Carpet dying
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Carpet dyeing
I'm thinking on dyeing parts of my carpet for a 66 Corvette black in color with Rit black azabache liquid dye. Did anyone use this product and how were the results, was it easy to apply? Looking forward in the forum comments. Thank you
Last edited by maggiesadie8525; Feb 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM.
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Oh, you mean dyeing. I was feeling really bad for your carpet for a minute there.
Here's an old thread about it, there's lots more if you Google "Carpet dye corvette forum". You'll get only posts from the forum.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...iquid-dye.html
Here's an old thread about it, there's lots more if you Google "Carpet dye corvette forum". You'll get only posts from the forum.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...iquid-dye.html
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I used the aerosol spray dye on my red carpet a few years ago. It turned out great with much less mess. Do a search on others that had the same result if you want an alternative to RIT.
It may be easy to match the black shade with RIT but I found that red shades in RIT weren't very close to the red I needed. The spray red was right on.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ed-carpet.html
It may be easy to match the black shade with RIT but I found that red shades in RIT weren't very close to the red I needed. The spray red was right on.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ed-carpet.html
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Hope this helps.
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My 51+ year old original red carpets look like they're dying too.
Maybe there already dead.
I've thought about dyeing them to.
But there already dead.
Maybe there already dead.
I've thought about dyeing them to.
But there already dead.
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I used that exact dye on my faded black carpets. Hot water with the RIT in a spray bottle. I used a pretty aggressive mixture... maybe 50/50. Turned out great and the carpets were not stiff at all. However, if you do have older carpet like I did and you get the carpet too wet it will have that old car smell for awhile. It went away after a few months though.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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I used the liquid applied to my seatbelts. They are originally black so I just wanted to make them look fresh again.
I found out the hard way that I need to basically wrap them in towels to utilize them. This after finding black stripes around my t-shirts after driving the car.
I have literally scrubbed them with towels, yet they still emit stains on my shirts and pants.
I'm almost to the point of just replacing them.
Pat
I found out the hard way that I need to basically wrap them in towels to utilize them. This after finding black stripes around my t-shirts after driving the car.
I have literally scrubbed them with towels, yet they still emit stains on my shirts and pants.
I'm almost to the point of just replacing them.
Pat
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