Coloring your stiches with a Sharpie?

[Lieutenant Vic]

Has anyone colored in their stiches using a permanent Sharpie pen or know someone who has? I found a thread last night from people who used fabric markers and paint pens for there leather seats/shifter/steering wheel etc... but I have cloth seats and was thinking about doing it with a Sharpie that has the fine pen point on it. Someone please let me know if you've done this yourself or know someone who has or can guide me to a thread about someone who has colored in their cloth seat stiches. I really want to change my white/stone colored stiches to Red. Thanks!!!

[stikSS]

I used the paint pens on mine.... I know some folks used em on the fabric as well but you have to be very patient. Sharpie may work as well.

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[menendez1293]

Never seen anyone do it with a sharpie but plenty of people have done it with a Dye pen. If you search for it on the forum there most likely is a DIY on it.

Edit heres a link:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...t=dye+stiching

[Glen e]

use the proper tool for this....A fabric dye pen...they are all of $4 - I did my car with 3 of them...get the fine point.

http://www.uchida.com/p-45-fabric-marker-fine.aspx

[Lieutenant Vic]

Originally Posted by stikSS

I used the paint pens on mine.... I know some folks used em on the fabric as well but you have to be very patient. Sharpie may work as well.

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Thanks!

Originally Posted by menendez1293

Never seen anyone do it with a sharpie but plenty of people have done it with a Dye pen. If you search for it on the forum there most likely is a DIY on it.

Edit heres a link:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...t=dye+stiching

SWEET!!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[Lieutenant Vic]

Originally Posted by Glen e

use the proper tool for this....A fabric dye pen...they are all of $4 - I did my car with 3 of them...get the fine point.

http://www.uchida.com/p-45-fabric-marker-fine.aspx

Awesome! Thanks a lot. The wifey is out of town tomorrow night so I think I'll stop by the store tonight so I can come home after work tomorrow and knock this out while she's gone.

[joshylife]

How would u keep the pen from dying the seats? I have black leather and if I did red wouldnt it show up kinda on my seats? Do u just have to do it carefully? Or does it wape away?

[Aubrey64]

I did it with a fabric pen on my leather seats, but I know that guys with fabric have done it as well. You just have to be extra careful, it is definitely doable, just time consuming

[markkk]

Red Sharpie:

[Lieutenant Vic]

Originally Posted by joshylife

How would u keep the pen from dying the seats? I have black leather and if I did red wouldnt it show up kinda on my seats? Do u just have to do it carefully? Or does it wape away?

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...ht=dye+stiches

Hey, check out this thread, some have even posted quick videos of how they did it. I found it last night but everyone I saw had leather seats. The reason for my post is because I have cloth so I'm trying to find out the best method to do mine. But since you have leather from everything I read last night it's a simple process for you because all you have to do is mark a couple inches and then go over the leather with a damp cloth to remove it from the leather and it doesn't remove from the stiches when you do so. Some also posted you can use a leather cleaner to remove excess and it comes right up.

[Lieutenant Vic]

Originally Posted by markkk

Red Sharpie:

That looks good Mark! How has it held up since doing it? How about the steering wheel and shifter, did/does any of it get on your hands when driving?

[joshylife]

That is perfect vic thanks a lot!

Just ordered 3 red ones from the link up top! 12 bucks!
Cant wait. The other thread linked said 2 years and its still there maybe not as bright but still looks good, nothing a touch up wont fix!

[Lieutenant Vic]

Originally Posted by joshylife

That is perfect vic thanks a lot!

Just ordered 3 red ones from the link up top! 12 bucks!
Cant wait. The other thread linked said 2 years and its still there maybe not as bright but still looks good, nothing a touch up wont fix!

You're welcome! Sweet...you're going to love it. Such a cheap and easy mod but it is time consuming but I like listening to music and doing projects like this. I got the front of my car done last night and I'll finish the rest this weekend. It looks really good already! I'm very pleased. Thanks everyone who posted on my thread and helped!

[markkk]

Originally Posted by Lieutenant Vic

That looks good Mark! How has it held up since doing it? How about the steering wheel and shifter, did/does any of it get on your hands when driving?

Thanks! It's held up pretty good. I have a base LS so I don't have stitching on my shifter knob or steering wheel, but it hasn't smeared at all on any of my clothes. I did the front and back seats, the floor mats, and the front dash.


(Before I did the dash)

Post some pictures whenever you're done and with whatever choice you went with!