Re: Chris! The New Joys of Carpet

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

Hey guys-

sorry I haven't replied, but I went on  VACATION!

I went on a cruise to the Bahamas with my GF, so cars were the LAST 
thing on my mind <wink, wink>!

Yeah, I dyed my interior. I was doing a few pieces at a time and I still 
have to finish my door panels.
I went form that nasty 84 JettaGLI baby blue to black.
I don't remember the name of the stuff I bought, but it was from 
pepboys. I bought a bunch of cans of Vinyl spray dye and Fabric spray 
dye.
I had everything removed from the car to make it easier (dash and all). 
Clean REAL good with Simple Green and a brush with plenty of water. Make 
sure its dry and 'let-er rip!  I did the cloth inserts on the seats 
first, then did the vinyl.  Do a few coats, get everywhere.

i was nervous that the seats would get black on my GF's ass too, so I 
put a white sheet over them for the first month. I didn't see any 
transfer suprisingly!
The vinyl dye works great. The cloth stuff isn't wonderful, tho.  The 
seat inserts faded slightly, but look real cool now cause they're a nice 
grey. The carpet came out bad and it looks navy blue.  in their defense, 
it says on the can- DO NOT USE FOR COLOR CHANGE.  Oh, well-- worth a 
shot.    i wouldn't use the vinyl dye on carpet, tho.. it'll make it 
crusty.
I like the idea of the RIT dye... ill try that when it gets warm out...

CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
http://www.spredhaus.com
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/spredhaus
58 Type1 Ragtop
84 Jetta uGLi



>From: "Pete Jacobsen" <fluidweb@hotmail.com>
>
>Chris, please come in and answer my problem... I need your help, man.
>Pete
>
>
>----
>Chris has but I don't remember his E-mail,
>hey chris where are you?
>Here's his site though http://www.angelfire.com/nj/volkswagen/ugli.html
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pete Jacobsen <fluidweb@hotmail.com>
>>
>>Has anyone had any experience dyeing their cloth seats or carpet? 
>Either
>>reinforcing an existing colour or turning it black? I have a red
>>interior -- it's perfectly clean, no smoking marks, stains, scars of 
>any
>>kind. I wanna go black though.
>>
>>I've seen some products such as black vinyl spray and black carpet 
>spray
>>paint that looks like it will work. My only problem is with the cloth
>>seats, can you dye them totally black, and is there something that 
>won't
>>make them stick and dye my girl's new white jeans? (boy could she add
>>some positions to that guide book...)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Pete
>>
>>1980 Silverocco
>>
>>PS. Black leather seats are another option.. I will pay anyone top
>>dollar for a good set.






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