Anyone dyed a carpet ?

[oxb1l]

Got a carpet but it's brown and I want a black one for my car , the only option seems to be to dye it black

 

How do I do it ? Has this been done with good results ?

 

Cheers Bill

[Posse]

Credit crunch job which does work is to spray it satin black

[LEONMEX]

nice bit of carpet!! i sprayed my old headlining satin black,just the job

[redrocket]

what about the rest of the interior? seats and door cards?

how durable would spraying/dying be?

[LEONMEX]

door cards i doubt it would take to vinyl for a long period,not so sure about cloth seats.

[oxb1l]

Reshellin my rs2 into auto shell so I need a bigger carpet and I sold it's own one anyways ,I seen a gallon of fluid for dyeing on fleabay but wasn't sure if it would be ok hopefully even cheaper than spray cans

 

Bill

[t33stat]

I sprayed an interior in a golf before,

Made a rat looking car and wanted to go from beige to red,

It stuck to everything except the door handles,

It started to crack after about 3 months,

If you want to do it go ahead its not difficult,

Id take all the stuff out first, sand down any shiny bits with 800 or 1200 grit just to take the shine off to stop the cracking

Then your good to go!

Doesn't rub off either,

Well it didn't for me anyway!

[wetandwindy3]

hi Bill dying it is better a freind of mine did her firenza she had blue carpets and she dyed them black they look like brand new

[t33stat]

Ohh and forgot to say

The problem with spraying is that it feels "crusty"

Never really bothered me because i didn't spend much time caressing the interior

 

Ryan

[bortaf]

nice bit of carpet!! i sprayed my old headlining satin black,just the job

Did the carpet in me Mk3 cortina with 2 tins of satin black, total cost £2.60 + VAT

roof linning i use red oxid first cos the decent stuff has plastisiser in it and it sticks better to plastic than straight satin seems to ?

bit crispy yes but softens up after some use but i will say its better on short L carpets not so hot on cut pile Ghia ones

[oxb1l]

hi Bill dying it is better a freind of mine did her firenza she had blue carpets and she dyed them black they look like brand new

any ideas if they used bath to do it Nd which dye they used

 

Cheers Bill

[wetandwindy3]

hi Bill dying it is better a freind of mine did her firenza she had blue carpets and she dyed them black they look like brand new

any ideas if they used bath to do it Nd which dye they used

 

Cheers Bill

 

yep bill she used a bath will find out what type of dye

[bortaf]

ask a valeter me mate used to ge carpet dye in a spray tin to cover stains in carpets, no idea of the make cos it had a white lable with carpet dye written on it

[wetandwindy3]

hi Bill ,she used Dylon velvet black fabric dye she used 4 packs it turned out really good tried to upload pics but wonnt let me

[wetandwindy3]

you also have pm Bill

[MM77]

Just dont clean it for a couple years

Cant get cheaper than free

[oxb1l]

Hate my car being dirty not my old ones anyway ,got the pics Iain cheers I think you've found the answer there m8

 

L8r. Bill