Interior re-dye-ing

[rich 36]

Hi, am working on headlining of my 82 911, and want to clean up and recolour the smoke stained material,
any ideas of which paint/dye to use?

[markmullen]

Not a dye but when I got my Mitsi GTO it had a really smokey roof which a few people wrote off and recommended a new headlining.

Whilst recovering from a fairly hefty car crash at home I had enough time on my hands to sit and scrub it with Jif cream and one of my mum's scouring pads, one of the reversible soft jobs. It came up as good as new. It was a painful job as the back seats of a GTO are suitable for dwarves only and your arms ache a lot but it looked much better afterwards.

Hope this helps.

Mark

[warmfuzzies]

Benchmark Leather of Danbury in Essex reconnolised my seats, they also can supply kits, from IIRC £90.

I've tried the Gliptone stuff, but wasn't impressed.

Ask anyone who's seen my seats and they'll tell you how good they look even after 2 years of my @rse in them.

kevin.

[rich 36]

Mark, thanks for pointer, hope your recovered ok.
Nicotine staining on headlining thats it allright, perhaps i might track down that 'sillit bang' stuff as a cleaner, since it works so well in the tv ads' have you seen it on sale anywhere?

Kevin, the leather in car Seats/panels are fortunately in very good nick, no scuffs or tears, the woman in Germany who had car new, evidently wore smooth outfits, but sadly smoked like a chimney hence the staining.

[cuneus]

Dumb question but what material is the headlining ?

[rich 36]

Don't know, its some kind of vynal, stuff, i was told to bleach it clean first to make new pain adhere to it

[cuneus]

OK

have used the stuff from www.leathermotive.com

on vinyl. The prep is really aggresive (might be worth testing an area)