And here's the after pics, sorry for the fuzzyness - just realized my lense was dirty...:
This was a transition shot - as you can see the red dye when completely dry was darker:
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so you dyed the original leather or had them re-upholstered?
EDIT: just saw on BF that it was a dye from leatherique. I'd be very interested to see how it wears over time...did they give you a life expectancy? Looks good...color appears consistent over the entire surface. was it tough to do?
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Whoa. That's amazing. I wasn't sure from your post last week if I was reading it right... that the project was dyeing the leather.
What an incredible outcome. I would not have thought it was possible to get those kind of results with a dye.
Great job!
Was it kinda freaky scary to use the dye? ( Like.. accidentally spilling it on the vinyl, when you were doing the door leather panels. )
You should post this on the RF detailing board. There are some Leatherique followers there that might find it very interesting.
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Leatherique told me that if the leather was prepped correctly following their instructions, that the dye would outlast the factory dye - considering that the factory dye was showing some slight wear areas after 8 yrs, I figure I got another 8 with the new red!!!
Not gonna lie, it was a lot of work!! Took me 9 days.. Lots of sanding and scrubbing to get the old dye out and get the leather softened back up. It's not that hard to re-dye. I was suprised, as I was a little nervous - a screw up would have either cost me $2000 to get full recovered or I'd have to buy cheap seat covers The door inserts were a little more tricky, I just made sure I had all the black parts covered and I masked around the vinyl before dyeing...
Trick to dyeing, buy a VERY good acrylic paint brush - it helped in keeping an even spread of the dye and reduced the brush marks to nill!!
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well, that's certainly a neat trick. does it feel any different to the touch?
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My finished leather redo project - pics
The door inserts were a little more tricky, I just made sure I had all the black parts covered and I masked around the vinyl before dyeing... 