Cardinal or oxblood which is darker?

[steve_k]

Morning folks,

Right I'm looking at dying the interior in my sport a deep rich red,
Thing is I can't decide which shade to go for, I want a deep/dark rich red but I can't for the life of me remember which is darker cardinal or oxblood.

I'm not looking to go all red but two tone red/black, red seats black/red door cards.

Also been looking at the gliptone kit to do it with, is that the right kit??

Help me out here folks as this is doing my head in lol.

To give you an idea of what I mean have a look at MDT's thread & you'll see what I mean (just a darker red).

[pacerpete]

Crimson is the darker 'oxblood' hue. Cardinal is not as deep and is more terracotta than dark red.

[steve_k]

Crimson is the darker 'oxblood' hue. Cardinal is not as deep and is more terracotta than dark red.

Cheers for that Pete

Got any pic's of the two?

[ImysE30]

I've bought a dye kit from Furniture Clinic. Imola Red

[bss325i]

"Ox blood" is not an official BMW colour as far as i know, pretty sure its a slang term like "houndstooth" for County cloth trim.

E30 red leather was Cherry red first (can find pic) then Cardinal then Crimson.

Cardinal



Crimson

[steve_k]

Thanks for the info Barry

Imy get some pics up dude also how much was the kit? Easy to use?

[ImysE30]

Not used it yet

I bought the XL Kit, should do the seats and the doorcards. Was about £125 I think.

[steve_k]

Not used it yet

I bought the XL Kit, should do the seats and the doorcards. Was about £125 I think.

Not a bad price, don't forget to get some pics up when's its done,

Will have to keep my eye's open for your car when I'm next over in derby

[steve_k]

Just had a thought (yeah I know, bad for my health )

The leather in my sport is black so would it be possible to re dye the leather crimson red??

Don't really fancy laying out for the kit if it won't work,

[Simon13]

more a real life pic of my crimson. Its much darker in real life, which i think looks nicer and isn't too "red" as such

[adit]

Morning folks,

Right I'm looking at dying the interior in my sport a deep rich red,
Thing is I can't decide which shade to go for, I want a deep/dark rich red but I can't for the life of me remember which is darker cardinal or oxblood.

I'm not looking to go all red but two tone red/black, red seats black/red door cards.

Also been looking at the gliptone kit to do it with, is that the right kit??

Help me out here folks as this is doing my head in lol.

To give you an idea of what I mean have a look at MDT's thread & you'll see what I mean (just a darker red).

my convertible is Cardinal Red/black Steve and i love it:





the leather door/rear cards are red, the leather armrests/door pulls are black and the leather centre/handbrake consoles are black.

as Pete says, i think Cardinal is more of a terracotta colour, like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261356244262? ... 1423.l2649

or this (brick):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321225362379? ... 1423.l2649

whereas this (Autumn Red) is more like Crimson i think:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251368712021? ... 1423.l2649

did you see this excellent thread?

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&start=25

[steve_k]

Simon, that's the colour/shade I'm looking for

Admit, thanks for the links, got any more pics of the interior? The colour combo you mention is the type I'm after.

[steve_k]

Also anybody know of any guides online on how to go about re-dyeing the seats/door cards??

[Gavla]

Its all in the preparation....

Firstly buy the product from liquid leather, they match the colour exactly.

Then you need to clean the seats properly and strip the original leather colour off with their solvent product.

Next clean the leather again and give it a "feed" with the gliptone conditioner.

Then you are ready to apply the colour, I would recommend doing it with a spray gun. Remember less is more. Start if with a thin coat of diluted colour, do a 2nd and 3rd coat, also thin coats. You may feel like a 4th coat is necessary but you should be the judge.

I cannot stress enough how important the preparation is and follow the instructions to the letter.