dyed my carpets today! (Guide on page 2)

[TW166Y]

good write up dude and a great idea... me and a friend were only talking about doing this a few days ago and now someone else has done it 1st, ill get straight on it! trouble is, ive gone and fitted my new interior now
Looking good buddy, pete

[stuartgallafant]

is this stuff still available?

[cliffybabe]

im gonna be doing this asap

[stuartgallafant]

im gonna be doing this asap

we can do it together!!

[cliffybabe]

im gonna be doing this asap

we can do it together!!

[stuartgallafant]

alyman, do you know if this is the stuff you used? is 1 litre enough? or would it be better to get 5 litres between a couple of people?

http://www.valeterspride.co.uk./index.a ... oductid=54

[cliffybabe]

stu were get 5 litres do mine ur's duffs etc

[stuartgallafant]

stu were get 5 litres do mine ur's duffs etc

yeah, that probably the best idea!

i got one of them pressurised spray bottle at work that we could use to do it. that would do a great job on it

[Alyman]

alyman, do you know if this is the stuff you used? is 1 litre enough? or would it be better to get 5 litres between a couple of people?

Aye, thats the stuff! I reckon buying 5L between a few of you sounds like a good plan. Wear old clothes though! A few Zoners, a pressurised spray bottle and an industrial size bottle of permanent carpet dye sounds like a recipe for carnage

Have fun!

[stuartgallafant]

i make it Pimms o'clock...

[cliffybabe]

A few Zoners, a pressurised spray bottle and an industrial size bottle of permanent carpet dye sounds like a recipe for carnage
Have fun!

I see u have heard about my style of doing things then

[stuartgallafant]

neil, when you gonna order this stuff?

let me know, coz i'll bring all the industrial cleaning stuff home from work!!!

[cliffybabe]

neil, when you gonna order this stuff?

let me know, coz i'll bring all the industrial cleaning stuff home from work!!!

ok then ill order it

[stuartgallafant]

wicked and bad!!

do you think we should take the carpets out, and pressure wash them, then let them dry? or, we could go to my work place, and use the carpet cleaner machine they got.

its one of those cleaners that sprays a jet of water/cleaner solution into the carpet, then you just keep working the head of the cleaner into it, and it sucks all the water/cleaner solution out of the carpet, along with all the sh!t thats in your carpet. You should see some of the cars that we've had in as trade-ins, you wouldnt recognise them afterwards

[Car-Nut]

Alyman,

You did a good job mate, it looks the dogs B0ll0xs ....

[stuartgallafant]

are we still on for this guys?

[cliffybabe]

yeah now the new years here time to get it ordered up i guess, might get a spare carpet first though

[stuartgallafant]

i was thinking it might be easier to buy a carpet, do the colour change, then swap it all round, but for what its worth, you're probably best off just going straight ahead

i've still got the good ol' spray bottle at the ready, so let me know when you've ordered and i'll drop the money round to you

im looking forward to this!!

[cliffybabe]

im looking forward to this!!

what me being covered in dye

[stuartgallafant]

hell yeah, mo'fo'!!!

[cliffybabe]

hell yeah, mo'fo'!!!

Stu as discussed tonight were get the gear at the end of the month and go for it

[stuartgallafant]

yeah, cool dude!

if we take all the carpets to work, we can use the carpet shampoo thingy and the steam cleaner, then we can concentrate on getting them sprayed up

[cliffybabe]

Im gonna get new carpet first as if it goes wrong im still cool

[stuartgallafant]

i wouldnt worry mate, alyman's didnt go wrong!

[cliffybabe]

Stu, ordered today, will have the stuff on Tuesday.

How about weekend after next were dye the carpets??

[stuartgallafant]

Stu, ordered today, will have the stuff on Tuesday.

How about weekend after next were dye the carpets??

wkd and bad!!! yeah, sounds cool! we'll run them up to my work so we can use the carpet shampooer thingy!!

[cliffybabe]

cool cool

[miniblob]

You done this yet Stu/Cliffy????

Just ordered some stuff today so i can do mine!! I'll post up some before and after pics when i get round to doing it!!

[DaveD]

i did mine ..i took about 1 hour to do... more time to take out the seats and centre console and make sure you have time to leave it when finished ...with the windows open as the fumes are STRONG

also my light grey carpets came out a dark grey not black...i like the colour though..but i only used 1 litre ..more might bring it darker

best of luck

[stuartgallafant]

nope, we still havnt got round to doing it yet!!!

any time soon hopefully

[xstream]

HI GUYS does the dye come in blue????

[DaveD]

It only comes in black so far as i have seen

[E30Mark]

I tried this stuff on a piece of spare boot trim, did anyone else find the texture of the carpet is much stiffer now? Or is there a way to apply the dye and maintain the soft feeling to the pile?

[munky30]

My carpets are a bit battered... especially in the boot from transporting engines/spilling oil etc.

If I give them a good clean I still have stains and marks... will this stuff cover them?

Looks very good but if its going to come out patchy where its stained I may have to find a new carpet first.

[DaveD]

mine came up fine they do soften a bit over a week or two and they are not bad now..a litre will JUST do the job and mine are now more very dark grey rather than black but i like the colour anyway as it is not too harsh..the colour seems even over the carpet and it has covered a few old marks but they weren't too bad anyway..l
I am very pleased with the result but sharing 5 litres between two people makes sense

ps munky mine is a cab so i think that you will need two litres to do a touring