What do you think of my new black'd out interior?....90% done
#19
The way I did it was I completely removed the carpet, laid it in the driveway and hosed it down completely. I had it completely wet, then put the dye into a spray bottle and just sprayed it down. I did about a 70% dye, 30% HOT water mixture to be able and spread the dye out. I did it 2x, let it dry and was going to put it back in but there was black dusting that got on everything it touched...so I washed it down and re-did it 2 more times. If you keep the carpet wet when doing it, the dye will distribute evenly.
After I was content w/ the color, and I couldn't wash out anymore residue from the carpet, I scotchguarded it up 3x total so it should be almost waterproof.
Just take your time, apply the dye evenly and you will be amazed at what you come up w/. Look at my old carpet before I stained it....I thought it was long gone and this was just an attempt...but now it looks as good if not better than a new carpet and it cost me very little but some time.
Any other q's don't hesitate... I had to figure this all out myself and had quite a bit of trial and error... it kept things interesting!
This was after 2 coats...just needed to be darker for me.
Last edited by stroked 383; 07-09-2007 at 08:11 PM.
#22
thanks for the advice. All I could find was powder dye so hopefully that will work. Ill just put it in something that I can spray with and do it the same way. I might try to even find a tub or something big enough to soak it in. Ill probably do it this weekend, Ill let you know how it turns out.
#23
thanks for the advice. All I could find was powder dye so hopefully that will work. Ill just put it in something that I can spray with and do it the same way. I might try to even find a tub or something big enough to soak it in. Ill probably do it this weekend, Ill let you know how it turns out.
Last edited by stroked 383; 07-09-2007 at 06:54 PM.
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