Getting rid of the Blues... seat painting

[jayharrell]

Well, heres a little experiment i tried on my 88ish 60/40 bench seat. After seeing how bad seat covers fit, and how much recovering cost, i went for the 3rd options, Rattle can for fabric.

I gathered up a can duplicolor Fabric paint for $6.99 at Advanced Auto, Flat Black.


First off i took the wifes carpet cleaning machine with the upholstery tool and really got after both seats last night so they would be good and dry today. I vacuumed them with a shop vac this morning just to get all the dirt and dust off that i could. It had some bad discoloration, fading, and a couple of stains, not pretty. But the seat is a good start with no rips or tears, all the foam is in great shape,


Following the can's directions *probably the first directions I've actually read in a LONG time* I did do a test spray on the back just in case. After it dried about 15 minutes, everything looked good so i went for the whole thing.


The one can was able to cover the whole seat. I'll head back for a 2nd can just for touch ups and some deepening of the color.


All in all it turned out pretty good. I figure it'll take 3 more cans to cover the 60 bench and touch up the 40 seat. I'm sure I'm not the first to try this, but maybe this will give another option for about $30 just to get rid of the Blues, i mean a blue seat. Next, the visors.