyl and Fabric Spray Dye/Paint on Door Fabric
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Dupli-Color Vinyl and Fabric Spray Dye/Paint on Door Fabric
Just thought I'd share my work a bit...I used a Duplicolor spray product to make my third gen ('92) parallax gray cloth door panels (reasonably) match my 4th gen leather seats. Since the seats are charcoal, I went with HVP111, Charcoal Gray, and I'm very happy with the results. Sorry the pics aren't the best for comparison, but I still think you get the idea that this is a much better match. My 4th gen seats don't look so out of place when the top's down now. I didn't even remove the door panels, I just masked everything carefully and sprayed in place.
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Looks good. I just wonder how the wear will be on them & nothing rubbing off. Say....On your shirt or pants from the seat, over time?
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I wondered that too. What I did was sprayed a coat, let it dry, then took a stiff brush and tried to get it to come off. Really got near zero even with a wire brush, so it must be really on there. I did three coats that way. I've read elsewhere folks swear it doesn't run even if wet, but time will tell!
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I wondered that too. What I did was sprayed a coat, let it dry, then took a stiff brush and tried to get it to come off. Really got near zero even with a wire brush, so it must be really on there. I did three coats that way. I've read elsewhere folks swear it doesn't run even if wet, but time will tell!
I can't decide if I wanna redo mine in fabric & whatever or go aluminum for the "race car" look & weight reduction (every ounce adds up).
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on door panels it will most likely hold up its basically crap for seats or for like handles things that you come in contact with i used it on some of my stuff last year because i had the car painted and wasn't dumping money in the car anytime soon and it got me by for the season/year but this year the seats came out and new ones went in they were starting to lose their color i can see them working well on something like the panels
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Did you try using adhesion promoter first?
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if you use the dupli on the "leather" seats, it wont rub off or wear off, i sprayed a set of 4th gen camaro seats with it, ran them in my car for 2 years, never came off, made them look nice.
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I used the adhesion promoter and followed the directions. It still came off the seats and all panels before the car was on the strset.
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EDIT!!!!
I looked up my old thread on my interior and it was SEM VINYL Coating / paint i used!! Sorry about that!!! i remember now, the cans were around $20 each
all i did was use soap and water, washed them good, baked in the sun for an hour, then i applied 3 VERY LIGHT coats till i had good coverage (15 minutes between coats) and then baked them in the sun for about 2-3 hours. Came out MINT, Never faded, never came off.
These are the seats after the SEM Vinyl paint went on....
I looked up my old thread on my interior and it was SEM VINYL Coating / paint i used!! Sorry about that!!! i remember now, the cans were around $20 each
all i did was use soap and water, washed them good, baked in the sun for an hour, then i applied 3 VERY LIGHT coats till i had good coverage (15 minutes between coats) and then baked them in the sun for about 2-3 hours. Came out MINT, Never faded, never came off.
These are the seats after the SEM Vinyl paint went on....
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Dupli-color has the adhesion promotor already mixed in. its mostly about makeing sure the surface is clean. I used laquer thinner to remove any wax or dirt before spraying .
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yeah, dont use the Dupli-color, use the SEM.
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Yeah sem is the way to go.
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This post is from 2012. You kinda dredged it up from it's grave.
Both DupliColor and SEM work great when applied properly using their vinyl dyes. Adhesion promoter is key; DupliColor does not have it pre-mixed in as they claimed above. Comes in a separate can.
Hopefully in 2025 when someone reads this, it'll help them.
Both DupliColor and SEM work great when applied properly using their vinyl dyes. Adhesion promoter is key; DupliColor does not have it pre-mixed in as they claimed above. Comes in a separate can.
Hopefully in 2025 when someone reads this, it'll help them.
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Re: Dupli-Color Vinyl and Fabric Spray Dye/Paint on Door Fabric
This post is from 2012. You kinda dredged it up from it's grave.
Both DupliColor and SEM work great when applied properly using their vinyl dyes. Adhesion promoter is key; DupliColor does not have it pre-mixed in as they claimed above. Comes in a separate can.
Hopefully in 2025 when someone reads this, it'll help them.
Both DupliColor and SEM work great when applied properly using their vinyl dyes. Adhesion promoter is key; DupliColor does not have it pre-mixed in as they claimed above. Comes in a separate can.
Hopefully in 2025 when someone reads this, it'll help them.
In 2023 here's what Duplicor stated "Dupli-Color® Vinyl & Fabric Coating is perfect for restoring or customizing your interior vinyl seats, dash boards, door panels, shifter boots and consoles. Formulated with a maximum adhesion promoter so there's no need for primer. Dupli-Color Vinyl & Fabric Coating won't crack, peel or chip."
Just restored my dash side panel which had a permanent stain from PO. Washed with IPA solution, used red scuff pad, cleaned and sprayed. Used flat black. Do not use wax and grease remover as it'll remove the dye and damage the plastic.
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I just wonder how the wear will be on them & nothing rubbing off. Say....On your shirt or pants from the seat, over time?
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I have not tried it on fabric or plastic trims that see contacts, like arm rest or centre console lid for instance.
I will probably in the future and only time will tell.
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