D.I.Y Dyeing your carpet..

Not the same thing, but I resprayed my old EG's dash before lol... I used vinyl spray and made the dash + door trims black. Now the door trims I took out, but with the dash I just masked off everything really well and sprayed it. Just spent half my life masking stuff though LOL

I think you should at least take out the lower trims that cover bits of your carpet as a minimum. Shouldn't take you long to mask everything in this case though so yeh... Taking the carpet out doesn't take very long though...

It's raining today.... Gonna have a crack anyway =]

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Originally Posted by androo

Looks awesome good work! Hey if you wet it does it run at all? Try wetting a small patch and running some white paper across it - does it all stay or does it come out?

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+++ waiting on this answer +1

Yeh I want that answer too =] I bought the dye and everything and took the seats out then it started pissing rain =( bad idea lol. I put the driver seat back in - Will do this on the weekend instead.

FYI - I bought the dye from Lincraft. They have two types, one is where you chuck it into your washing machine and let it run, the other you apply. I bought the one you apply. It's about $8 a box of approx. 300g. I bought two just in case.

I also did alot of research about dying the carpet red - If you're using dye like mine it's not going to work unless you are able to make the carpet white first. But those spray can ones work the same as a can of paint - It will go over the top but I have no idea if it'll run. Good luck guys

Did this on my car! Very happy. Will take pics in the morning!

awesome job but at $17 per can, pretty pricey. the dylon stuff works great and only half the price

awesome thread. best diy to freshen up outdated interiors

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Did this on my car! Very happy. Will take pics in the morning!

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Did u use the Vinyl spray can ?

Man weather's been bad haven't been able to take pics =(

Here's what I did - Note that I did not remove the carpet from my car:

1. Remove seats including back seats.

2. Remove kick panels + drivers foot rest, unbolt driver and front passenger seat belts

3. Remove centre console

4. Vacuum like I've never vacuumed before! Then used alot of carpet cleaner. Scrub the carpet and clean it well.

5. Let it dry then vacuum again. Drove with only the drivers seat until it dried out.

6. Once dry, get a wet towel and give the carpet a quick wipe over to make sure most of the detergent is all gone.

7. Mix the dye with boiled water and put it in a spray bottle. I put the two packets inside a 1.5L used drink bottle. Next time I'd use more to get a darker finish (or less water as I had some left over).

8. Spray the whole carpet with a good coat of the dye I used about 800ml of the dye doing this. Then get a brush and brush the dye into the carpet so that the colour gets into the fibers and to make it even.

9. Take the remaining amount and give the carpet a really good go over. I probably had about 300ml left at the end. I then just ran my hand (wearing gloves of course) through the fibers to even everything out. Let it dry. This took 3 days in this crazy cold/rainy weather. During that time I just drove around with one seat.

10. Once dry, you'll notice that if you run your hand over the carpet, it will make your hand black. This is the excess dye on the carpet. Get a damp towel (that you don't need) and give the carpet a good wipe down. This removes all the excess and leaves only the actual dyed carpet behind.

11. Put everything back together!

Now, to be honest, it didn't come out as black as I'd like, however it is a much darker colour than stock so I'm very happy. I have no doubt that if I used just one more packet of dye, or less water, it would be very black.I do however think that this is an awesome idea and am very happy with my results. Very even and even with wet white shoes, non of the dye got onto my shoes after I went over it with a towel. It did get all over my shoes when I drove around for a few days before the wipe down.

Hope this helps guys. Will post a pic as soon as the weather permits!

+ I think the Vinyl spray is very similar to a spray paint? If so I think you'll be able to do red lol

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Originally Posted by xenonkuraz

I just bought a pack of iDye 'Poly' Black (for Polyester & Nylons) for $10. Mixed it with about 700ml of water and sprayed it on. One packet seems to have done the trick...the carpet looks really nice and dark (from grey). Now I'm just waiting to see if the colour will run once it dries. Will keep you guys updated :thumbsup:

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8 months later and the carpet is still nice and black having been steam cleaned twice (this is my CD5)

i really want someone to try red and post up the result

I think you should try it and post it up =]

i think you should try doing it red.
i might try doing mine black heheheh :P

haha maybe later

Tried red. still keen you get it red. But also considering black, as that is soo much easier. With red you'll have to make the carpet lighter in colour, as the red doesnt get the deep look, but has a grey under tone, doesnt look how i wanted it too anyways, but i've only done a section so im not posting pics just yet :p

I went to spotlight the other day & i couldnt find that exact dylon dye in that little tin. i think they may have changed the packaging. is this the right one now? -----> http://www.dylon.co.uk/products/dyes...vet-black.html

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I went to spotlight the other day & i couldnt find that exact dylon dye in that little tin. i think they may have changed the packaging. is this the right one now? -----> http://www.dylon.co.uk/products/dyes...vet-black.html

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dont use that.
me and my cousin decided to give it a shot aswell BUT FAILED.
we used that new packaging product of theirs.
i tried doing mine like how the DIY write up. (failed)
cousin used a drum soaked it over night. (failed)

when it was wet it looked awesome, once dried up it looks the same as old LOLs

we ended up using like 10packets but failed. luckily we got dicounts or else gg.

yer i used that packet & it was crap. my dad got me some "Gold Cross Fabric Dye High Temp" & the sh*t is GANGSTA! you can see the colour change as you put it on. just gotta give it a good wipe down after. I used two 10g bottles.

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yer i used that packet & it was crap. my dad got me some "Gold Cross Fabric Dye High Temp" & the sh*t is GANGSTA! you can see the colour change as you put it on. just gotta give it a good wipe down after. I used two 10g bottles.

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is that a Pharmacy brand LOLs

cann u please post up red resultss PLEASEEE

Dont do red, it doesnt work! I've tried it, the colour doesnt fully soak in and it looks crap - can post pics if need be haha!

Nice job.

I'm planning to dye my carpet blue but am staying away from the Dylon stuff...wasn't great the first time

cant you just soak the carpet in that white king bleach stuff to get the carpet white to dye red? my mum was using the regular strength stuff to clean the grooves of the tiles which have turned black over time. i decided to help her out and they ended up dying parts of my jeans that touched the bleach into white. ill probably try dye my floor mats red first but itll be a while so dont be expecting any pictures soon xD

Bleach recks the fibers of the carpet, i asked about this too haha

Nice work. I like it. Someone needs to do some tie dyed S2000 carpet for effect. Someone needs dark blue or something that is not available...yet. I have Red ....with holes so the dye effect won't help there.

This sounds really good, I think i'll give it a crack in the next couple of weeks.

- Sorry guys, no extreme colours :)

anyone got pictures of there red? i like the white king idea, get it white first then red. will it melt the plastic of the interior if it gets on it?

Please tell me would you make more to sell?



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