Cardinal or oxblood which is darker?

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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:38 pm

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).
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:41 pm

Crimson is the darker 'oxblood' hue. Cardinal is not as deep and is more terracotta than dark red.
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:30 pm

pacerpete wrote:Crimson is the darker 'oxblood' hue. Cardinal is not as deep and is more terracotta than dark red.
Cheers for that Pete :D

Got any pic's of the two? winkeye
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:13 pm

I've bought a dye kit from Furniture Clinic. Imola Red :)
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:20 pm

"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

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Crimson

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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:23 pm

Thanks for the info Barry :D

Imy get some pics up dude also how much was the kit? Easy to use?
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:27 pm

Not used it yet :o:

I bought the XL Kit, should do the seats and the doorcards. Was about £125 I think.
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:39 pm

ImysE30 wrote:Not used it yet :o:

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 winkeye
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Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:56 pm

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

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,
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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:31 am

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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
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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:31 am

steve_k wrote: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:

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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

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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:41 pm

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

Admit, thanks for the links, got any more pics of the interior? The colour combo you mention is the type I'm after.
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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:45 pm

Also anybody know of any guides online on how to go about re-dyeing the seats/door cards??
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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:57 pm

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.
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