i was wondering how resiliant a dash pad is to bumps and stuff after you vynal dye it? Is there any special teps to take to make it work better or not? and any tips would be awsome..phil
do a quick search. this is posted all the time. maybe find a few tips from those who have done it and posted
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i did search and havent found anything out about durability..i want to know if its going to flake off and so on..thanks though..phil
i dont know from experience, but from what i've read, there are no durability issues. and i dont believe it will flake or anything, because it isnt a layer like paint is, but a dye that saturates the actual vinyl, so it soaks in and takes that color.
i guess kinda like how they dye fabrics before they become an actual item
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well i tryed a test piece last night on a area on my spare dash pad and it seemed to come off easy if i ran my nail over it..is that couse i didnt prep it enoguh??i peeled it off real easy..thats why i ask..phil
It's a dye - no offense, but think about that for just a moment, please. When someone dyes his hair, does the color just flake out?
Prep the vinyl properly. Give the dye time to DRY (24+ hours). Then test its durability. I've had people's shoes on my dash and it proved to show no signs of any wear whatsoever.
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I dyed my dash with a vinyl paint and it turned out really well, no problems with chipping or flaking what so ever, the paint was expensive though ($17 CDN)
Philly D wrote:well i tryed a test piece last night on a area on my spare dash pad and it seemed to come off easy if i ran my nail over it..is that couse i didnt prep it enoguh??i peeled it off real easy..thats why i ask..phil
What kind of situations do you put your car in where someone will be scraping it with nails?
I have dyed two of my dashes with duplicolor vynal and fabric dye and neither has ever chipped. The first one i dyed was charcoal and i dyed it white, the second from tan to black.
