Help needed on faded Carpets

[Mark Boggett]

I've got a dark blue 96 Chim with dark blue carpets. In certain places the carpet has really faded. Does anybody know of any solution, short of replacing all the carpets, to get my interior looking new again?

[salty-nlv]

I've got a similar problem with water damaged & faded!! carpet in the boot of my Tuscan, any help out there?

[Podie]

All I can think of is carpet dye or something...

1001 carpet cleaner is pretty good for sorting grubby carpets though

[bigjohnboy]

I had the same question and this was the answer :
"Get yourself some suede renovator, any shoe shop should sell it at about 3 quid a tin.
The colour match on mine was pretty close and you just do what it says on the tin. 2 coats and the carpet looks brand new, just be sure to mask the areas where the carpet meets trim."

My Chim is Starmist blue with dark blue carpets which were looking more like gold in places the above did the trick .

Cheers

John

[AllTorque]

Yeah can vouch for the suede colour restorer - works great! Get the spray though - much less hassle....

[rude girl]

Yep, my sister's was the same. Spray suede dye did the trick - now looks like new

[trefor]

Renovo blue roof renovator stuff worked a treat on my navy blue carpets where they had faded. Don't spill it on any light bits though. Goes a bit stiff when it dries, but you can rub it until it's soft again IYKWIM.

Try a bit behind the seat or something to be sure - I did because I didn't believe it would work. It does!

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