Dashtop and Dash/Console trim paint - Denali

[81X11]

Hello again all. Like most of these trucks I have a small spot in the upper dash near the passenger grab handle where the grey paint has come off and you see black below it. I also have the usual Denali wear on the textured grey trim around the cupholders on the console.

SO my question is had anyone had any luck touching these areas up? If so, how and with what? The rest of my interior is gorgeous, and these two spots take away from how pretty the inside is.

I'm about to go to Hobby Lobby and buy some grey paint and fine brushes and try to hide this, but wanted to see what others have done.

Thanks in advance!

-Mike

 

[81X11]

Just a bump here. Nobody has an ideas here on repairing this? I have the wear here. Looking for repair ideas...or at least away to hide this mess a bit...

 

[Jonah52]

Go to CarID.com they have a dash kit that covers the whole instrument panel and center console with the gray wood looking pattern. The dash kit is applied with 3M adhesive and t looks so classy because the whole dash and console look like gray wood. I believe it is $165. Th factory paint is just so soft, there's no sense in touching it up.

 

[81X11]

Thanks! Great tip!

 

[Jonah52]

No problem.It really classes up the interior.

http://www.carid.com/2001-gmc-yukon-denali-wood-grain-dash-kits/item-351534.html

 

[Kevhill85]

Do you have any photos of you're install!

 

[dbooksta]

+1 -- I'd love to see photos of what this does on the gray interior.

 

[FishinCricket]

No suggestions for touch up products? Sad...

 

[slipping]

SEM makes paint that matches your grey. Check local paint store or get color chart off their website

 

[deadringer]

+1 for SEM

I did my dash just yesterday... color match isn't 100% but really really close - I'm hoping that the color will match better over time as is common with paint in general

 

[dbooksta]

I don't get it: The factory paint wears off, I assumed because the substrate is so pliable. Don't you expect the SEM paint to do the same?

 

[deadringer]

With my dash it wasn't "wearing off" but more like "chipping off"... if you read the instructions for the SEM paint they tell you to use an adhesion promotor as prep... I bought it but didn't use it since I only had small chips but when I was cleaning up the chips for paint I could peel away the old paint in strips - so I suspect that they are right about the adhesion issue.

For "pliable" surfaces like vinvyl and rubber, SEM sells a different paint line that is flexible - I believe they call it a dye but when I played with it, it behaved more like a rubber-like coating once applied - but I could see how it would work well on flexible surfaces.

 

[JohnnyHollywood]

I had nothing but trouble with my SEM paint. It lifted the old finish no matter what I did.

 

[ebxgsxr]

i assume SEM has this for the tan interior also? mine is also "chipping" away right around the grab handle.

 

[slipping]

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

[nhoj_yelbom]

 

[Rocket Man]

You might mention this is Dupli-Color Dark Shadow Gray, available from places like Auto Zone, not SEM paint. It matches real well although I recommend stripping all the pieces and repainting them all so they match perfect. I realize this an old thread but it's being linked in a current thread so I thought I'd update it.