dyed seats or carpet?

[68alltheway]

has anyone ever dyed their seats or carpet. i have cloth seats and loop style carpet. they are both a shade of blue. i want them to be a charcoal grey or black if i have to

[EAST SIDE LOW LIFE]

I have dyed complete interiors. Stay away from spray bombs! Go to your local body shop supplier and ask about PPG products as they are very good. There is a step by step process to dying if you want good results and for it to stay on.

esll.

[oldschooler]

Originally Posted by EAST SIDE LOW LIFE

I have dyed complete interiors. Stay away from spray bombs! Go to your local body shop supplier and ask about PPG products as they are very good. There is a step by step process to dying if you want good results and for it to stay on.

esll.

I agree about the spray bombs. I used six cans on 1 bucket seat, and still have bleed through. The seats are real rough and uncomfortable now. I am sure it wont stay on very well. Just my .02 worth. I havent tried any other methods.

[68alltheway]

Originally Posted by oldschooler

I agree about the spray bombs. I used six cans on 1 bucket seat, and still have bleed through. The seats are real rough and uncomfortable now. I am sure it wont stay on very well. Just my .02 worth. I havent tried any other methods.

i used the spry bomb(i believe duplicolor) on all my leather and vinyl. i have used it for a while and it is cheap and easy. it holds up really well also. it says you can use it on carpet and fabric but it doesn't work at all.

[Jim_PA]

I wanted to do it on my seat, but worried about it rubbing off on clothing, or eventually wearing back to a blue color in spots.

[68alltheway]

Originally Posted by Jim_PA

I wanted to do it on my seat, but worried about it rubbing off on clothing, or eventually wearing back to a blue color in spots.

i heard that if you use an actual fabric dye, like the Rit Dye but better, it will not fade as long as you wash it good after it dries.

[Orange]

I used some fabric spray dye on my Camaro seat's once.

On the back seats that never got sat in - worked great.
On the front seats, horrible.

Just as everyone described. It was very rough and uncomfortable for a while. Then it eventually loosened up and just started wearing off. It didn't ruin any clothes, but it did go back to the the original fabric.

Just get them recovered or have a shop dye them for you.

DLB

[68alltheway]

my dash pad was bright baby blue; my arm rests were black; and my kick panels were tan.

[Orange]

Yea - on anything non-fabric, it does fine.
That looks great.

DLB

[EAST SIDE LOW LIFE]

Why not the spray bomb. When you use products such as PPG there is a step by step process the you have to go through.

In order this is what must be done:

1.) clean with vinyl/leather cleaner.

2.) Spray item with a chemical that will open up the pores of the vinyl/leather.

3.) Spray on dye .... you have about a 1/2 hour to do this. After this time the vinyl/leather start a process of closing up the pores and the dye is now trapped and cannot be rubbed off.

4.) Apply a conditioner to make the item that has been dyed feel supple.

To do the job right as you can see takes time and the right products. Something a spray bomb cannot give you. Seat belt webbing can be purchased new as dying never works and leaves the webbing hard and crusty feeling.

esll.

With the price of interior kits most shops do not dye much any more as this was a costly process.