Stitch dye? Anyone brave enough to try?

Mandingo

Sounds like a good plan to layer the red over the orange. Post pics after!

Good luck and may your hand be steady

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I'm glad I went with the black cherry colour!! sounds easier!!!

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gurneyeagle

Okay, in my never-ending quest to keep this thread going and obsess over doing this mod, I took another trip to Michael's this morning. After seeing Mandingo's interior, and continuing to play with the red/orange combo, I still wasn't happy with the results and decided to try cobalt blue.

Well, my local Michael's Uchida dye pen inventory is just about depleted - no doubt at the hands of rabid Z owners in Houston - so I had to pick-up a combo back of five pens. I noticed that the red pen's cap cover seemed "redder" than the pens I had previously purchased.

So as soon as I got home, I whipped-out my trusty black "test mule" cap with white stitching and laid down a "new" red line of threads next to the "old" red line of threads. It was like night and day!

The "old" thread definitely looks magenta, while the "new" red looks red, leaning more to orange. I also tried the blue, and have to say it looks pretty darn good. It's actually a perfect match for the blue found on the a/c temp knob.

The UPC on the red is 0 28617 12222 9

The UPC on the blue is 0 28617 12223 6

The pens are both dual tip - ball point on one end and brush tip on the other.

So here I sit with about $20 worth of dye pens and a choice to now make - blue or red. I'll obsess over that choice for a while since the wife has me booked for other commitments today.

At least I've earned street cred at Michael's with all my new girl friends. I'm scheduled for crochet lessons on Monday and needle point on Wednesday. I'm spending tomorrow trying to sort my new rug hooking kit.

Anyone willing to donate Z t-shirts for my quilt project should send their tax deductible donations (Haiti and Kazakhstan) to:

Gurneyeagle
AAR Home for the OCD
Cuda Ranch, CA 69669

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Baer383

I'm thinking of trying this my interior is black leather and the car is pearl white,my wife said to do it in red you guys have any opinions on this?

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gurneyeagle

From all the pictures I've seen, the red would look great with a with the color combination you have. The debate that has been going on here and the Camaro forum is whether to use the dye pens or the Elmer's paint pen.

The paint pen definitely has a sharper color, but it's paint, not dye. Long term, I'm not sure what that means. Once you dye the threads, they are done. That may be the case with the paint as well. Mandingo needs to chime in here as he just finished his interior with the red paint pen, and it does look great.

My concern with the paint pen is dying the threads on the Alcantara door panels. I've tried using the paint pen, and I (me only) am having trouble not getting paint on the Alcantara which won't wipe off like the leather. Now, a number of guys seemed to have pulled that off; it's just a matter of what your OCD meter is willing to accept as far as overrun. Obviously, I struggle with it.

I'm in no hurry to get this done. I'd rather do it right, than rush it and be unhappy with screwing up the interior of my new $40k+ car.

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Having already done this, I can say that the Elmers pen was not as precise as the Uchida dye pen. The Uchida had a super fine 'brush' tip and was easy to apply and wipe up. The alcantra is tricky but didn't take more than a few minutes to do with no issues.
Picture is a little blurry, but you get the idea.



The dye pen will not 'leech' out onto clothing and will last longer and resist fading. The Elmers pen may be brighter and add more punch but I would still recommend the Uchida dye pens as my first choice.
Finished seat:

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TongMan

I would love to do this but my seats are cloth base seats.

gurneyeagle

Tong, if you're careful, you can do it with a dye pen. I've seen some guys on the Camaro forum who used the paint pen on cloth, and it came out well.

Now, you could always go with red Plasti-dip...............................

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fuct

wheee your pink stitching looks great!

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Pink? That's a perfect match to the black rose! (cherry)

Flash makes it pink lol

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Check out Falcor's ride. He had cloth seats too and did a great job.

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6MT

No, I've seen it.... it's pink!

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2013 Honda Civic Si coupe D/D

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That was my thong you were looking at....

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Mandingo

I finished dying the stitches in my cloth interior a while back. This truly is not for the faint of heart. I managed to get all the red on the stitches and not on the seat with the Fine tip (since Elmers discontinued the Ultra Fine red pen ).

Firstly you must get a brand new, very sharp razor blade and sharpen the hard-felt tip on the pen. Do this while the tip is new otherwise it will make a mess. I'd take a picture but its pretty self-explanatory. Just don't sharpen the tip too much or the capillary action of the tip will cease and no paint will flow.

Have plenty of light. Bring extension cords and small desk lamps in the car if you have too. I used one with a heavy base and a metal, snake-like flexible post so I could position the light optimally.

Steady your hand in imaginative ways. Think about when you fire a rifle in the woods. If theres a tree nearby you would put one hand on the tree and use that to steady the stock. Use seat bolsters, dash pieces, bring in other little steadying objects from the garage. Sounds overkill I know

I haven't taken any pics other than the one on the previous page but I'll get around to it this weekend I'm sure.

Oh, I also did a stress test on the dyed stitches on the back of the seat. I just rubbed some bluejeans on the stitches, medium pressure for about a minute. I observed no flaking or fading. The stitches had dried for about a week at that point and had set in the hot sun (not sure if that matters).

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