Stitch dye? Anyone brave enough to try?

gurneyeagle · 10-31-2011, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by 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?

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.