Dye stitching in interior

[alfie43]

Originally Posted by Camaro84

I used Elmer's paint pens before. BEWARE it is actually acrylic paint NOT DYE and will eventually come off.

It may come off hard non-porous surfaces, but the paint soaks and saturates into the nylon strands of the stitching. Have you ever spilled or dripped paint on to your carpet (nylon) while painting in your home......it ain't coming off.

Alfie

[Revo1]

Here goes nothin

[jagan323]

Nice Job Revo! =D How did you find doing the Steering wheel and Shifter? I imagine they are weird and awkward positions. I only have the leather wrapped Shifter and Steering wheel, but cloth seats... any advice? =D Wet cloth enough to get off any excess dye?

-EDIT- did you also have to clean the surfaces before you dye? My stitching are a bit dirty o_o

[SummoneR]

Originally Posted by Revo1

Here goes nothin

Nice Hot Pink Stitching you got there Revo!! LOL.

Looks goods man!

[6bloodychunks]

ok, heres mine.....

i only did the headrests so far, but i think they look GREAT!!

for the stitching i used the elmers painters pen in neon orange,

and for the SS i used the fabric marker,
(but its not a push down tip pen,its like a regular magic marker.

turned out better than i could have hoped for.

[overhaulengines]

hello guys, awesome jobs going on here. just a note when i did mine 3 months ago. it still looks great with no fading, maybe dirty but not fading, no more dirty than the white thread turning brown lol.
as far as cleaning, i used a damp cloth as many have, then after that i used adams leather cleaner to get any remaining off the thread area. you might notice this the next day, dont worry, the leather cleaner will remove it not problem. i think a few others posted that they had used maguires, again i used adams, but im sure most liquid leather cleaners (not cream type) will work.
doing the steering wheel just takes a little time.

lupe

[alfie43]

Originally Posted by overhaulengines

hello guys, awesome jobs going on here. just a note when i did mine 3 months ago. it still looks great with no fading, maybe dirty but not fading, no more dirty than the white thread turning brown lol.
as far as cleaning, i used a damp cloth as many have, then after that i used adams leather cleaner to get any remaining off the thread area. you might notice this the next day, dont worry, the leather cleaner will remove it not problem. i think a few others posted that they had used maguires, again i used adams, but im sure most liquid leather cleaners (not cream type) will work.
doing the steering wheel just takes a little time.

lupe

Lupe,
At the risk of of jacking up this thread by going off topic, I must ask; what kind of aircraft is that in your avatar/signature? I know my WWII aircraft, but I can't quite pin that one down. Kinda looks like one of the Grumman Cats...F8F Bear Cat?....but the cowl is different...and so is the vertical fin?

Here's my P-51.
Alfie

[6bloodychunks]

thought this looked cool so i thought i would post it.

cant wait till im finished with it.

[overhaulengines]

Originally Posted by alfie43

Lupe,
At the risk of of jacking up this thread by going off topic, I must ask; what kind of aircraft is that in your avatar/signature? I know my WWII aircraft, but I can't quite pin that one down. Kinda looks like one of the Grumman Cats...F8F Bear Cat?....but the cowl is different...and so is the vertical fin?

Here's my P-51.
Alfie

hello Alfie, its a Hawker SeaFury, http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft...ry-thomson.asp
this is just an info link
this one my buddy painted yellow, then they brought it back a few years later after the air races in reno and repained it silver
here it is yellow, avatar is silver http://www.texasaerocolor.com/last%20day.JPG

on the camaro, i hope my engine looks like yours one day

love the mustang, good thing its not a ford

back on track now. i think the Elmer's paint markers work best for me, i tried a few others also along with the dye's which i did not like.

lupe

[Blue Bandit]

Still no blue's yet :(

[alfie43]

Originally Posted by overhaulengines

hello Alfie, its a Hawker SeaFury, http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft...ry-thomson.asp
this is just an info link
this one my buddy painted yellow, then they brought it back a few years later after the air races in reno and repained it silver
here it is yellow, avatar is silver http://www.texasaerocolor.com/last%20day.JPG

on the camaro, i hope my engine looks like yours one day

love the mustang, good thing its not a ford

back on track now. i think the Elmer's paint markers work best for me, i tried a few others also along with the dye's which i did not like.

lupe

Yes, let's get back on track. I also found the Elmer's to work the best for me....and I tested 5 different pens on a old vinyl BBQ cover that had white stitching.

I must post one final pic of the Mustang. This one puts it in perspective...I don't want to mislead anyone into thinking that I had a $1,000,000 full size classic WWII airplane.

Alfie

[anglwngss]

Originally Posted by Blue Bandit

Still no blue's yet :(

There was a blue on page 5, post 113. Looked nice.

[overhaulengines]

Alfie...... That is so funny. Hahahahhahahah. Awesome.

Lupe

[6bloodychunks]

alfie....how hard was it to do just the outline of the SS on the headrest with the painters pen??

im thinking since i had to buy a 5 pack of the pens to get neon orange
i could put the green to good use.