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Topic #66918 5 posts Started by ksporry
Has anyone tried re-dying their upholstery? Does anyone have any advice on technique, and what types of paint can be used?
Initially I was considering dying everything in factory colours. My upholstery is starting to show some fading and I was thinking dying it may give it a fresh look. Potentially i was thinking of changing the colour as well, e.g. black with tan combinations (at the moment it is black/dark blue fabric upholstery).

ofcourse i considered replacing the chairs with new ones, but besides that being rather expensive, there are no replacement seats for the back seat available, which would have to be done as well...
Only ever dyed the carpet & roof lining but looks good if done well but can look patchy if done bad so make the effort & gain the rewards wink.gif

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QUOTE (Alex-UKSC @ Apr 21, 2009 - 7:40 AM) *
>Only ever dyed the carpet & roof lining but looks good if done well but can look patchy if done bad so make the effort & gain the rewards wink.gif

What equipment/paint did you use and how did you do it? I may want to do those as well, and in any case I can use the technique for the bits I want to do smile.gif
gunna sound stupid, but i painted my seats, there looked pretty bad in the first place so i just thought id give it a shot.
now they look wayyy better.