Interior paint

[cyclops1032]

I have a 1981 Chevrolet Scottsdale. The previous owner painted the door panels black. I want to paint them back the original color. The RPO sticker has been removed. I have included a pic showing the black door panel and the original color kick panel. What is the name of the color and who sells the best paint?

[bake74]

     If you want to paint them instead of dying them, see this thread
 http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=28023.msg233567#new.
     For actual colors and codes for the paints on your truck, you can visit GM Heritage, the link I provided will take you to the tech section on the forum which has a link to their site.  Good luck and happy hunting.

[cyclops1032]

I had a Corvette a couple of years ago and I bought some "dye" from a reputable Corvette company. In my opinion it was just spray paint. I'll check out the thread, thanks.

[blazing816]

If your doing the door panel...I highly recommend dye. The dye will actually soak into the vinyl and plastic were as paint "sits" on top. With that part being were people grab to open and shut door, spin window crank, and rest arm...the paint would scratch and chip more.

Just remember with dye in aerosol....a lot of light coats so it has time to soak in between coats....you can make dye run very easy.

I did this 4 years ago, and it still looks brand new (sorry do not have pic from today) and I grab it prob at least 5 times a day if not more....never chipped, never cracked....looks like it came white from factory.

[cyclops1032]

It's possible we put the dye on too thick on the corvette. The door panels turned out good but the dash pad would scratch easily like you painted plastic.

[blazing816]

The other big thing people look over...is you have to make sure you clean them down good, because if it has ever been ArmorAlled then it is basically got grease all over it and the dye will not soak in (same goes for treated leather, I tried dying my original shift boot, but it was treated and failed....so I bought a white leather one).

I used dawn dish soap and a tooth brush at first....then used wax and grease remover after that, because I wanted to make sure it was clean.