Interior carpet/seat spray paint

[Awhitewookie]

I heard about some of this interior car paint for the carpted parts of a car that you can use and it dyes the material, anyone know where i can find this?

[EpicenterDesigns]

Well, this is somehting I do everyday. I repair and re-dye leather and vinyls.

I use a water based paint with a special binder and cross linkers. I get my supplies from a company called Viper Products.

But, a similar product is offered by SEM called Sure Coat.

Dupont also offers a vinyl/leather paint with their own special binders and linkers.

The difference with these is that you can custom mix colors to get perfect matches. Just like mixing automotive paints.

Now there are a few different spray can flexable coating available.

SEM makes a couple of them. Classic Coat and Color Coat.

I do keep a wide range of these stocked as they do have some that actually match at times. I do use the Launda Black for any black seats I have.

Another company that has this is Duplicolor. I have not used this at all and would prefer to use SEM. Personal preference with what i am familiar with.

The biggest step to making sure the color dye stays on the seat and not on your ass, is the prep. I use a strong silicone remover and then a strong leather prep cleaner and then I repair any cracks, rips or holes and then I dye the seats.

Here is a link to SEM that describes their flexible coating systems.......

http://semproducts.com/images/Users/1/trai.../RAP-1_1009.pdf

[emmertb]

what is the best way to, doing it myself, fix cracks in leather?

[Awhitewookie]

Well, this is somehting I do everyday. I repair and re-dye leather and vinyls.

I use a water based paint with a special binder and cross linkers. I get my supplies from a company called Viper Products.

But, a similar product is offered by SEM called Sure Coat.

Dupont also offers a vinyl/leather paint with their own special binders and linkers.

The difference with these is that you can custom mix colors to get perfect matches. Just like mixing automotive paints.

Now there are a few different spray can flexable coating available.

SEM makes a couple of them. Classic Coat and Color Coat.

I do keep a wide range of these stocked as they do have some that actually match at times. I do use the Launda Black for any black seats I have.

Another company that has this is Duplicolor. I have not used this at all and would prefer to use SEM. Personal preference with what i am familiar with.

The biggest step to making sure the color dye stays on the seat and not on your ass, is the prep. I use a strong silicone remover and then a strong leather prep cleaner and then I repair any cracks, rips or holes and then I dye the seats.

Here is a link to SEM that describes their flexible coating systems.......

http://semproducts.com/images/Users/1/trai.../RAP-1_1009.pdf

Thanks man this is great! Too bad i don't i dont live in florida, i'd have you do it

[Awhitewookie]

Well, this is somehting I do everyday. I repair and re-dye leather and vinyls.

I use a water based paint with a special binder and cross linkers. I get my supplies from a company called Viper Products.

But, a similar product is offered by SEM called Sure Coat.

Dupont also offers a vinyl/leather paint with their own special binders and linkers.

The difference with these is that you can custom mix colors to get perfect matches. Just like mixing automotive paints.

Now there are a few different spray can flexable coating available.

SEM makes a couple of them. Classic Coat and Color Coat.

I do keep a wide range of these stocked as they do have some that actually match at times. I do use the Launda Black for any black seats I have.

Another company that has this is Duplicolor. I have not used this at all and would prefer to use SEM. Personal preference with what i am familiar with.

The biggest step to making sure the color dye stays on the seat and not on your ass, is the prep. I use a strong silicone remover and then a strong leather prep cleaner and then I repair any cracks, rips or holes and then I dye the seats.

Here is a link to SEM that describes their flexible coating systems.......

http://semproducts.com/images/Users/1/trai.../RAP-1_1009.pdf

well actually, im not talking about leather seats. Just realized...

[EpicenterDesigns]

well actually, im not talking about leather seats. Just realized...

Same basic principles for fabric and carpets.

What you have to keep in mind is you can't do a color change this way. You can only do same or similar colors to fix bleached, stained or discolored carpets and seats.

[emmertb]

What is the best way to, doing it myself, fix cracks in leather?

[EpicenterDesigns]

what is the best way to, doing it myself, fix cracks in leather?

Clean it and use some leather prep on the seats. Using a small spreader, apply some of this.......

http://semproducts.com/Catalog.asp?prod=194

..... into the crack. Let it air dry. Do thin layers. If you need to fill it in more, do it in small steps.

Now here is where experience plays a big part. You may or may not want to fill the entire crack in. If you do, sometimes it looks out of place.

Take for instance the leg bolster on the drivers seat. It is what you look at 1st when the door is opened. It is also where most of the cracks occur. Also, you get lots of wear on the upper side bolster. If those areas are smooth and the rest of the seat has normal wear and cracks, it looks like a fake part.

I try to fix the bigger cracks and let the smaller ones make the seats blend. Hard to explain. I have pics I will upload later on. It may help.

Back to the repair steps.

After the compound is dry, sand it with some 300, then go over it with some 600. Clean the area again with the leather prep and then dye it. Dye the entire seat if it is all faded so they lok blended in. If the seats are in a good shape except for some small stuff you fix, you can just do a panel color fix.

[EpicenterDesigns]

Don't know if anyone is reading or gives a shit, but here we go.

First you use a Silicone Remover and then Leather Prep.

In this 1st pic, you can see the orangeish colored stuff on the seat and on the rag. That was dirt and old leather coloring that come up when you clean it. Thats why it is important to use the cleaners. If you re-color over top of that, it will be coming off soon.

In this pic, you have the lower seat bolster near the door after I cleaned it. See all the cracks in the leather?

Here is the same part all fixed and recolored. See how it shows some wear without looking bad?

Thats what I was talking about before.

Here is the upper side seat bolster near the door. It shows discoloration, cracks and general ugliness.

And here it is all good again.

Same car. It has a burnt spot on the armrest and lots of dirt/sweat stains.

And here is it again all fixed up.

Here is an overall shot of the done seat. It is a Cadillac CTS.

[slmd95s10]

wow!! how do you fix teh cracks in the leather? my truck seats are startin to crack and i'd like to take care of it before it gets too bad.