diy leather die?

[cleanandsimple]

I need to make my grey leather black. Has anybody experimented with doing a project like this. I know they make kits with die and everything in them but they all have been really expensive. Any suggestions and helpful hints on a cheap way to do it that will still have it turn out nice, will be much appreciated.

[ShawFM]

I need to make my grey leather black. Has anybody experimented with doing a project like this. I know they make kits with die and everything in them but they all have been really expensive. Any suggestions and helpful hints on a cheap way to do it that will still have it turn out nice, will be much appreciated.

TrimCar will dye your leather interior. Considering their pricing I would hope that their dye job should be reasonable. I would hate to find out that the dye I might have used was wrong and comes off on a hot summer day onto a nice suit or worse one of her outfits.

[Burntaudi]

I need to make my grey leather black. Has anybody experimented with doing a project like this. I know they make kits with die and everything in them but they all have been really expensive. Any suggestions and helpful hints on a cheap way to do it that will still have it turn out nice, will be much appreciated.

You do realize that your "Leather" is vinyl right? Anyways I dyed my multiple colored interior in my 64 Chevelle years ago using a spray dye I got from the Auto parts store it worked fine and never came off for the 4 more years I owned it.

Edit: This appears to be what I used: http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...part=VHT-SP941

[ElSnake]

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html

that works really well.

heres a video on it

http://www.duplicolor.com/training/vinyl_training.html

[burns420]

can you use it for black to make it other colours?

[cleanandsimple]

Thanks a lot guys. I didn't even think about the seats being vinyl. Makes it pretty easy now that it comes in a spray can.

[blmlozz]

You do realize that your "Leather" is vinyl right? Anyways I dyed my multiple colored interior in my 64 Chevelle years ago using a spray dye I got from the Auto parts store it worked fine and never came off for the 4 more years I owned it.

Edit: This appears to be what I used: http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...part=VHT-SP941

ive been told by an upholstery shop that the perforated part is real leather but that the outside material is vinyl

[deux321]

this is pretty cool!
can you use this on the dash and stuff also?

[Burntaudi]

ive been told by an upholstery shop that the perforated part is real leather but that the outside material is vinyl

Nope the 1.8T's got vinyl. The 2.8's got real leather.

[dingguhlbary]

it's leatherette
cmon guys. vinyl sounds so cheap

[boostedup]

it's leatherette
cmon guys. vinyl sounds so cheap

seriously, anywayz my leatherette is holding up better than most leather seats i've had in the past...and easier to take care of...

[Burntaudi]

seriously, anywayz my leatherette is holding up better than most leather seats i've had in the past...and easier to take care of...

I never said that the seats in the 1.8T weren't nice. But their not leather. Hell my 97 had leatherette and looked very nice for a 11 year old interior.

[coleA4]

Can you use that duracoat on the 2.8 seats?