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can you dye leather? #1351133
12/14/12 12:03 AM
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just like it says I have a set of grey seats id really like to be black they are leather buckets, is there a way to dye them or am i sucking it up and having them reskinned?


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Re: can you dye leather? [Re: pnypwr] #1351134
12/14/12 02:00 AM
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You can try painting them with SEM. Some members have claimed good results using that stuff on seats. I've on tried it on door panels and such.

Re: can you dye leather? [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #1351135
12/14/12 12:18 PM
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Are they really leather? Or vinyl?
You don't mention what they came out of, or age, etc.
Leather actually can take a dye/paint better than vinyl. However, much of today's auto industry leather has so much polyurethane on the surface it is practically vinyl anyways.
Clean it a few times, wipe it down with alcohol. You can try any of the commercially available products (SEM as noted).
However, dying anything that you are going to sit on and it is going to need to flex will not last. It all depends on what your tolerance is for how long you expect it to last.

Re: can you dye leather? [Re: pnypwr] #1351136
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i tried to cut and paste but im a computer moroon.google Leather Magic.lots of good info and products.i havnt tried them yet but im gunna.

Re: can you dye leather? [Re: bonefish] #1351137
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Re: can you dye leather? [Re: Daty Rogers] #1351138
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the seats are from a 00 mustang gt 6 way power real comfy...going into my v8 gremlin...


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Re: can you dye leather? [Re: pnypwr] #1351139
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Seeing they're from a mutang, doesn't someone sell repro upholstery?

Re: can you dye leather? [Re: pnypwr] #1351140
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Leatherique is pretty good stuff. I have used the cleaner and the rejuvenator and seen a lot of recomendations for the dye.

Re: can you dye leather? [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #1351141
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Quote:

Seeing they're from a mutang, doesn't someone sell repro upholstery?




yeah the repop covers in leather are like 700$ which is axactly twice as much as I paid for the car...im just trying to get out inexpensively...and clear a hole in the attic


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Re: can you dye leather? [Re: pnypwr] #1351142
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http://www.keepingitsimplecrafts.com/2009/12/tutorial-tuesday-dyeing-leather.html

If the leather has that awful plasticized coating on it then this process may not work.







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