upholstry paint

[almond cooper]

Can you still get vinyl upholstery paint, need to paint some brocade ! only joking !!
If so has anyone used any? is it any good, and can you get it in different colours?

cheers

[dklawson]

I have used a couple of different brands in the U.S. I have found it very good for static applications like headliners and door panels. I used it once on seats with poor results. Like all painting, successful outcomes are largely based on thorough prep work. However, seats place extra demands on the coatings that prep work alone did not address for me.

[surfblue63]

The interior in my GT has been re-coloured with this stuff, they will mix you any colour if you can supply them with a sample.

http://www.liquidleather.com/vinyl-recolouring.htm

It was not done by myself, but it looks fine, and was done around 10 years ago.

[mk1]

Above info added to recommended suppliers / tips section.

M

[steve1071]

Cheers chaps, looks like my search for dove grey panels has just ended!

[mk1]

That's what I thought too.

[Nick W]

I have used upholstery paint years ago ,the brand I used was called Vinylkote, I think from Walter Foxs , I didn't think it would work very well but I recently saw the sunbeam alpine seats I did and it still looked spot on with no peeling ,at the time the colour matching was only from a Ral chart ,so not that accurate
Nick

[almond cooper]

Thanks guys for the info, I have a bucket seat that I need to change the colour to porcelain green,
I will give one of the above company's a call.

[contour51]

Yes, 'Vinylkote Formula 70' was very good,now owned by http://www.bradleysmart.co.uk/products.

For short cut to paints go to the 'Interior comsumables' page. Interior paints start at the bottom of page 4.
Just wish they would have published a 'Colour Chart' to make things easy.
I will see if it is possible to obtain one from them and post on here.

Note.
This may sound crazy,but It's fairly expensive to buy direct from them when you add the Vat and particulary the postage ,I found you can buy it for nearly half the price through http://www.brownbrothers.com/.
Use the contact tab to find a branch near you.
HTH
Gareth

[BRI MK1]

Hi i have just used the Bradleys paint to do some dove grey door fillets it is exellent the part number for dove grey is 103614 cheers Bri.

[tintoptom]

On a related topic - what's the best method of cleaning paint and dirt from an original interior panel. I guess you'd need to get a panel pretty clean before using the paint?

I've got a Dove grey panel that's had a rusty object lent against it when in storage years ago, there's also some paint on another panel.

Any good products or tips recommendations would be much appreciated!

[WMU 211G]

Try using sugarsoap on it, you can buy it in any big supermarket or Wilkos - it removes just about anything, the important thing is to make sure it's all rinsed off properly before painting. Worked a treat on my Mk2 black seats and door cards.

[mk1]

Sugarsoap would CERTAINLY be less aggressive than either of my suggestions.

M

[tintoptom]

Perfect - cheers gents!

I'll let you know how I get on. The rust mark I referred to is very ingrained, so a good test for any product.

[Nick W]

Id use TFR (traffic film remover) a very strong detergent ,then wipe with these adhesion promoter wipes

[steve1071]

Hi i have just used the Bradleys paint to do some dove grey door fillets it is exellent the part number for dove grey is 103614 cheers Bri.

Cheers, just what I need. Did you order it direct?

[contour51]

Yes, 'Vinylkote Formula 70' was very good,now owned by http://www.bradleysmart.co.uk/products.

For short cut to paints go to the 'Interior comsumables' page. Interior paints start at the bottom of page 4.
Just wish they would have published a 'Colour Chart' to make things easy.
I will see if it is possible to obtain one from them and post on here.

Note.
This may sound crazy,but It's fairly expensive to buy direct from them when you add the Vat and particulary the postage ,I found you can buy it for nearly half the price through http://www.brownbrothers.com/.
Use the contact tab to find a branch near you.
HTH
Gareth

Just had a reply back from 'Bradleys' regarding the colour chart.
They do supply one,unfortunately it's not free,it's £16.54+VAT and is in the form of a 72 piece swatch .
This is availble by phoning the sales dept using and your debit card.

HTH
Gareth

[Macker2]

On a related topic - what's the best method of cleaning paint and dirt from an original interior panel. I guess you'd need to get a panel pretty clean before using the paint?

I've got a Dove grey panel that's had a rusty object lent against it when in storage years ago, there's also some paint on another panel.

Any good products or tips recommendations would be much appreciated!

Sounds a bit harsh but I found using acetone free nail varnish remover to be the cheapest and most effective method of cleaning the vinyl seats. Obviously try a small hidden area of your own trim first, just in case.
The liquid leather mentioned earlier will cover some pretty bad rust stains and the like, with a few coats.

Macker