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I just wanted to share with everyone a cheap, fast, and easy way to freshen up the carpets of your car with auto parts store cleaners and dyes. The dye is really easy to use and I followed the instructions on the can. The color is pretty close to stock and I will be restoring the whole cars carpet with this color. However, I did order the correct GM color dye for the hard plastic pieces as this dye turns out light in color on plastic pieces compared to stock but darker in color on the carpet pieces. The dye is Graphite in color and the white nylon brush is used to scrub the carpet between coats of dye. I cleaned the carpet prior to painting with the turtle wax product. Other products would work just as well. The mats were vacuumed to remove any debris. Next I used the turtle wax carpet cleaner. I followed the instructions on the can and let the mats dry overnight. Followed with another round of vacuuming prior to painting. This was as clean as I could get them. They are stained pretty badly and are very faded. The mat on the right shows the difference after the dyeing process is complete. I put three light coats of dye on this. The first coat was sprayed from left right. I allowed a minute of dry time then took a stiff nylon brush to the mat to loosen up the fibers so that they would not dry together. This is crucial to get good results. The second coat was painted from top to bottom this time followed by the nylon brush. The third coat was painted in a diagonal direction. They are not perfect and they still show signs of male pattern baldness where the heal of the driver and passenger has dug into the mats. The color matches ok enough but probably wouldnt pass any judging process. Its just a quick and cheap way to freshen up your interior from off the shelf paints/dye. They are however way better than they were and well worth the effort.
Last edited by Sketti's Vettes; Aug 27, 2023 at 06:07 PM.
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Floor Mat Dye Process
