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kevinpackard wrote:
That's a big improvement with the dye. What did you use?
I'm pretty happy with the results, it actually looks better than it does in the pictures.
I used Rit All Purpose Dye and I believe this material is wool, so used those instructions for mixing. For my car I'm using Pearl Gray, I experimented with a bottle of Charcoal Gray and not the right colour at all.
After gently cleaning the fabric I used a continues mist spray bottle I pick up at a salon supply store. My barber uses one, and I thought that's just what I need for my upholstery project!
After applying the dye I went over everything with my heat gun thinking that may help set the dye. I'm not sure how well it would stand up to an upholstery cleaning machine, but it doesn't matter as that won't be happening!
I'll be working on my door panels, which are also in amazing condition, over the winter as well. If everything goes well I may try to add a bit of grey to my head liner in the spring. Still haven't convinced myself of that one yet. I'm always scared $***less of wrecking something!
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