Carpet discolouration...

[chris1972]

The search facility is still down.!

The carpet in my Chimaera is really discoloured. I'd like to sort this out and was wondering is there was a good dye or spray I could brush into the carpet as the carpet fibres are in good condition. Something that could be colour matched would be good. Anyone got any recommendations?

[domster]

Use an all purpose cleaner and a wet vac. You'll be amazed at what a good wet vac will shift. Steam cleaning is also an option. Hire a machine from Rug Doctor or similar if you don't have one or can't borrow one.

[kds keltec]

TVR carpets do fade badly , i have owned a couple and had to re-colour the carpets on both the cars.

Here is a link to the current TVR warning loads and loads of photos (TVR carpets right at the bottom of thread)

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...

and why not be proud of the outside of my cars too

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...

for me i am lucky as the carpets are jet black , so ordered some fabric dye from ebay.

very very easy to use , gave the carpets very good clean and then once fully dry just brushed the colour evenly onto the carpets.

Gave them 2 coats and as new again.

note to myself i really need to sort out the many files of photos of the full process restoring the TVR

HTH Kelly

[chris1972]

kds keltec said:

TVR carpets do fade badly , i have owned a couple and had to re-colour the carpets on both the cars.

Here is a link to the current TVR warning loads and loads of photos (TVR carpets right at the bottom of thread)

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...

and why not be proud of the outside of my cars too

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...

for me i am lucky as the carpets are jet black , so ordered some fabric dye from ebay.

very very easy to use , gave the carpets very good clean and then once fully dry just brushed the colour evenly onto the carpets.

Gave them 2 coats and as new again.

note to myself i really need to sort out the many files of photos of the full process restoring the TVR

HTH Kelly

Thanks for that, awesome links. I spoke to one of your chaps a couple of years back when I was at Lepsons and had a look round at some of your work, very impressive. As for the carpet dye, is there any particular brand that works best, something that doesn't run or rub off on clothes?

[chris1972]

domster said:

Use an all purpose cleaner and a wet vac. You'll be amazed at what a good wet vac will shift. Steam cleaning is also an option. Hire a machine from Rug Doctor or similar if you don't have one or can't borrow one.

Cheers for that, but this is bleaching and fading from the sun. They will inevitably need a clean before they are dyed though.

[domster]

Aha,no worries. Wasn't clear from the post. As for recolouring, Lord Kelly of Kent came to the rescue!

[kds keltec]

cant help with any one "good" brand for carpet dye as i have only had to do this twice and on my own cars.

its not some thing that there is a high call for a part from Tvr's it seems .

just do some googling for fabric dye

HTH kelly

[Beau Technique]

Used to do a lot of this on many cars years back.

Colours which were available to me were:

Light grey
Charcoal
Black
Light beige
Red
Dark blue

Sure there was a green also but not 100% on that one. The stockist has since stopped reselling the product and was ( to my understanding ) the sole UK hub. Will do some more digging and find out. Main thing with these dyes was a well ventilated area. Mask to ensure your not breathing the fumes in and a reasonably stable environment to ensure the dye takes to the fabric correctly.

[chris1972]

Beau Technique said:

Used to do a lot of this on many cars years back.

Colours which were available to me were:

Light grey
Charcoal
Black
Light beige
Red
Dark blue

Sure there was a green also but not 100% on that one. The stockist has since stopped reselling the product and was ( to my understanding ) the sole UK hub. Will do some more digging and find out. Main thing with these dyes was a well ventilated area. Mask to ensure your not breathing the fumes in and a reasonably stable environment to ensure the dye takes to the fabric correctly.

Thanks, that would be very useful!