Re: vinyl dye spray

[John Hammond <426_maxwedge@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are looking to go with black, without question... Meltonian Nu-Life 
color spray.  Used mostly for leather shoes
and available from shoe repair shops or EBAY -  the stuff is awesome!!  Look 
for buys on the larger 12-14 oz cans since
the small 4.5oz would be cost prohibitive.  Gloss is just right and the 
durability and touch-up cabaibility is second to none!!
I never had any luck with SEM products on anything but a headliner and even 
then only if you really layed it on thick. The
Meltonian stuff covers well and sticks like nothing else I've ever seen of 
this type of product.  It does come in a large number
of colors but whether or not the're available in large size I don't know. 
One other item I've had good success with is (Believe
it or not),  is Krylon Fusion.  This has less use potential due to avaialble 
color and gloss choices but if one works for ya it's
basically a better, (and less expensive), product than any of the the 
so-called vinyl-dyes out there.  The guy that turned me
on to the Meltonian stuff said he had used it on the grip of a Buick Grand 
National wheel that was in a daily driven car. Two
years later it still looked like the day it was sprayed.  I really doubted 
this until I tried the stuff...I think now the claim is pro-
bably a fact.  As an extra note the sprays from Dupli-Color aren't too bad 
(better than SEM in my book), but I wouldn't
use anything other than the Meltonian if I could get what I needed in their 
line.  As far as prep goes, clean with a good upholstry
cleaner, allow to thoroughly dry, wipe down with a solvent of some sort, 
(rubbing alchol works well), blow off any towel lint
with compressed air and give it a go. You just want to make sure that ALL 
traces of silicones (armor-all type products) are
removed especially in the pleats and seamed areas.

John Hammond


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Huseby" <wchuseby@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:57 AM
Subject: vinyl dye spray


> I am replacing the black bucket seat covers with replcements from
> Legendary but will be using the vinyl dye spray for the rear seat. Does
> anyone have a recommendation on a good source for the spray and if the
> spray should be gloss, semi-gloss, satin or what to match the new front
> covers?
> What have your experiences been with the product and is it really
> necessary to use there preparation spray rather than a really good
> cleaning? I'm not trying to cut corners on the prepping just if a good
> cleaning is all that is required prior to spraying.
> thanks in advance.
>
> Wayne Huseby
> 64 polara 500

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