Dye stitching in interior

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by xLoGiK1

And any idea on what to use to take off some excess paint on the leather?

I was looking today and I have quite a few excessive paint spots on the steering wheel and on various spots on the leather.

Adams leather and interior cleaner

[overhaulengines]

Originally Posted by stieger

Adams leather and interior cleaner

+1 adams leather cleaner works perfect, even a couple of days later, i have seen poster that meguiar's works also

lupe

[xLoGiK1]

Thanks for the replies guys. I used the meguiars leather cleaner and most of it came off. There's still a few spots that have paint though, especially the steering wheel. I may go ahead and buy the adam's leather cleaner

[rjcamaro]

Well did mine today. I have a RJM so I think I came pretty close for color.

I used a #2 Red but found that even though other pens say #2 Red they are not the same. Some were more orange. The pen I used says Puffy Velvet Fabric Marker Red #2. Found it at A.C. Moore. Took just over 2 pens but believe I could have done it with just 2. You might see a liitle dye on the seats but have since cleaned it up.

[white light]

Originally Posted by overhaulengines

hello, here are the pics for the red stitching, i used a red "painters" pen that i purchase at walmart, it worked perfect. i did about 4 inches at a time and then wiped. i used a damp microfiber towel, i did ring it out as much as i could, i rinsed regularly. this morning i went out and i missed a few spots, i used adams leather and interior cleaner and the painted came right off the leather, but i did not affect the stitching at all you see in the video when im wiping the leather, you can still see a red tint on the black and even in some of the pics, i was taking picture right after each piece that i did, once i wiped it with the adam leather and interior cleaner all the remaining red paint came off very easy. now this is with the paint pen i used, i cannot say it is the exact same way with all the others.

Wow I did this to my cloth seats and it did not turn out so well :-(

JK
I wish I could do this to the cloth

[anglwngss]

For the cloth areas the marker type seemed to work really well. IF I had all cloth seats, though, I'd buy a lot of the fine tip markers. Once the tip starts flattening out, change to a new marker.

[ihaveacamaro]

Originally Posted by heRS

The pen I used was from Staples, a bic markit permanent ink. It wicks right into the thread and turned out better than the dye pen (which I found to be a pitb to work with). Real happy with how it turned out.

I have also done this (after seeing how yours turned out) and I must say that it almost perfectly matches the ABL.

If anyone wants to get a really good match to the ABL, this is the way you need to go.

On a side note, don't waste your time going to office depot like I did, they don't carry this marker Just go to a staples. You can buy a single for 99 cents and it might take you one and a half markers to fully finish.

Best mod pricewise hands down!

[BiG_TiMe]

i dont have a leather interior. do u guys think it'll be safe to use this dye pen?

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by BiG_TiMe

i dont have a leather interior. do u guys think it'll be safe to use this dye pen?

Yes, you just need to be careful. Using a thin tip marker would help too.

[KJSmith84]

anyone done it with the black clothe interior?

[BiG_TiMe]

Originally Posted by KJSmith84

anyone done it with the black clothe interior?

im gonna try it out soon, ill let u guys know how it works out

[bonners]

I'm so glad I found this thread. I actually had been contemplating a retrim on my seats just to change the stitching.....lol

That green is great. That's the colour I'm looking for but struggling to find somewhere down here in Oz that stocks something like that

[Camaro21]

I also did my stitching a couple of weeks ago and love it.. I am gonna go back over it another time or 2 to try to make it more red. Here are a few pics..

[overhaulengines]

@Camaro21, looks sweet, cant wait to hook up with yall at camaro fest.

lupe