Two questions for those who know upholstery or have restored their seats.
Q1 - Can turquoise leather be dyed red?
Penelope has graciously offered the old leather seat covers for the cost of shipping. His seats are turquoise and mine are red, however. Will I be able to dye them red? I'm thinking of something like the vinyl dyes which are more like paints in that they cover rather than saturate. Could I possibly use a vinyl pain on the leather? My leather is real tires, getting beyond serviceable and I just don't have the money to redo the leather yet. I do want to keep driving it though and this may be a good stop-gap measure.
Q2 - What are the odds my seat foam is any good?
Even if I could dye the leather, it may be a moot point if my foam disintegrates when I remove the old covers. What are the odds that my foam - after 18 years in the southern CA sun and 150,000 miles of butts in them - is any good? Is there any reasonable expectation that I can re-use the foam? What are your experiences? If I pull the old covers off and the foam comes apart I'm in trouble. Any techniques that might give better results? I bet that cutting the seat covers off will make it more likely that the foam is reusable, any other tips?
Thanks,
Q1 - Can turquoise leather be dyed red?
Penelope has graciously offered the old leather seat covers for the cost of shipping. His seats are turquoise and mine are red, however. Will I be able to dye them red? I'm thinking of something like the vinyl dyes which are more like paints in that they cover rather than saturate. Could I possibly use a vinyl pain on the leather? My leather is real tires, getting beyond serviceable and I just don't have the money to redo the leather yet. I do want to keep driving it though and this may be a good stop-gap measure.
Q2 - What are the odds my seat foam is any good?
Even if I could dye the leather, it may be a moot point if my foam disintegrates when I remove the old covers. What are the odds that my foam - after 18 years in the southern CA sun and 150,000 miles of butts in them - is any good? Is there any reasonable expectation that I can re-use the foam? What are your experiences? If I pull the old covers off and the foam comes apart I'm in trouble. Any techniques that might give better results? I bet that cutting the seat covers off will make it more likely that the foam is reusable, any other tips?
Thanks,
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