Can Black leather be died Cardinal? Pics?

[Moto-Mucci]

Has anyone successfully died black leather interior Cardinal red? Can Thisbe done? If so does anyone have pics?

[blueapplesoda]

no

coming from a cotton-textile industry, usually it would turn your black to a black with a unnoticeable hint of red type of look

[e34john]

Couldn't he sand it down then dye it?

[bejbis]

Considering most automotive upholstery dye is nothing more than glorified spray paint. I don't see why not.

[Philo]

Why do you want cardinal so bad? I don't see it looking so great in a red car.

[Wh33lhop]

Grammar fail. Should be "killed."

[Moto-Mucci]

Why do you want cardinal so bad? I don't see it looking so great in a red car.

Who said the car was staying red ;-)

I'm not looking for theories. Those don't help me. I'm looking for fact. Can it be done and who has tried it?

[StereoInstaller1]

Considering most automotive upholstery dye is nothing more than glorified spray paint. I don't see why not.

Fucking A, finally ANYONE else who corroborates my story, thank you!

I have NFC what is happening with SEM, but their color coat products carried at my local upholstery supply house are all on clearance, except black.

WTF! Grab a crappy seat back or something, wipe it down with acetone and get to spraying!

I would bet as much as $1 that it would work great.

[Philo]

Ok, I'll try to help. - Well I thought i was.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=155453

He had a cardinal sport interior, but it looks like the car is gone now.

[AndrewBird]

Leather dye is NOT glorified paint. The SEM spray can crap is, but that isn't leather dye. All sanding will do to leather is remove it's finish and make the surface ruff. You can't dye a dark color lighter. You also will have a hard time dying anything white any other color as the white shows through so brightly.

Vinyl is a whole nother story.

[ALYKZANDYR]

Considering most automotive upholstery dye is nothing more than glorified spray paint. I don't see why not.

On my dads F450 truck, the tan color on the leather steering wheel was starting to wear off at 15,000 miles. I hate painted leather, on top of the fact that the color wears off, the color never looks like a natural dye, it looks like err...paint.

[3046]

Try leatherique. Google it and you should find a link to their site, they have all the oem bmw colors in dye. I think cardinal would look great on your car!

[chadthestampede]

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84477

[e34john]

^
What is he supposed to do with that?

[Hey-U]

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84477

I agree with buying this cardinal set and recovering the front seats. If what you have is worth the trouble of dying it is likely in nice enough shape to be worth it for some else to buy from you. Changing a colour from black to lighter colour may work for the short term but I wouldn't give it much mileage.
Just my 2 cents but good luck with what ever you decide.