Okay, I'm confused.....

Too much of this going on for me to keep the colors correct.

There are several 87 300 in the boneyards here.........I think they all have Palomino ....oh, wait; one has gray (or is it grey?).

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

If you find any with a driver's side interior mirror trim that is not broken, Please grab it. I'll buy it from you. The top plastic pin is usually broken off, like mine.

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1987 300TD 309, xxx 2.8.2014 10,000 mile OCI


Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

Ahem... It's not gray or grey. If it's in a Mercedes, it's grau!

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Really? I have a perfect one in Palomino/Saffron 'tex, in fact I have the whole W124 interior which needs a new home before I run it all through a wood chipper.

Sem color-coat has worked great for me, I have probably bought and used around 50cans of the stuff in several car and motorcoach interiors.

For vinyl, I find that using 3M "general purpose adheasive remover" as a prep and cleaner, it opens the pores of the vinyl and makes it accept the color-coat well. After drying/curing, the color-coat is as durable as the vinyl beneath it.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

Did you use a prime coat before the color or apply color directly on the "bare" vinyl?

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I use the 3M cleaner directly on the vinyl, then apply the SEM color-coat directly. You might notice a bit of softening from the SEM spray, a very aggressive solvent. Large vinyl areas I've done appear a bit loose from the vinyl becoming soft and loose, but tighten as it cures.
Further, it dries faster than a lacquer, if you're working any large area be sure to keep a tack-cloth around to remove overspray (dust) as it accumulates quickly (dries before settling out of the air). Try to avoid overlapping a dry area, it will leave a line.

Doesn't hurt to spray a scrap of vinyl first to get a feel for it. Try rubbing it off, doesn't happen.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I'll take the mirror trim piece if you want to sell it. Is the interior from a wagon or a sedan?

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1987 300TD 309, xxx 2.8.2014 10,000 mile OCI


Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

Thanks for all the good suggestions. I was unable to get "Shadow Blue" in the SEM spray can at my local paint store (like to deal locally if possible) so I ordered a couple of cans through Amazon. I'll try the mirror trim piece first and if I like the job I've done, I'll try spraying the black dash that is ready to go in, so that it will match the rest of the dark blue interior.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

And this type of request is best sent thru a PM....so it doesn't get lost.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Sedan, although I might have a blue LR wagon door panel (early - no wood).

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I did a frt seat once ,what I did wrong was not to us a adhereant .Much like a 3m addihesive that is set to be a prebonder to the paint ,much like when you paint bumpers.When you paint blue interior parts youll be happier if you go with a paint thats one step darker ,thats been my experience.

Palomino Mercedes interior color code #174 (In the MB Tex coverings)

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'84 300SD sold
124.128

Are you sure it's not "mushroom"?

(that's what I seem to remember the VIN decode coming back as, on my car's gray interior.)

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-Josh
Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...

You could be right, but I don't know how to spell mushroom in German. I really only know the basic colours so that I can translate wiring diagrams that MB neglected to translate in to English for us.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Understood.

I started to learn the German names for colors when I was working on my first car, an 82 VW diesel jetta.

At least we're not trying to translate from diagrams that were translated to Russian first!

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-Josh
Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...