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deno314 Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2010 Posts: 7 Location: west jordan,utah
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:17 am Post subject: Fender beading/running board dye |
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Does anyone know of a shop or company that can color match vinyl paint/dye. Im tryin to match bahama blue for my fender beading and running boards I have been unsuccessful in my efforts thus far at finding a shop locally here in sacramento ca. I'd even be willing to ship a part of my car to anywhere in the world to have them color match it. im pretty desperate at this point. |
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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3619 Location: CT
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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I believe you can get SEM vinyl paint matched. _________________ '67 Beetle L41
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deno314 Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2010 Posts: 7 Location: west jordan,utah
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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ive heard that some automotive paint supply stores match SEM vinyl dye. but i don't have any of those places in my area |
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deno314 Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2010 Posts: 7 Location: west jordan,utah
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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54smurf Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2015 Posts: 16 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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After a search on the SEM dealer website, I found this paint store that might be able to mix some spray cans with vinyl dye to use on your fender beading and floor mats. 1388 South 700 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Also this place 1388 South 700 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 _________________ 1954 oval ragtop black
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viiking Samba Member
Joined: May 10, 2013 Posts: 2666 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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Light and dark blue beading is available from SSP. The link is for a UK company, but I'm sure there are US suppliers. Are either of these close to the colour you need?
Maybe it would be good to start with one of these and then dye them. At least if the dye comes off you'd still have blue underneath.
https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=wing%20beading%20blue _________________ 1968 1500 RHD Lotus White Beetle since birth. In the hospital for major surgery
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raygreenwood Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2008 Posts: 21474 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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Believe it or not you can dye some vinyls and many types o f plastics..permanently (UV fading aside).....with RIT dye.
Its a trade secret of master model builders. Its used for instance to dye styrene plastic permanently. Its used to make realistic green, blue and gray tinted glass on model cars and aircraft. Just dip it in. The longer it soaks the deeper the color gets.
Rit dye is actually a pretty serious mix of acid dyes, disperse dyes and direct dyes so it works on a huge variety of synthetic and non synthetics.
Its dirt cheap. Give it a try...but clear coat it with a matte vinyl spray when done. Ray |
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evanfrucht Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2016 Posts: 2180 Location: Laurel Canyon, CA
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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I wanted to do the same thing. I bought some of this in dark blue for my VW BLUE 67' Bug. I have not installed it yet but it looks like it will work in person. The flange is not quite as wide as the original beading but its wide enough to get secured in the seam. This color looks close
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Welt-Piping-Marine-Vinyl-...890.l49292 _________________ 1967 Bug ( the daily rod )
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JordyK Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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deno314, I'm in the exact same boat with my Bahama Blue 65. Did you ever get around to dying the running boards and beading? I would like to see how it turned out for you if you did. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17962 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Fender beading/running board dye |
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You can't dye it, so you have to paint it.
L 519 Bahama Blue paint can be mixed at your local Auto Paint shop or ordered online.
The Diamond Blue exterior repaint on my square matches the original interior paint real close.
We used black fender beading for the contrast! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
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