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Giday, Al. I can't compare the two, but have recently used the SEM Color Coat on every piece of vinyl on my car and can say that it does everything it is supposed to do. Easy to use, colours over black surfaces very well and the stuff goes a surprisingly long way.
Three cans was enough to do both seats, the door side panels, the dash, the shifter and E brake boots, plus my 1/2 tonneau. I did use just a part of a can of their Vinyl Prep, pn 38243. The process was to wash the parts with soap and water, then dry.
Spray on the prep and gently wipe dry ( no scrubbing needed ). Then rinse with water, dry, then spray on the colour coat. I did about three or four light coats. You don't have to worry or be careful of streaks, just re spray where it looks a bit light.
The only caution you really need is you have to continually wipe off the spray nozzle else you'll shoot out a drip.
One last bit for you is that the colour chart on line or the top of the can is not bang on to what you will experience after you spray. This apparently is normal and in the case of the SEM product, the final colour is a fair bit lighter than predicted. I just experimented with two different cans and we chose 15483 bluebird brown.
Heidi and Al, I used the Dupli-Color Vinyl & Fabric coating spray to re-color the quarter tonneau that covers the folded top on my speedy. I used red over red to fix some cracked areas, some faded spots and a place where I scrubbed too hard to clean a section. After washing with soap and water, rinsing and drying, I sprayed three coats over the whole of the tonneau. The color matched perfectly and has lasted the year since with no fading, cracking or peeling. It seems to remain quite pliable and not brittle at all. I give it two thumbs up -- Syl
I used the dupli-color on my interior. It faded/rubbed off only on the seat bottom and I suspect we can chalk that one up to lazy prep.
I've never used the vinyl stuff but I find Duplicolor to be good products. I think it is pretty cool that these things are available.
I've used the Krylon plasti-coat, that paint is awesome!
I've only ever used SEM and it has worked great each time. If it's an old piece of plastic or vinyl, they have a prep-spray which softens the surface and lets the dye penetrate.
-=theron
SEM is my preferrence always good results
So has anyone used a similar product on leather? Any recommendations.
