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anyone do it in red?
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One more tip: Keep rinsing out your damp rag. The cleaner you keep it the easier it will be to clean the excess off of the seat. Now I need to figure out how to color the stitching on the suede door panels. Might just have to go to an upholstery shop for that one. |
kind of an interesting idea
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Looks great, rates about a 10 for bang for the buck DIY.
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looks great, cant wait to see red. and i can foresee this mod spreading like wildfire.
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Man. Looks good. How easy is this to mess up?
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Use the marker to color about 6 inches of the stitching then use the damp rag to wipe off the excess. Then use the dry one to wipe it down further. That's all there is to it. |
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Did it look maroon as well or actual red..?? I have a red Z so my obvious choice is to go with red.. |
I'm one of the few who would want maroon if it's close to the blackcherry
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orange would match pretty well maybe?
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If I had black exterior I could see orange claspers and orange stitches
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I too would like maroon to go with my cherry z. I think red stich would clash
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This is a great idea. Loving it. Next thing on list is to try and find a good "Painters" pen over here in Italy. Don't want to have to wait on one in mail if I can't find one!
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italy must have walmarts...? what doesn't?
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LOL!!!! OMG I wish they did! This place sucks! |
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I was going back and forth about wether to do red or blue and when I saw the maroon color on the seats I just decided that blue would look better. I really only did about 18 inches of stitching on the passenger seat when I made the decision to switch. Honestly I think I got lucky that it covered the red. It wouldve looked like crap if it didn't. If you want the maroon color then use the red fabric dye marker and not the acrylic paint pen. |
I was waiting for Tony to pop in here (2theextreme) because this would be one more blue mod.. .but I forgot he had orange seats :D
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man i love these little things to find on the forum, simple but looks great :)
I might have done it in red, but car is booked for interior redone in alcantara and leather |
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Looks great dude!!
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I'm actually going for the red look.. I don't want maroon.. Also, did you use the fine tip or the medium tip..?? |
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I used the medium tip but now that I think about it, the fine tip might be less messy. |
I tried the fine tip on 2 threads on the back of the cloth seat to see if it would be possible. I think it would be possible if there were an "extra fine" tip but even with the fine tip it is still to wide and impossible not to get on the black cloth.
If anyone comes across an extra fine tipped marker let me know. |
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There's supposed to be an Ultra Fine tip but the have it available ON SALE and only in blue. Can't find any other ultra fine tips on the site. They do have the Fine and Medium tips in several colors... |
I called Elmer's and they told me that they dont sell a red ultra fine. So i guess im outta luck unless i can find another brand.
*i just found Deco color makes an ultra fine in red and it sells on the website markersupply.com I'm going to get a couple and try them out. |
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The blue looks excellent! I was going to do mine Wednesday night but thanks to the snow storm we got here in DC area i was happily stuck in traffic for 6 hrs (usually takes 45 min) on the beltway. So... maybe tonight ill go buy it and get going... but its snowing again.... :shakes head: |
i wonder how the long term durability is gonna be? You'd think the driver seat area on the left would wear off real fast from getting in and out so often. And then there is fading from the sun as well.... well its not like it cant be reapplied!
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anyone else try this and have pics?
also, anyone have a direct link to a red ultra fine marker? |
Anyone else give this a try over the weekend?
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I already tried with the decocolor extra fin tip pens i ordered, It worked great on my cloth seats...except, the color was way wrong. not even close to the red shown it was pink like very pink. I have ordered some sharpee brand extra fine red acrylic pens to see if those will work to go over the pink.
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Gonna try myself on these snowy days. looks good gonna go with red just dont know what brand. And my seats are fabric.. But some recomended fabric paint not the Acrylic...
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That would probable work better as far as longevity is concerned. Seems like a lot of the people I have seen are using the acrylic paint markers, however it does seem like those would fade or wash out.
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I'm waiting for my markers to come on the mail down here in Panama.. Oh the waiting, always the waiting... Wish I could get more things locally..
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I hope Tony doesn't see this thread... :D
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