11nick Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Finished the repairs to the underside of my GT6 Mk2 tub and sent it off for some stonechip to be applied to the bottom . Unfortunately there is some speckling of yellow (body colour) overspray on the black headlining - a real shame . Has anyone used a paint for vinyl headlining with good results? TIA Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 There are some special vinyl paints around. Many years ago I used Vinylcote (or kote?) to do my vitesse seats, lasted really well. But can the overspray not be removed? if 2k paint unlikely, but celly or basecoat should come off with cellulose thinners, maybe using a cotton bud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 43 minutes ago, clive said: maybe using a cotton bud? Tut, tut! As off 1/10/2020 cotton buds, along with plastic straws, are no longer for sale. Fortunately I have half a box, £1 each anyone? I think there are a couple of threads on here about painting head linings? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Use vinyl silk emulsion paint, works a treat. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 I'll stick with the paper stemmed ones that still appear to be available. 59 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Tut, tut! As off 1/10/2020 cotton buds, along with plastic straws, are no longer for sale. Fortunately I have half a box, £1 each anyone? At least the stems don't disolve in solvents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 2 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Tut, tut! As off 1/10/2020 cotton buds, along with plastic straws, are no longer for sale. Fortunately I have half a box, £1 each anyone? I think there are a couple of threads on here about painting head linings? Doug Its all in the detail.... plastic stemmed cotton buds banned. Paper stemmed ones OK. So fret not, there will be no shortage (or I hope stockpiling, though amusing if anybody has bought loads of them!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 If you have a septic tank at your house and they get flushed down the loo, they float to the top, so can be skimmed off and dried out for re-use.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Or £1 each Colin! db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11nick Posted October 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Clive, Poppyman, thanks for suggestions - sadly I've tried cellulose thinners...won't touch it. I;ll try a small test patch with some vinyl silk if I can find it in black! Likewise with the Vinylcote - will post with the outcome! cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, 11nick said: Clive, Poppyman, thanks for suggestions - sadly I've tried cellulose thinners...won't touch it. I;ll try a small test patch with some vinyl silk if I can find it in black! Likewise with the Vinylcote - will post with the outcome! cheers guys. I think vinylcote might be to strong chemical wise for it as the headlining is quite thin Nick?? Great for seats though. You can get black emulsion but only use vinyl silk, the others tend to crack. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just back to the cotton buds. Found this on Amazeon https://www.amazon.co.uk/LastSwab-LasSwab-standart-Penguin-Black/dp/B07X36K6WR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=Last+swab&qid=1601835375&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=A2XUCHH4V8K2G7&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExM0dKTkFCN0ZER0hRJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjE4ODAxMkNVVk5KTTIxUE1ZJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5NzY4NDEzOTdPN1FFRDhVQUM2JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== ..but at over £10.00 a pop, perhaps a bit expensive, even for the septic tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, poppyman said: I think vinylcote might be to strong chemical wise for it as the headlining is quite thin Nick?? Great for seats though. You can get black emulsion but only use vinyl silk, the others tend to crack. Tony. I also used it on door trims and side panels. They indeed wrinkled and initially I thought they were ruined, but the solvents slowly evaporated and all was well after a couple of days. But headlining is thin, so no idea how it would work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 14 hours ago, clive said: I also used it on door trims and side panels. They indeed wrinkled and initially I thought they were ruined, but the solvents slowly evaporated and all was well after a couple of days. But headlining is thin, so no idea how it would work out. I had the same problem Clive, only one door card didn't survive as it went rock hard when crinkled and fell to bits. So used emulsion on the headlining which came out far better than i had hoped for Tony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11nick Posted October 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 poppyman: thanks for the warning - I'll keep picking the spots of yellow off with a pick - then I'll try the paint when I have to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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