Just fyi - I dyed my carpet - it came out great

[MikeB]

Back in the day I bought a black carpet that after a few years started to turn a reddish color where the sun hit it. Cleaned it and then sprayed it with Duplicable black dye. That was at least 10 years ago and it's still 100% black.

 

[Grit dog]

work well with plastic too!

How long have those panels been painted?
How much UV exposure and wear n tear?

IE how well is it holding up?

I’m going to paint/dye the “velour” looking door panel inserts and the bottom door panel carpet. But my plastic door panels and trim are in mostly great shape. Leaving some of the metal cab trim that needs painted because of rust spots but idk if it will match without doing all the pieces.
At the same time I don’t want to paint over nice stuff if it’s not going to last a long time.

 

[Jwernatl]

work well with plastic too!

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Thats supwr nice!

 

[TPISly-C10]

How long have those panels been painted?
How much UV exposure and wear n tear?

IE how well is it holding up?

I’m going to paint/dye the “velour” looking door panel inserts and the bottom door panel carpet. But my plastic door panels and trim are in mostly great shape. Leaving some of the metal cab trim that needs painted because of rust spots but idk if it will match without doing all the pieces.
At the same time I don’t want to paint over nice stuff if it’s not going to last a long time.

holding good! for a cheap rattle can that do the job, my truck sleep alway in my garage so that help keeping sun away!

Prep is the key!

 

[Scott91370]

Prep is definitely the key. I painted a dash back around 1990. Removed it from the truck, washed with soap & water and let it dry over night. Then used prepsol to clean it really well. Two coats of plastic primer (which was clear) then several light coats of, not lying, Wal Mart gloss black. Let it dry in the Texas sun for a full week then put everything back together. Kept it 6 years and it was still glossy black when I sold it and it never chipped.

 

[Royal Sierra]

Hey All - I wanted to let everyone know - if you've considered 'dyeing' your carpet, I did it this weekend and it turned out great. I applied it twice.- 40 minutes apart

My original carpet was charcoal - I went black.



I ended up using the 'spray' Dupli-Color®’s High Performance Vinyl & Fabric - Originally, I was going to use the RIT DYE - but, ended up with the spray over the liquid dye because of availability I hate WAL-MART. I picked up the spray at my local auto parts.

Here's before and after...

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Did you scuff sand the pedal area before you painted?

 

[Jwernatl]

No I simply cleaned it with green cleaner.