Fading carpet

[andyoleary]

Anyone have any tips for bringing the colour back in patches of faded carpet trim? Mine is prussian blue but has always been a bit "yellow" in some places, (looks like fading from sunlight) so I'm wondering if I can sort it or would I have to have a re-trim?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

[Flintstone]

Search is your friend.


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[andyoleary]

Thanks Paul, very handy (hardly ever works for me though....)



Andy

[medieval]

Andy - for blue I used a dark blue suede shoe dye, from Timpsons I think, and it worked an absolute treat on my blue carpets which like yours had sun bleached a gold in certain places.

Just make sure you fix the colour by using a hair dryer and you should not get any colour lift onto clothing etc. I did mine a few months ago and no problems.

Good luck with it

[andyoleary]

Good man Craig, thanks for this - I will try to get hold of some and give it a go!

Cheers

Andy

[R3UMP]

Hi Andy

Sorry I don't know much about faded carpets but I was hoping to catch up with you on 'the Kent Run' last weekend.

I looked out for you at Maidstone but our group headed off before you turned up. I then saw your car at Rye just as we were leaving. No worries I thought I'll introduce myself at the BBQ, but did not realise you were not doing the whole route.

Catch up with you next time then!

Cheers

John

[Flintstone]

I've just used the shoe dye on the piping around my mats which was light grey (dark blue carpet, light and dark blue leather trim, black piping on the rest )

Worked a treat but the bottle is tiny and would probably only dye, say, a pair of shoes. How can you buy enough to treat all the carpets without spending a fortune?


Andy. Know what you mean about the search. many times I've gone looking for a topic I know exists without success.

Edited by Flintstone on Wednesday 13th June 17:40

[Flintstone]

Apologies for the DP but has anyone tried this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VALETING-PRODUT-BLACK-CARPET...

[andyoleary]

Thanks for the ideas Paul, to be honest I am going to go down to a local Timpsons and get some of their navy suede dye which I have been told does the job when fixed in place with a hairdrier.

John - I know what you mean! I was looking out for you too but being in the last group and not going to the BBQ meant that I missed a lot of people that I was hoping to say hi to. Never mind, next time eh!

Cheers

Andy

[medieval]

Hi Andy - just to give you a steer - one of the little bottles would probably touch up the colour of say both sides of a carpetted transmission tunnel plus a little spare or possibly a pair of carpetted inner door cards so you may need a few to complete what you need.

Good luck with it anyway

[andyoleary]

Thanks for the head's up Craig, I have just bought 2 of the little bottles from Timpsons (that's all they had) - will try to get a chance to have a go on a less conspicuous area tomorrow,

Ta

Andy