dying carpet inside the car?
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Re: dying carpet inside the car? (R. Bruno)
I had very good results with SEM interior dye (really a paint with an ingredient to make it elastic) spraying it in the car. Pull the seats (not hard), mask everything else, spray away. I turned my rather dirty light gray carpet in my old '78 into a nice dark gray & it looked pretty good, wasn't stiff, and wore very well. When I sold the car a year later, the carpet still looked good. I would think you would want to either stay with the same color or go to a darker color, and spray it fairly lightly--if you soak it down, I imagine it'll look painted rather than dyed.
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Re: dying carpet inside the car? (JB)
thanks, i've read that interor dye is good for carpet....right now, i'm just looking to clean things up a bit...i'm not ready to redo the paint and interior right now (maybe the seats) i'm more concerned with suspension and mechanicals right now, but i still want the car to look as good as it can.
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Re: dying carpet inside the car? (eleven79)
I can't believe that taking the carpet completely out is more work than masking everything off. Once the seats are out, taking the carpet out is not much more work. And I think the results should be better.
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Re: dying carpet inside the car? (Chuck H.)
I did dye the headliner of a '68 Mustang successfully while it was still in the car by masking & covering everything else, but, if you do remove the carpets, you could take the opportunity to insulate under them with either an insulation kit (which I would not recommend) or cut your own sheet insulation.
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Re: dying carpet inside the car? (Chuck H.)
I can't believe that taking the carpet completely out is more work than masking everything off. Once the seats are out, taking the carpet out is not much more work. And I think the results should be better.
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