ttypewhite
Well-Known Member
It's awfully quiet around here so i'll post some update on what I am currently doing. I got the itch to make a interior change with my car. Started out with some black Recaro Vintage SE seats and some black carpet. Initially I was just going to try that along with reupholstered rear seats and call it a day. Then the wheels started turning and I thought to change the full interior to all black. I did tons and tons of research on the SEM product line and watched hours of videos and tutorials online. So I went ahead and committed fully into hitting a home run or striking out. This is how it looked before.
So I pulled out all the interior except the dash and ordered all the SEM products I needed to get started. Products include the Landau Black interior paint, Plastic adhesion promoter, vinyl prep, SEM Soap, a all purpose degreaser, Scotch bright pads and some microfiber cloths.
Then realized leaving the dashboard in was going to be a epic fail... so now everything is out except the steering column.
I figured I would start with the dashboard. I degreased it first with some all purpose cleaner (similar to Spray Nine), then SEM soaped it 3 times with a scotch bright pad until the burgundy color was faded with no sheen. It was the perfect time to do this because the car is laid up for the winter anyways and it's going to be parked til at least late May so I was in no hurry to rush anything. After prepping it for paint I used the SEM Vinyl Prep to soften the dashboard to promote adhesion. First was a lite spray, then waited 15min to do a heavy spray and wipe it in one direction and let that dry 15 to 20min and started applying the first coat of SEM Laundau black to it. First coat is supposed to be lite so your can still see the burgundy through it. 2nd coat came 15min later which was well covered. Let that sit for 20min, then laid down another heavy coat to complete it. Came out perfect and looks like that was the way it was made from the factory.
So I pulled out all the interior except the dash and ordered all the SEM products I needed to get started. Products include the Landau Black interior paint, Plastic adhesion promoter, vinyl prep, SEM Soap, a all purpose degreaser, Scotch bright pads and some microfiber cloths.
Then realized leaving the dashboard in was going to be a epic fail... so now everything is out except the steering column.
I figured I would start with the dashboard. I degreased it first with some all purpose cleaner (similar to Spray Nine), then SEM soaped it 3 times with a scotch bright pad until the burgundy color was faded with no sheen. It was the perfect time to do this because the car is laid up for the winter anyways and it's going to be parked til at least late May so I was in no hurry to rush anything. After prepping it for paint I used the SEM Vinyl Prep to soften the dashboard to promote adhesion. First was a lite spray, then waited 15min to do a heavy spray and wipe it in one direction and let that dry 15 to 20min and started applying the first coat of SEM Laundau black to it. First coat is supposed to be lite so your can still see the burgundy through it. 2nd coat came 15min later which was well covered. Let that sit for 20min, then laid down another heavy coat to complete it. Came out perfect and looks like that was the way it was made from the factory.
