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captain ron (Captain_ron)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 2:00 am: | |
I found a sofa and love seat at Good will that's in real good shape but it is white. Can I dye it with good results? I prefer gray. |
FAST FRED
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:39 am: | |
Use oil Paint.
FAST FRED |
Pete/RTS Daytona (Pete_rtsdaytona)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:42 am: | |
Autozone here in florida now sells
SEM -- spray Vinyl dye and good auto body supply stores sell it in pints/quarts and any color
RV Converters have been using it for years
It's a dye - almost impossible to rub off
see--> http://www.autostyles.com/sem.htm
see--> http://www.sem.ws/news_article.php?article_id=17
Pete RTS/Daytona |
Kyle Brandt (Kyle4501)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:49 am: | |
I went thru this a while back for the seats in my car. The general consensus I got from local leather workers was that to get the new color to stick, you will have to get the oils out of the leather. Without the oils, the leather is hard, stiff, & will crack. Some of the color treatments will also transfer to your clothing.
Good luck with them
kyle4501 |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:02 am: | |
It ain't gonna' stay white for long anyway.... I'd give it
three hours 'till grey. |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:36 am: | |
Is it really leather?
Richard |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:38 am: | |
Is it really leather? If it is leather and it is white then it has been dyed once already and the oils would be gone.
Richard |
Tim (Timkar)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:16 pm: | |
Used this quite a few years ago on a set of 300ZX leather seats and they looked good all the time I had it. (I dyed them from tan to black)
http://www.leatherique.com/ |
Stephen Fessenden (Sffess)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:56 am: | |
Some leathers have a hard finish that cannot be penetrated. I think this is more common in automotive upholstery. If you can get an oil or alcoholbased dye to penetrate a sample then maybe you can do it. Be sure the sides a leather too. Some of that furniture is leather faced with vinyl sides and I imagine that would be hard to dye the sides and tops alike. Vinyl dye is still more like a specialized paint and may make a mess on leather. If I were doing it I would try a black water stain for woodworking. It is an analine dye with no pigments that you mix in water or alcohol.
By the way, for woodworking, it does not cloud the grain at all and it is permanent. |