Dying e30 carpet blaaaack

[verde]

What dye do people use for the carpets?

[verde]

Check out Dylon

Thanks man il try it. Black: hides oil, amplifies semen

[Jim320i]

Autogylm Black Dye... Did my chromie carpet about 2 years ago and looked fantastic. I havent used the car for over a year but still looks bang on. And its dirt cheap from Ebay.

[Jim320i]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOGLYM-BLAC ... 20cdd45f22

Bit more than what I paid back then. Might be a bigger can though. And its sprays on. Easy.

[polsta]

would this do a deep pile carpet ? does it penetrate and cover well ? although how many cans would be needed ?

used some other stuff from ebay that worked very well on a parcel shelf, but still used a couple of cans to get a decent deep finish

wonder if this sort of stuff would be better to use with a brush,sponge,spray bottle, than a can ? , or more so if you got a couple of litres and poured it on and brushed it around then were careful around the heel pad, speaking of which, ive read people have dyed them in a bath, how does that affect the heel pad ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADVANCED-Blac ... 1e752ed2b7

[Jim320i]

Never tried the stuff you linked Polsta so cant comment.

My carpets are deep pile and it worked well, I doubt it would do the povo carpet as thats a cheap material anyway. Cant remember how many cans but im sure I didnt buy more than 2 cans and I did my parcel shelf too, although I cant remember. I'd buy 2 cans and see how you got on. If you needed more, its hardly gonna break the bank

[verde]

Yet again jim, where would I be! Thank you very much, now to get a carpet

[polsta]

adit has a nice enough original black sport carpet, you could do your own bay city rollers heel pad

[verde]

It would be wasted in my car. Na, thats too far. Little touches yes, but thats pushing it a bit plus it would get ruined being on the floor. Not worth wasting material over.

[hammoj28]

Alyman did this a while back, guide on page 2 of his thread:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 348#467348

[polsta]

only baffling thing, is everyone says wow looks good, when theres a couple of ropey pictures not really showing anything ?

[Jim320i]

Euan, how much you wanting to pay for a carpet mate?

[verde]

Euan, how much you wanting to pay for a carpet mate?

You selling one? little as pos really, 40 quid for one thats....slightly poor nick? Less if heavily stained. long as its not too ripped, stains dont matter itl be black anyway

[Jim320i]

Ok, I'll keep an eye out for you. I have some but they in very good condition, but i'll check tomorrow incase there is a poorer one out there

[verde]

Magpie has sorted me out! Cheers though

[Jim320i]

No worries mate, I would have still been a bit pricer anyway

[bhaza]

I dyed my cab carpet from beige to black using eBay carpet dye. The carpet comes out like the grey black colour the original black carpets are. I completed the whole car from beige to black and it looked good as well. Really easy as well all you do is put dye in spray bottle provided with dye from ebay seller and spray dye on to carpet and let it dry.

[kangman]

i need to wash my carpet, its filthy. feels very spongy in the drivers side footwell n im too afraid to see whats going on underneath

[GemE30]

I used this one > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-CARPET- ... 43b2c121b8 and we still had dye left over. We used a spray bottle to apply it.

End result.

[daimlerman]

Check out Dylon

Thanks man il try it. Black: hides oil, amplifies semen

Hmmm,Seaman Staines is unlikely to ever be promoted to leading stoker,I guess...

[verde]

Daimler man i have a friend called gareth staines, we try to convince him to join either the navy ( seaman staines ) or the army, private staines....general staines.

[bab-91]

would this do a deep pile carpet ? does it penetrate and cover well ? although how many cans would be needed ?

used some other stuff from ebay that worked very well on a parcel shelf, but still used a couple of cans to get a decent deep finish

wonder if this sort of stuff would be better to use with a brush,sponge,spray bottle, than a can ? , or more so if you got a couple of litres and poured it on and brushed it around then were careful around the heel pad, speaking of which, ive read people have dyed them in a bath, how does that affect the heel pad ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADVANCED-Blac ... 1e752ed2b7

You can't dye your carpet black... Not oem

[Duke137]

would this do a deep pile carpet ? does it penetrate and cover well ? although how many cans would be needed ?

used some other stuff from ebay that worked very well on a parcel shelf, but still used a couple of cans to get a decent deep finish

wonder if this sort of stuff would be better to use with a brush,sponge,spray bottle, than a can ? , or more so if you got a couple of litres and poured it on and brushed it around then were careful around the heel pad, speaking of which, ive read people have dyed them in a bath, how does that affect the heel pad ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADVANCED-Blac ... 1e752ed2b7

You can't dye your carpet black... Not oem

I thought Tech 1 carpets were chacoal colour anyway?

[bab-91]

yip more grey than black. Shame on Polsta

[polsta]

i am on the lookout for a very nice one,have been for a while, mines more charcoal, adits is a darker shade black one

but looking at this, and BLACK dye was used, looks not far off mine and how it may of looked new,from the pics and not a black black

I used this one > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-CARPET- ... 43b2c121b8 and we still had dye left over. We used a spray bottle to apply it.

End result.

[bab-91]

It's a difficult one. The carpet is NLA and finding a half decent second hand one is either expensive or extremely difficult

I have no idea what I'm going to do. I don't think my current carpet is worth dying. It's very brittle & starchy but didn't look that bad when it was fitted

[daimlerman]

I have an undamaged(I think)early Biege carpet in the garage.It's dirty and has marks on it,but would perhaps dye?

Free if anyone is desperate enough to collect....

[Jim320i]

Early Biege? You dont see many of them Malc... Hord it until someone wants to give you their children for it

[daimlerman]

Early Biege? You dont see many of them Malc... Hord it until someone wants to give you their children for it

I'm falling over the thing,and could do with the room...want to collect?

[Jim320i]

I dont like walking to the end of the drive for the post mate, not much chance of me driving all those miles to you Plus, I have about 5 carpets in my way too

[verde]

I have an undamaged(I think)early Biege carpet in the garage.It's dirty and has marks on it,but would perhaps dye?

Free if anyone is desperate enough to collect....

I woulda ripped your hand off and got it couriered but i said id buy magpies, and it will do the trick nicely

[Duke137]

I have an undamaged(I think)early Biege carpet in the garage.It's dirty and has marks on it,but would perhaps dye?

Free if anyone is desperate enough to collect....

Is it the early type with a seperate underlay?

[daimlerman]

I have an undamaged(I think)early Biege carpet in the garage.It's dirty and has marks on it,but would perhaps dye?

Free if anyone is desperate enough to collect....

Is it the early type with a seperate underlay?

No,underlay is attached,but it's a loop pile one,rather than the velour of the later carpets.Came out of a chromie that the guy was stripping for a track car,I had a biege leather interior,so it suited at the time.Leather interior went some years ago,but the carpet is still here,and frankly,it's in my way,but I am reluctant to send it for landfill!