I got a call this morning from one of our area leading body men who PPG supports in great detail. He paints several high dollar street rods and such. I have known him since we were kids and had been asking questions about interior paint.....I have a car with black interior but with a desire to go with white. All set to spend $1000 or more for Legendary for seats, door panels and such. Have had mixed results with the old spray balm paints that do this. Well a regional rep and technical guy came in from St. Louis and fed us lunch telling us about this fairly new product they sell that goes right onto door panels and vinyl seats.......yes leather too when you use a flex agent. They had two pairs of seats and door panels....on one side it was already finished in a previous exhibition.....the other side was done in our presence..... It should be remembered PPG was the original paint supplier to many 60s and 70s Mopars. Well dig this......they painted one set of door panels and seats from black to white, painted one set of seats from blue to red.........they applied three thin coats that quickly dried......... I swear they matched perfectly, looked exceptional and color was identical color match to original of its day. They even allowed the body shop people to cut of pieces of the seat covers to wrinkle up....like wading up tissue paper........still the color held firm with NO peeling.........None! Some others (like me) were kinda skeptical at first cause we were used to the old spray bomb stuff in cans...... This made a believer outta me........... They noted no thinner or anything else at all needed.........straight out of quart can..... They did say most important thing was to use soap and water on material and finish it off with a PPG enamel reducer..... I think it was a 3218........ And not to touch it with your fingers as oil would get on material to be painted......they did recommend you drain your compressor or to make sure no moisture in lines.......but thats rule of thumb anyway. So I am gonna give my door panels a try...... then if I like it give my seats a try.......who knows the money I could save from buying new interior can go for other things like plating or that carb/manifold combo I want. Just thought I would pass this on to others, I know this has been a topic on here many times. They say this stuff is unlike the old time stuff people had been used to using.....
