I have had good luck with vinyl paint/dye. It will move with the vinyl
and is not easily scratched off and will not chip off like it would if
you painted the piping with the body. The brand I have used is SEM.
They have a spray on cleaner/primer that also softens the vinyl.
Supposedly it then is a chemical bond. They have many colors, so you
could get something very close to the green you want for the body or
match the body paint to the vinyl paint. Do a search for SEM vinyl die
using your favorite search engine and you should be able to find
whatever information you need about it.
Charlie
Richard Feibusch wrote:
>> 1. Moss might give you a couple of inches of piping if you asked.
>>Original piping was the color of original paint. If you could not get a
>>satisfactory match with the available green, you might get better results
>>by painting available black instead of painting the creme-colored piping.
>>
>>
>
>Dear Listers,
>The darker colour might not look as odd as one might think - Unless there
>is some sort of special paint or process that I am not aware exsists, paint
>eventually peels off the rubber. My '50 TD was painted '63 Healey "Light
>BRG" and came with painted over piping. My Moss trim kit came in black and
>I was going to use that until I started to look at other cars at a concours
>- many of the US built cars used stainless that looked good though "not
>just right" on an MG - then I ran into a guy who had perfectly matching
>piping to his maroon Auburn - he found some high quality interior vinyl
>that matched the paint and had an upholstery shop sew it around a piece of
>nylon cord - he said that the cord comes in various diameters so get a
>smaller one sa the vinyl increases the size dramaticly.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Rick Feibusch
>Venice, California
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