Carpet dye?

Post Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:23 am

I have seen a lot of people dye their carpets black, But I am wondering is there a dye for beige carpets? Becuase I can't find one!

And would you be able to use it on a parcel shelf?

Thanks

Post Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:07 am

http://www.unitedbimmer.com/kb-e36-carpetdying.php

Post Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:14 am

i would imagine dying a lighter colour wont work as well

Post Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:18 pm

I'm just getting fed up of looking for a beige parcel shelf, that I would like to dye a grey one!

Although if its not possible then I will have to keep waiting for a beige one!

Post Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:30 am

I dyed my beige carpet and it came up nicely - not black but and OE looking dark grey / charcoal. It cost me about $60 to get the dye delivered by a local company but I believe Valet's Choice in the UK have the same product.
1. Cleaned carpet with high pressure cleaner
2. Applied three coats (dry in between) at specified dilution. Carpet won't absorb any more coats than this
3. Hit with HP cleaner again to remove any stray dye

Here are before and after pics

I used the kick panel carpets for a test as I replaced them with plastic items from later model.
I used a rattle can of vinyl dye to do the heel pad and edging.
I got the parcel shelf retrimmed to match as the original carpet was too badly sun damaged. It only cost about $50

Post Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:17 am

looks good in the pic

Post Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:54 am

My shelf had crossovers and tweeter srewed it. It is a early chromie like yours ollie. Insted of replacing it I replace the material with some off the bits that go into the rear bulk head then spraying the shelf with satin black spray paint. It has come up mint back to brand new. Just wondered if there is a satin beige you could use? Alex has seen the shelf you can't tell it's been painted

Post Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:16 am

poolnoodle wrote:I dyed my beige carpet and it came up nicely - not black but and OE looking dark grey / charcoal. It cost me about $60 to get the dye delivered by a local company but I believe Valet's Choice in the UK have the same product.
1. Cleaned carpet with high pressure cleaner
2. Applied three coats (dry in between) at specified dilution. Carpet won't absorb any more coats than this
3. Hit with HP cleaner again to remove any stray dye

Here are before and after pics

I used the kick panel carpets for a test as I replaced them with plastic items from later model.
I used a rattle can of vinyl dye to do the heel pad and edging.
I got the parcel shelf retrimmed to match as the original carpet was too badly sun damaged. It only cost about $50

Ollie is strange and wants to dye his dark carpet beige

You wont have much luck finding one, most go straight in the bin