Cleaning plastics, leather upholstery and door panels

[AZ-240z]

Bob M

That just reminded me of a prep step recommended to me by an auto paint supply house, and it has worked for me when spraying SEM or other paints on plastic or vinyl material.

This supplier sells very small boxes of Tide dry laundry soap. Mix some of this soap with hot water and clean the surface thoroughly and paint really sticks. Never had a problem with the paint rubbing off, flaking, or pealing with this prep.

Just a thought

Dan

Edited November 6, 2009 by AZ-240z

[Reverend]

I cleaned my vinyls using french box-soap called Le Chat, it costs like 5$ and lasts forever. Just rub it against wet towel and then vinyls. It's so greasy that it takes dirt off and leaves nice surface, at least on "leather" upholstery.

[midnight-z]

I want get my dad some Lexol leather spray for his Acura TL and he gots perforated beige leather

and that LExol vinyl stuff for my cleaner but the LE-Chat sounds cool too:cool:

[Reverend]

See the difference in before and after. VHT spray is good but it's hard to get a steady paintjob with it. I've sprayed at least 3-4 coats on each item.

Now i just need to figure out how to repair the plastics, theres lot of holes and cracks on them, maybe its easier to order new ones..