colterphoto1 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I bet the spray paint that Mr. Paint (Michael Hurd) turned me on to would work. It's SEM brand, rather expensive ($10 can US), but it's for repainting the vinyl tops on autos. Therefore it is very thin with excellent adhesion, and flexible. Here's a link to the type he suggested. I've used it to revive sun faded woofer cones on Industrial products. http://www.sem.ws/product.php?product_id=190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 wow. I wouldn't have expected the grills to take dye that well. Great job. Looks really fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 I actually looked for fabric paint when I went to Wal-Mart to buy the dye. I bet the paint would work great, except if it clogs up holes and causes a change in the sound of the speakers!! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Greg, the SEM is very very thin viscosity. I bet it would soak right into the fabric and not clog at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I bet the spray paint that Mr. Paint (Michael Hurd) turned me on to would work. It's SEM brand, rather expensive ($10 can US), but it's for repainting the vinyl tops on autos. Therefore it is very thin with excellent adhesion, and flexible. Here's a link to the type he suggested. I've used it to revive sun faded woofer cones on Industrial products. http://www.sem.ws/product.php?product_id=190 Well then, I might not write off the idea just yet. Lots of colors and probably some UV protection. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Please post your results if you try the fabric paint. Like Michael said, if it's thin enough it will probably be fine. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo72 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I've used the Rit dye in a very similar manner before and it worked very well. I was Restoring a 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 and the door panels were very nice except for the black carpet strip at the bottom. It was very faded and grey looking. I used the same Rit liquid dye as Greg, but in black. I cut it with water so it was very thin, and poured it into the cup on my touch up HVLP paint gun. I taped off the vinyl area and put several light coats on the carpet. I didn't soak it and rinse it like greg, but just severl light coats with drying time in between. The results were excellent, so it stands to reason that it would also work well in Greg's situation. I wish I would have known you were changing green grills to brown. I have a pair of those green grills on walnut Cornwalls, that I really love. My wife even likes the green color! I would love to have another pair of those green grills. I also have a pair of oak oil Corns with brown grills, just like in your picture. I would have gladly traded them for green. Those oak and brown Corns look reallly nice, I honestly don't care for the color combo on mine , but it looks great on yours. Thanx for sharing the great info with us! Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 I would have left the grills original even though I don't like the color, but they were discolored and grungy looking. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Please post your results if you try the fabric paint. Like Michael said, if it's thin enough it will probably be fine. Greg I will! I found a couple of auto paint and body suppliers/shops local from website(sem) locator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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