techniques for painting dashboards/vinyl

hopefully this can be for the final time...i have looked in many places but mostly what i come up with is where people are painting the hard plastic pieces instead of the whole dash/spongier places.

from what i have read you of course clean your material.

spray adhesion promoter

spray primer with flexing agent

spray base coat

spray clear

(wetsand when needed lol)

I had a 82 S-10 pickup (ugly brown dash)

I cleaned it with 3M adhesive/wax remover.

Once that was done, I sprayed it black using black vinyl dye.

It took about 6 light coats, and I didnt use any adhesion promoter/primer.

Take a look at a local auto parts store for the dye.

(I would not recommend "Fusion" it didn't work as well as the dye.

you wouldnt use a flexing agent with the primer?

i also heard that they have flex "additive" (sorry about not knowing the names) that go into the paint and clear coat as well.  but is it only needed in the primer? :confused:

whats the differnce in shooting paint and dye...the only dye that i have seen is in a rattle can

lol.. you mean aerosol can? lol ya, those dyes are the best to use for this home project.. If you use interior dyes/primers they will already have the flex agent in them.. Like the vinal/cloth dye has it