vinyl seat paint ideas?

[1mustard]

Hi, i have a red vinyl interior on my 66 traveller that the colour has faded on (usual!) the rear seat is good, i have had one of the bases replaced on one of the front seats, basically i need to revive the colour on the front seats, i know there is some paints that can be used, so i would like to hear from anyone who has done this or tried it with good or bad results, i am thinking of trying some red polish on them possibly dye before i try paint as i don't want to make them look worse.
The paint is approx £20 a can on ebay i can't find it anywhere else, also i want good as possible colour match.
Any info, dos, donts, please let me know.
Thanks

[LouiseM]

There's a thread here from someone who painted their seats with a kit from Woolies. Looks pretty good:

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... 2&start=30

I think the prepping is the important part and various products are available from companies like Woolies or Frosts.

Frost sell red vinyl paint:

http://www.frost.co.uk/catalogsearch/re ... nyl&submit


Woolies can mix vinyl paint to order but you need to buy a few cans:

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-1551-vinyl-paint.aspx

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Thanks i have just recieved a sample from woolies today, however to get paint matched you have to order 4 cans, for £100, which is more than i want to commit to, thanks i will explore the other avenues, it would be nice to be able to get my hands on some good samples.
thanks

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thought you may be interested to know, i have sent woolies a sample of my seat material, and they are making me up 4 cans of paint, 1 primer, 1 cleaner, £111 all in inc delivery, which isn't too bad, to be honest the car looks amazing and these are the last things to be done, in for a penny in for a pound!
cheers

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not sure if anyone is interested, but i have finished painting my seats/door cards and the end result is amazing, honestly the colour match is perfect, this has to be some of the best money i have ever spent, i would recommend this to anyone, one of the seats has had a new base and you cannot tell the difference, it has covered stains/marks, and turned my white/pink/red seats back to the original colour, the trick is clean well, take your time, and dust off over spray between coats, also wear a spray mask its fumey stuff.
cheers

[LouiseM]

Any chance that you can post some photos up? I'd be interested to see the results

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i will try its difficult for some reason for me to get my photos to upload, but its some of the best money i have spent in years.

[moggyadventurer]

any pictures yet?

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heres a few if it works!, the drivers seat base is new, all the rest is original painted, perfect match.[frame][/frame]

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some others[frame][/frame]

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back seat before[frame][/frame]

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after[frame][/frame]

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the car is stunning[frame][/frame]

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a few more[frame][/frame]

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the underside is all waxed now, i took these photos before i waxed it.[frame][/frame]

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few more[frame][/frame]

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will get some nice ones soon, its just about finished.[frame][/frame]

[irmscher]

Looks very nice Andy

[charlie_morris_minor]

as you say great colour match..

i was always sceptical that vinyl paint would last until I ripped apart some black seats only to find inside the seams that they started life as blue seats.. so from personal experience they should continue to look great..

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you can tell it will last, just by touching it, it is strange how it works but was £111 well spent when you look at the bigger picture, how much for new seat covers, door cards etc? it is a no brainer really and the amount i have spent on the car so far it would have been a bit silly cutting corners on the seats, you have to budget best part of £500-1000 on the interior, when restoring these cars.
cheers