Date:         Sat, 7 Jun 2008 12:35:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brown paint for interior plastic parts
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I find that shoe paint (spray can), bought at your local shoe repair place works well too.  M


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From: Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET>

Some of the brown plastic pieces - e.g. defroster vents - on my '82 were
quite faded. I found a spray paint color that is almost an exact match for
the original brown plastic color and repainted them with great results. The
paint is Krylon Ultra-flat Camouflage 4292 Brown "Made with Fusion for
Plastic paint technology". I think with this stuff one could use more
commonly available black parts and just paint them to match the stock brown
interior. FYI I have used other colors of this paint to stripe wires - i.e.
make a white wire blue & white - and it dries well and remains flexible.
Rust-o-leum did not work so well - it never really dried past tacky on the
plastic - so perhaps there is something to this "Fusion for Plastic paint
technology".

Hope someone finds this info helpful.

Cheers,
Doug Fitz-Randolph
Freeport, ME