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DaVonZip
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Location: Fort Myers Florida
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 Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: Paint your Headliner? Dye? Bleach? |
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Hi yall,
Have a 71 bug and the headliner is in good condition still. It is white with some water stains and a little discolored (probably dirt).
I know this question must of been asked before but i cant find it.
Is it true you can spray paint your headliner? do you clean it first? id be afraid to mess with it physically. Maybe you use a special "DYE" ?..or some other special technique..etc..
Tell me what you know !!!!
Thanks
Eric |
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Mauserdude67
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Location: Texas Panhandle
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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I've never sprayed a headliner before, but there is spraypaint formulated for use on vinyls and plastic.
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Street Bug 29
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I painted a small portion in the rear of my 68 and the head liner really soaked up a lot of paint ,,,hardly worth it |
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Lug Nut
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Location: Portland Orygun
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I went to Ace Hardware and had them mix a quart of off white flat latex paint and brushed it on my cars headliner taking time to rebrush it over and over as i went along until it was blended in. i used a small brush to cut in the edges and a 3 inch brush for the rest. as far as im concerned it turned out purfect |
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'73spr-DUNG-btl
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| The PO of my car painted mine somehow. You can tell on the edges that it used to be white, now it's a dark blue. Looks pretty good too. |
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senderkik
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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| '73spr-DUNG-btl wrote: |
| The PO of my car painted mine somehow. You can tell on the edges that it used to be white, now it's a dark blue. Looks pretty good too. |
It is dark as hell in there though....Looks like they used a brush on it, not sprayed....
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'73spr-DUNG-btl
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| There's not a single brush stroke on it though Dave. Trust me, I've looked. I'll try and get some pics up soon. |
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M_nus
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Location: Miami, FL - USA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Mauserdude67 wrote: |
| I've never sprayed a headliner before, but there is spraypaint formulated for use on vinyls and plastic. |
That's what i used, white, came out freaking awesome.
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DaVonZip
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Joined: February 15, 2007
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Location: Fort Myers Florida
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:48 am Post subject: thanks for the feedback all |
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| I think im going to clean with a general cleaner and then try a vinyl spray paint and see what becomes..will post down the road..thanks Eric |
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volksfiend
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Location: Mo....West of Mexico
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: Re: thanks for the feedback all |
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| davonzip wrote: |
| I think im going to clean with a general cleaner and then try a vinyl spray paint and see what becomes..will post down the road..thanks Eric |
The SEM brand dyes work very well. They make a cleaner/ prep product as well...though I've never used it, it sounds like a good idea.
http://www.levineautoparts.com/semvinandpla.html
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vintageorbust
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umm... one of those little plastic bottles of shoe white stuff with the sponge on the top? hehehe
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nictator
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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They make vynal spray. As in vynal in a can
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