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S6 Devil said:
Flintstone said:
Depends on the colour. I dyed the carpets on both my Chimaeras and used a little over a litre (black) on each.
I would be interested to know how your carpets turned out after dying. What colour were they before? I'm thinking of dying my grey ones black.How easy is it? Very. I used a piece of sponge and dabbed it on. You just need to be patient, careful and have a damp cloth in your other hand to wipe off the inevitable accidents immediately. Oh, and I think I paid about £15 a litre off eBay.
Edited by Flintstone on Sunday 6th July 10:29
I got mine from leather magic too - they knew the TVR navy blue colour I wanted but I sent them a carpet cutting anyway.
Dye is a perfect match and they send basic kit with it - brush/gloves.
I found having a smaller brush was ncessary to get the fiddly bits, but it's easy enough to do - just mask as much as possible and wipe off excess asap!
Like I said, results are great though the £17.99 kit probably not enough to do everything, especially if doing more than one application...
Dye is a perfect match and they send basic kit with it - brush/gloves.
I found having a smaller brush was ncessary to get the fiddly bits, but it's easy enough to do - just mask as much as possible and wipe off excess asap!
Like I said, results are great though the £17.99 kit probably not enough to do everything, especially if doing more than one application...
Edited by RPE11Y on Monday 7th July 09:23
Am I missing something here...
Earlier this year I had my carpets replaced (to full TVR spec) in the dark blue. This cost me £70 from Gibsons in Harrogate (old fashoined car trimmers, had a number of TVR fabrics in stock). They are listed in the Sprint reccomended re-trimmers.
Did a fantastic job and very very knowledgable about TVR trims and colours , a pleasure to do business with too.
Earlier this year I had my carpets replaced (to full TVR spec) in the dark blue. This cost me £70 from Gibsons in Harrogate (old fashoined car trimmers, had a number of TVR fabrics in stock). They are listed in the Sprint reccomended re-trimmers.
Did a fantastic job and very very knowledgable about TVR trims and colours , a pleasure to do business with too.
Edited by H10TVR on Tuesday 8th July 11:32
Edited by H10TVR on Tuesday 8th July 11:33
H10TVR said:
Am I missing something here...
Earlier this year I had my carpets replaced (to full TVR spec) in the dark blue. This cost me £70 from Gibsons in Harrogate (old fashoined car trimmers, had a number of TVR fabrics in stock). They are listed in the Sprint reccomended re-trimmers.
Did a fantastic job and very very knowledgable about TVR trims and colours , a pleasure to do business with too.
That's an incredible price! I had a Chim done a few years back at a cost 8 times yours. Need to get the Tuscan done at some point and still getting similar prices quoted, admitedly they did a fantastic job but I doubt it was 8 times better than yours!Earlier this year I had my carpets replaced (to full TVR spec) in the dark blue. This cost me £70 from Gibsons in Harrogate (old fashoined car trimmers, had a number of TVR fabrics in stock). They are listed in the Sprint reccomended re-trimmers.
Did a fantastic job and very very knowledgable about TVR trims and colours , a pleasure to do business with too.
Edited by H10TVR on Tuesday 8th July 11:32
Edited by H10TVR on Tuesday 8th July 11:33
Daston,
Think you will find difficult if not impossible to go from dark colour to light. colour pigment of dye in carpet will be stronger than whats being applied and will be the dominant colour. The reason for dying carpets being down to sun bleaching, if all the dark navy in your carpet has been sun bleached then you would have a chance of appling lighter colour but still un-likley.
JJ.
Think you will find difficult if not impossible to go from dark colour to light. colour pigment of dye in carpet will be stronger than whats being applied and will be the dominant colour. The reason for dying carpets being down to sun bleaching, if all the dark navy in your carpet has been sun bleached then you would have a chance of appling lighter colour but still un-likley.
JJ.
Just looked at the thread again; just to clarify the £70 was for the carpets (mats) in the footwell not a full carpet re-trim. From memory this would work out about £300 to £350 sorry if I mis led anyone.
They still did a great job though, they used to do the work for Harrogate HC so they do know TVR's
They still did a great job though, they used to do the work for Harrogate HC so they do know TVR's
Ok I have now got to the bottom of my £95 quote. There are two companies called leather magic. One is leather magic UK and the other leather magic Europe. I spoke to magic UK explaining to them about the £17.99 people have been paying and was told it was probable through magic Europe. I have just checked there internet sight and sure enough £17.99. So I will be sending them a carpet sample to mach. Anybody else wanting to do this there address is. www.leathermagiceurope.co.uk
Hi all, i can supply you with carpet dye kits for £16.50 inc delivery.
The kit will make up 1 gallon of dye solution which will cover approx 6 square meters of carpet.
Please let me know if you need any advice or colour options.
Thanks,
Mark
The kit will make up 1 gallon of dye solution which will cover approx 6 square meters of carpet.
Please let me know if you need any advice or colour options.
Thanks,
Mark
Edited by carpetdyeman on Saturday 19th July 16:33
Edited by carpetdyeman on Saturday 19th July 16:36
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