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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / September 2005

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Can MBTEX be spray painted?

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r parris - 14 Sep 2005 04:08 GMT
After a year of looking I have found  2
perfect rear inside door panels.                 Dealer cost is 200.oo
each.......the car is a 1992 190E,  with 135,000  miles  with  grey
mbtex interior.    The panels are palamino tan,  and 20.oo each.    Does
any one know what paint to use,  or how to prep the panels so the paint
will adhere to the vinyl, also I can't find the Benz
Grey, in a spray can.  Will have to have it mixed and color matched?
Can someone help with some really good ideas?..............Rick
MTI - 14 Sep 2005 06:39 GMT
Matching might be a misnomer, but there are spray can vinyl "paints" that
come close.  Have a look at World Upholstery's website.  www.worlduph.com
trader4@optonline.net - 14 Sep 2005 09:48 GMT
Auto parts stores have paints that are made for vinyl interiors.  I got
some at Strauss, here in the NYC area.  I used it on the some of the
vinyl seating on my boat.  I was very pleased with the results.  All I
did was make sure it was clean and spray it on.  It's been 2 years now
and it still looks excellent, no peeling or any problems.
FredEmmerich@alumni.tcu.edu - 14 Sep 2005 17:05 GMT
Tex IS painted.  Only the Brits use dye on the leather, everybody else
uses paint.

>Auto parts stores have paints that are made for vinyl interiors.  I got
>some at Strauss, here in the NYC area.  I used it on the some of the
>vinyl seating on my boat.  I was very pleased with the results.  All I
>did was make sure it was clean and spray it on.  It's been 2 years now
>and it still looks excellent, no peeling or any problems.

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Fred Emmerich
FredEmmerich@alumni.tcu.edu
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Scott Gardner - 14 Sep 2005 18:25 GMT
>Tex IS painted.  Only the Brits use dye on the leather, everybody else
>uses paint.

Actually, most of the European automakers (Mercedes included) use vat-
or drum-dyed leather, where the dye is soaked all the way through.
It's mostly the American and Japanese companies that spray-dye their
leather.

Regardless, MB-Tex is vinyl, not leather, so any commercial vinyl dye
will work just fine on it, as long as it's properly cleaned first.  

Here's a link to a place that has the  MB-Tex Grey #138 vinyl dye in
aerosol cans.  That should be the appropriate grey for your 1992
model.  If not, they'll custom-match whatever vinyl colour you have.

http://www.worlduph.com/semdye.htm

Hope this helps,

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r parris - 16 Sep 2005 15:53 GMT
MB Tex is vinyl,.. used in Mercedes cars and trucks instead of leather
because of its durability,  wear, and stain resistance and ease of
cleaning
 
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