Dying Your Interior To Black

[phunny]

No such thing as too much black.

 

[VETTE_50_TH]

No such thing as too much black.

And carbon fiber and one off parts.

 

[Blurred Talon]

I honestly like the grey bits. The door handles inside are still grey along with the buttons on the dash and the seats. It doesn't look to bad imo.

I've got the carpet dyed with RIT dye however, I didn't let it soak long enough so it's not quite black enough. I'm going to redo it in the next week or so and let it sit longer this time. I'll get some pictures up when I get home today. I'm also going to buy new floor mats as the stockers have seen much better days. I've decided to just leave the seats grey for now.

I've also got to redo the door panels, I'm not ashamed to admit when I screw up, we all make mistakes. Basically even after clear coating I could rub the SEM paint off the door panels (vinyl). So I called up the SEM tech support and told them how I prep'd it. He imediately told me the prep work was the issue so I've go to strip the current dye off (said to use masking tape) and then use SEM soap, SEM Vinyl Prep and a grey scuff pad. I called the local place I'm buying all this stuff from and had them order other items for me (apart from the pad cause I have one).
The door panels are in the car right now so I'll have to do this when I go out to it next in a couple more weeks.

 

[Blurred Talon]

Dash is back in the car now. Love how it looks!

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[_dOp_skyLINe]

wow looks sick

 

[dsmtnr]

looks good, but damn thats a ton of gauges.

 

[Blurred Talon]

wow looks sick

Thanks!

looks good, but damn thats a ton of gauges.

Thanks, . I know it's a lot of gauges but I'm a bit anal and like being able to keep tabs on what I feel are the important things. I've got an AEM Wideband, Tru Boost and Voltage, Dakota Digital Water Temp, Pro Sport Oil Pressure (stock gauge didn't work and the S2000 cluster has no stock oil pressure gauge), Oil Temp (important imo) and Fuel Pressure (a waste imo).
I want to ditch the Pro Sport ones and run all AEM eventually, the Fuel Pressure will also be replaced with something else.

 

[lex]

Putting alot of time and effort into this car. Should look fantastic when done!

 

[Blurred Talon]

Thanks man.

 

[Ppayer38]

Back to life!!!

How is it holding up??
How much did it end up costing you?
How many cans of clear and paint were used?
How many coats?

I'm dying my carpet this weekend and have a few panels is like to do... From the pictures it looks factory and not shiny like when painted is this correct?

 

[Nasty Dream]

Dash is back in the car now. Love how it looks!

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I honestly like the grey bits. The door handles inside are still grey along with the buttons on the dash and the seats. It doesn't look to bad imo.

I've got the same thing - but the opposite: grey interior with black buttons and some black trim panels.

I swapped them out with some buttons and trim I picked up from a salvage yard. But this is very interesting for future reference.

EDIT: here's a picture, if you are wondering how the opposite looks

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Thought about getting the faceplate black as well, but meh. $$

I also put in black defroster and door vents. Goes well with the other black components like steering wheel, shifter/boot main gauges, and climate control/stereo trim.

 

[DSMToretto]

very nice work man, is that the interior paint that u can get up at autozone or advance because i have a few spots id like to fix myself..

 

[Ppayer38]

very nice work man, is that the interior paint that u can get up at autozone or advance because i have a few spots id like to fix myself..

It is a spray dye more or less... I asked a friend of mine who works at a body shop and they use the exact product and it is very nice he is going to spray mine instead of me buying a bunch of aerisol cans and taking the chance of it coming out spray paint like

It is not available at Advance,AutoZone, etc. You have to get it at a paint supple store or online

Not guarrenteed to match you black interor but proly wont be off by much

 

[ahaley1]

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I'm dying my carpet and seats (removing the fabric from the seats) with Rit dye. I'll post pictures of the out come.[/QUOTE]

i done that once on a mustang and it turned my carpet purple and my bath tub

 

[Blurred Talon]

very nice work man, is that the interior paint that u can get up at autozone or advance because i have a few spots id like to fix myself..

Autobody supply store is where you need to buy it from. Check out SEM's website they've got a store locator.

It is a spray dye more or less... I asked a friend of mine who works at a body shop and they use the exact product and it is very nice he is going to spray mine instead of me buying a bunch of aerisol cans and taking the chance of it coming out spray paint like

It is not available at Advance,AutoZone, etc. You have to get it at a paint supple store or online

Not guarrenteed to match you black interor but proly wont be off by much

It doesn't come out looking 'spray paint like' at all imo.
However if you have access to a gun buy it in a pint or bigger and spray it that way.

i done that once on a mustang and it turned my carpet purple and my bath tub

I actually already did it but didn't leave it in long enough plus I didn't have enough dye. I'm going to redo it this week if the weather is good.

 

[Blurred Talon]

I've got the rear trunk panels done, I'll get pictures posted by the end of the weekend. I've also got a video made that talks about dying the door panels and some of the issues ran into.

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[Blurred Talon]

Finally some updates.
Got my trunk panels done, going to try and get the rest of them done so I can put the rear interior back into the car but first I need to get more from the shop (if they can find any, they can't right now).

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I also took about my door panels completely, this will allow me to work on them better and prep/paint each material differently.
The plastic piece on the bottom of the door panel has little posts that pass through the vinyl part of the door panel and then they are melted to make the panel one piece.

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I drilled the head off (melted part) and then I was able to take apart the plastic piece. I will screw it back together with some small screws and washers. (I've got enough pictures taken to do a how to on this so when I get them dyed and reassembled I'll post up).

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I'm working on stripping all the SEM off the door panels because as you can see in the above picture I screwed up. I was lax on the prep work the the SEM started to peel while the panels where just sitting in my work shop!!! SEM soap, Vinyl prep and plastic prep are needed to prep correctly. Here's a video I did talking about prepping the door panels. I'm still stripping the old stuff off so I haven't redone them yet. I'm sorry about the crappy light I was filming with my Galaxy S2 because my camera was dead.
Dying My Talon's Interior Part 3 - Talking About Door Panels - YouTube

Next up it's time to dye my carpet. I'm using the RIT dye method.
According to the bottle of RIT dye, you need to use 1 bottle for each pound of fabric. Knowing that I weighed myself with and with out the carpet in my arms and came up with 10lbs, not super accurate but it works. I bought 10 bottles of the liquid RIT dye and 1 kilogram box of salt (Salt will help the dye get into the carpet.

Step 1 Optional, remove the sound deadening fluff from the back of the carpet.

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Step 2 Use a carpet cleaning product (or steam cleaner) and a brush to clean the carpet. Power wash it also, if this means you need to bring it to a coin wash then do it. After that hang it to dry, I tossed it on the clothes line. Make sure you get ALL of the cleaning product/soap out.

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Step 3 Grab all your dye and some rocks, you'll use these to weigh the carpet down and keep it under the water. I put them in zip lock bags to keep dirt out of the dye.

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Step 4 Grab a big Rubbermaid bin (mine is big not sure on the exact size) and a bucket and start filling said bin with HOT water. I used water from my tap since it comes out pretty damned hot! Also make sure you have the bin where ever you want it to live while doing this because you won't be moving it when it's full of water!

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Step 5 Once the bin is full start adding dye.

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Once you get 5 bottles in give it a good stir then put the final 5 in and stir again.

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Step 6 Pour your salt in and stir.

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Keep stirring it!

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Step 7 Put your carpet in and put the rocks on top to keep it under the water.

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After this I drug it under my deck and added some rocks on top to keep the lid on. I plan to leave it there till Thursday afternoon then I'll take it out, hose it off till the water runs clear and then let it dry.

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[zeroscore]

show pics of the carpet

 

[Boostinsideways]

SEM isn't paint, it's a dye that soaks into the piece. With the clear on I can't scratch it, I've tried.

If you guys would read the thread title its dye... Not paint. The dye part is crucial. I've dyed vinyl and plastic with rit dye. Though its a pain in the ass to large pieces with rit as you need a heat source and large enough container to do it right.

Looks good Blurred Talon. Looks almost OEM. I rather like it. If I wanted black interior this is probably the route I'd go. But, I am happy with the standard gray, just glad its not tan. Hate the tan interior.

 

[DSMnOOb00]

Cant wait to see what your final product looks like

 

[kev98gsx]

Any updates?

 

[Blurred Talon]

Nope. I'm busy with my wiring project and since I'm not driving the car I'm not focusing on it too much.
I will however start working on the door panels soon. I really want to make sure I get the vinyl nice and clear so the stuff will soak in right. Also I think with the plastic (since I have a ton left over) I will use some adhesion promoter.

 

[zeroscore]

Can we see the carpet thou after u dyed it?

 

[Blurred Talon]

Nope, car is an hour and a half away plus I haven't installed it yet.
If I get it in next time I go out to the car then I'll get some pictrues.

 

[duy35]

How much salt did you put in that tub for the carpet dye?