Painting Headliner

[orlan85]

I was wondering if anyone has painted their headliner. I have the Ebony interior with the tan headliner but I hate the way it looks. Even my mom commented on it so thats pretty bad. I wanted to paint it black so that everything inside the truck is black. I was watching Trucks and they had a new product from Duplicolor that was for painting fabric. Just wondering if this stuff really works. I know that I would have to take the headliner out and the ordeal that it will be but I am willing to do that. Just wondering on peoples opinions about doing this.

[knipper_03]

Sounds like a bad idea personally. Either see if you can order a factory replacement or talk to an automotive interior guy, you can pick exactly what you want that way. Post a pic curious how bad it is.

[killterrorists]

I vote NO don't paint it.

I have seen painted vinyl, leather and fabric. I'm not shure on the type of paint used but every time it looked cheap and IMO lowered the resale value of the vheicle considerably.

[cgalford]

If you got the headliner out then you good spray adhesive new color material over it and it would look pretty good. The problem would be painting all the other tan plastic trim peices and I don't know of any durable way to do that.

[orlan85]

Sounds like a bad idea personally. Either see if you can order a factory replacement or talk to an automotive interior guy, you can pick exactly what you want that way. Post a pic curious how bad it is.

 

 

Its not bad in terms of stained or falling apart. I forgot to meantion its an 09 Sierra CC. Its just your normal black interior with the tan headliner. I just wanted to change it to all black. Having an automotive guy change the fabric to black is a good idea.

[orlan85]

If you got the headliner out then you good spray adhesive new color material over it and it would look pretty good. The problem would be painting all the other tan plastic trim peices and I don't know of any durable way to do that.

 

I would have to do my research again but I believe their is a product called bulldog primer/ promoter that basically allows the paint to adhere to the plastic better then just using the krylon fusion paint. I did this on a previous car that I had. The only problem is that I did not have the car long enough (maybe a yr) to see if the paint dried out or started to chip.

 

[barnfindcuda]

If you got the headliner out then you good spray adhesive new color material over it and it would look pretty good. The problem would be painting all the other tan plastic trim peices and I don't know of any durable way to do that.

 

I would have to do my research again but I believe their is a product called bulldog primer/ promoter that basically allows the paint to adhere to the plastic better then just using the krylon fusion paint. I did this on a previous car that I had. The only problem is that I did not have the car long enough (maybe a yr) to see if the paint dried out or started to chip.

 

 

 

there is several products designed to Dye plastics, SEM makes a great product that i have used for over 20 years, do NOT paint your headliner, you could do this yourself however the spra can adheasives have to many distillates that breake down the adheasive properties, taking out your headliner is not that tough a job, once out, take it to an interior guy and ask them to do it, if you do this it will cost much less than if they take it out, look in your local phone book for someone that installs sunroofs or and auto accessorizing place that the local car dealers use, these guys are versed in this type of work, i know, i used to be one. good luck

[barnfindcuda]

If you got the headliner out then you good spray adhesive new color material over it and it would look pretty good. The problem would be painting all the other tan plastic trim peices and I don't know of any durable way to do that.

 

I would have to do my research again but I believe their is a product called bulldog primer/ promoter that basically allows the paint to adhere to the plastic better then just using the krylon fusion paint. I did this on a previous car that I had. The only problem is that I did not have the car long enough (maybe a yr) to see if the paint dried out or started to chip.

 

 

 

there is several products designed to Dye plastics, SEM makes a great product that i have used for over 20 years, do NOT paint your headliner, you could do this yourself however the spra can adheasives have to many distillates that breake down the adheasive properties, taking out your headliner is not that tough a job, once out, take it to an interior guy and ask them to do it, if you do this it will cost much less than if they take it out, look in your local phone book for someone that installs sunroofs or and auto accessorizing place that the local car dealers use, these guys are versed in this type of work, i know, i used to be one. good luck

 

 

i am sorry i wasnt clear, recovering the headliner is what i am refering to in this post.