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Title: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: bobbarley on 25 January 2009, 14:12
Afternoon chaps!

Apart from Ash, has anyone else tried doing this yet? I'm considering it, think it'll make the inside look a lot more "trick"  :grin:  Seriously though, I reckon it'd look nice.  I seem to remember Ash buying a load of dye.  I read that it's best to use some sort of sprayer to do the lining.
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: vapor matt on 25 January 2009, 14:20
look at ash's project bob, iam sure he did this to his golf.
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: bobbarley on 25 January 2009, 14:35
Yeah I was looking at it again last night.  Thing is I don't recall him saying how he got the dye onto the headlining.  I'm just a bit worried that you only get one opportunity to get it right, and I want it to work, look great, and have no streaking at all.
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: Steve_PD on 25 January 2009, 16:02
pretty sure he spray painted it on  :undecided:
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: vapor matt on 25 January 2009, 16:07
what you need bob is dylon. its permanat, and dosnt streak. once applied you need to rinse and then let it dry out. spray piant i wouldnt use mate, it would clog the fabric and the felt like stuff would stick and feel rigid after it dried.

Dylon, best bet mate
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: dai-cymru on 25 January 2009, 16:12
pretty sure he spray painted it on  :undecided:

yes he did page 3 on his thread, think ash is breaking his bob perhaps drop him a pm see if he wants to sell it?
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: vapor matt on 25 January 2009, 16:15
he may of painted it, but dylon would be better, as it would still feel like fabric and not rigid. unless he used a spray on fabric dye of some kind. you could always email ash and ask what he used bob!
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: Rhyso on 25 January 2009, 16:26
also you'll need to do the rest of the bits like the door seals, pillars etc

it does look good but is a lot of time and effort IMO

if yours was a 3 door Bob i'd say go for it as you could get the bits of a scrapped Anni but being a 5 door you're going to have to dye everything
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: Steve_PD on 25 January 2009, 18:17
he may of painted it, but dylon would be better, as it would still feel like fabric and not rigid. unless he used a spray on fabric dye of some kind. you could always email ash and ask what he used bob!

he did use dye but he used a compressor and spray gun attachment to spray the dye on
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: w0ffle on 26 January 2009, 10:08
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Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: K666PDP on 26 January 2009, 13:18
prep prep prep !!!!!!!!!ask any bodyshop!! tape everything up carefully dont rush and allow x number of days +1 xtra also have enough room to do it properly ie garage and just take ur time................if u cant do even 1 of those things DONT EVEN ATTEMPT IT as it'll look sh**.
Title: Re: Headlining - DIY blackening
Post by: indigo on 26 January 2009, 18:22
im not sure where you get it, but, you can buy fabric spray paint. I recon this would be easire than using dylon and you would still get the feel of the fabric unlike using regular spray paint.