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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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How to Dye Door Panel fabric?

My camaro has the ugly "rainbow" grey cloth interior. I have made a rear seat delete and will be replacing the front seats, but I need to do something about the door panels. At this point I want to try to dye them before recovering or replacing them with leather.

I have never been pleased with aerosol dye's because they usually leave the fabric hard and "crunchy" feeling.

Can you guys point me to a good dye that will still feel normal. I want to dye the panels black by the way as I am going with black seats.
Old Mar 6, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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lol how about liquid fabric dye. I guess you'd have to remove the panels and sponge the dye on then rinse if off till the water runs clear.
Old Mar 6, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeGyver
lol how about liquid fabric dye. I guess you'd have to remove the panels and sponge the dye on then rinse if off till the water runs clear.
I was under the impression the fabric part of the door panel was not really removable?
Old Mar 7, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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I was under the impression the fabric part of the door panel was not really removable?

http://www.forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?t=90530
Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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I don't think you'll ever be happy with a dye job on any of the material that was offered in the F-bodies. It'd probably actually be more work to try to dye it than it would be to just reupholster it in the material of your desire.
Old Mar 8, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Some people have had good luck with these dyes.: http://www.eastwood.com/interior-rep...rior-dyes.html
Old Mar 8, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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Z28SORR, that site you linked to appears to have a javascript virus on it.
Old Mar 9, 2010 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Brangeta
Z28SORR, that site you linked to appears to have a javascript virus on it.
And???
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