Spray dying seat color change

Bluesman · Apr 5, 2010

anyone try the dye sprays. I need to go from Black to Dk Green.
does this stuff work. I cant afford to change the upholsrty right now and just want to buy some time but still want it to look nice for shows and stuff.

rbohm · Apr 5, 2010

yes it does work pretty good. a friend of mine uses it on a regular basis and gets pretty good results. duplicolor seems to have the best product on the market right now. if you follow the directions, and touch it up from time to time, you will get good results.

Bitter · Apr 5, 2010

It works and the results are pretty good. The only downside is where it is vinyl on vinyl (seat back to seat base). When you pull the seats forward for someone to get into the back seat, it makes that sticky noise. A small price to pay.

tx65coupe · Apr 5, 2010

From what I have seen, I would never do this. I think you will feel the same way a little while after its done, so please don't do it. It ends up looking cheap and rubbing off. Also it will be hard to spray the dye down in all the seams etc. Just buy new upholstery thats the right color, its not expensive.

electricgreen · Apr 6, 2010

We did this with the rear seats for Eleanor, from Ginger to black. It seems to have worked fine, BUT we haven't reinstalled them-they've just been sitting around for a few years (the fronts are getting reupholstered, they were/are all ripped up). Stuff has been set on them, it hasn't rubbed off or cracked or anything. I doubt anyone would be able to tell they were dyed. I can't recall the brand we used. Prep is important. Make sure they are clean, clean, clean! Oils, even from your skin, can effect the adhesion, so try not to actually touch the material after you get it clean and prepped to spray.

69gmachine · Apr 6, 2010

I dyed my seats maroon 3 years and over 5000 miles ago, and except for the side of the bolster where i ingress and egress, the dye is in excellent shape. As with any paint work, prepping the vinyl is key to success. First wash off the release agent using TSP. Then rub a vinyl prep on it to make it open the pores. Spray light coats allowing time to set up between coats until it is completely covered. I use my car as my daily driver now that winter is over, and they still look great.

66 Restomod · Apr 6, 2010

I bought upholstery for $150 brand-new, and in a custom blue color, on eBay. (I already had hog ring pliers, which I needed to install.) Fit fine and looks great. But that's more money than about $20 in paint.

Bluesman · Apr 6, 2010

so we have 5 yays and 1 nay. thats pretty good odds imhdo.

NPD has the prep cleaner for $23 a Qt and the dye for $9.95 a can. Im thinking im going to need about 3 cans do do it right along with the trim.

im on the fence with this decision. The interior is currently black but I got my marti report last month and its supposed to be Ivy Green. jes i owned the car 23 yrs and just laerned this which is why I went black 3 yrs ago when i had it redone. lol

I know the upholsery isnt too expensive but my local shops want around $550-600 for the install front and rear fold down and thats with me bringing them the seats. crazy numbers just to cover seats.

3 yrs ago I had a club member do it for beers but he passed on last year

since my covers are 3 yrs old along with the carpet and I can recoup 1/2 of the install if I throw the meterial on ebay. so im thinking if i buy new upholstery i can lay the meterial out in the sun and give it a hack my self but from what i read you may need a steam gun to iron out the wrinkles,

which is why im thinking of the dye job but i feel my car is worth more than that. I dont want to cheapen it.

66forfun · Apr 6, 2010

Cheap new interior is only for the 1st gen stangs, look up some later model parts and cheap goes away very quickly.

I am curious as to how the stuff holds up myself since there is a roach of a firebird in my driveway that will be a budjet built daily driver soon that needs some panels dyed to clean things up a bit.

TeamEntity · Apr 6, 2010

its a dye!

sem is the best i have ever used. clean up the vinyl good with soap and water then again. used compressed air in all the cracks and crevices. then wipe it down with any good paint cleaner. aka acetone, prep-solve etc. dry then do it again until your clean disposible shop towels prefferably white. are clean. then use there adhesive promoter as directed then dye. Holds up great. and it's not paint of course its a dye.

GNGREN · Apr 7, 2010

TeamEntity said:
sem is the best i have ever used. clean up the vinyl good with soap and water then again. used compressed air in all the cracks and crevices. then wipe it down with any good paint cleaner. aka acetone, prep-solve etc. dry then do it again until your clean disposible shop towels prefferably white. are clean. then use there adhesive promoter as directed then dye. Holds up great. and it's not paint of course its a dye.

+1 I used it on the seat in the 67 15 years ago. If I wouldn't have wanted to go to the stock 2 tone colors it still looked pretty good. The prep is deffinately the key.

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