restoring interior plastic

[emoney87]

my 85 cutlass has a pretty solid interior except for some cracks and scratches in the plastic trim does anyone know how to or a product that will help me restore these if possible, I have a few other older cars with the same issue and am trying to avoid paying for new parts if i can find them at all

 

[MrLightning]

what color are the parts your trying to repair?

 

[emoney87]

in my cutlass they're navy blue, but i got an old caddy with white n red

 

[lyndon]

I dyed mine from maroon to black. I didn't have the cracks but they probably have some plastic fill at the parts store. I lightly sanded mine down then cleaned them off real good with soap and water. Just make sure they're not oily still. Then I sprayed them with a couple light coats of bulldog adhesive promoter(got that at oreilly for 20 bucks a can). When ur second coat is sticky and almost dry hit it with a light coat of ur color of choice. Keep light coating until u like it. Light coats is a must here, so u don't get the runs. That's it basically check mine out their not bad

 

[emoney87]

thanks guys i'll try to find a filler and will check out the promoter for sure

 

[565bbchevy]

When you go to paint it almost everbody on here uses SEM paint on top of the adhesive promotor and when I do any interior parts I finish it off with SEM low luster clear that protects the color and gives a factory type shine.
Every plastic part in my interioir has been painted with SEM.

 

[emoney87]

your interior looks good man, i will get the SEM dye, I tried the dupont the color was way off n looked like a tuner color.

 

[85GPLef41]

I need to do my replacement dash board as well. It is burgundy and i need to dye it to grey. how would i find the correct color code? i don't want it not match the rest of the interior.