Has anyone dyed cloth seats any recommendations?

[Turbo Futura]

I have a set of dark blue cloth buckets from a T'Bird at night they look almost black. In the sun they look dark blue. I want to dye them black. Has anyone done this? What products did you use? The results? Great, good, fair. How did the dye job wear?

[85 GT Kid]

Sounds like you have raven black seats. Never tried it myself but I have wanted to.

[Squeek]

just wondering, but how do the look and fit? i've been wanting a to put a set of buckets in my fairmont, and i know the newer t-bird sets are comfy. have to do any other mods to make them bolt up?

[Turbo Futura]

Thanks for the info. I think those seats were from a turbo coupe bird. Thanks for the info. Hope somebody shares some ideas.

[Squeek]

oh a fox bird duh i don't know why i did think of that

[DeraldRice]

I have re-dyed cloth seats, and the end result is ok for a while, but I usually end up recovering the seats anyway. Most , if not all, of the fabric dyes in a spray can are laquer products. The color is permanent, but the seats usually end up rough and uncomfortable to sit on. I would consider a re-dye on cloth seats to be a temporary fix.

[85 GT Kid]

They are really nice. I have a raven black set out of a sport (same as a tc) and they are way better than a mustang seat. Now someones gonna come on here and say they are the same foam but theres NO way. They look and feel thicker than say the seats on my 85. You do have to switch the seattracks out though (atleast for a stang you do i dont know about a futura).

[Squeek]

hmmm that would be hard since i don't have seat tracks for buckets....

[Mustang Marty]

I have done it twice with the Turbocoupe seats. Once with the charcoal/grey and the navy/grey. Both seats were pretty faded and I wanted the grey inserts to match the rest of the seat.



The trick that I do with cloth seats is use a nylon bristle scrub brush, like a small kitchen brush, and scrub the seats in-between coats. This helps prevent the fibers from sticking and clumping together. Use light coats and and a soft but firm brush strokes and the seats will come out great. Both of the seats above were faded. The black one was nearly purple and the blue on was that wierd shade of green.

[Turbo Futura]

That's them exactly, they are nice and comfortabe with the thigh support. Mine do not have the halos. Thanks for the pix.

[Squeek]

hopefully when i go pick up my disk brake parts, the guy has a set of these as well

[Turbo Futura]

Any more ideas??

[Turbo Futura]

Look for help with dying cloth seats.

[Anlushac11]

I have watched this and contemplated dyeing my seats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuiTj-VTvHo