jlturpin

Well, since I have been very limited as to what i could do while recovering from surgery I decided to re-dye the seats and carpet in my 951 while the engine is out, I am also preparing for 968 door panels that are beige, to be burgundy along with the carpet.
Right now the 968 panels are 2 tone, black up top, and beige below. Should I leave the black as is and have two tone door panels? I am going to switch to a black 930S steering wheel and may switch to a black shift **** so that everything flows.

I have used all leatherique products, Rejuvenator oil, Prestine Clean, Prepping agent, Custom dyes, and crack filler for this project. I also used some laquor thinner to help get the old dye off since it was not water based dye.

I can really work on the engine yet, hopefully very soon. Anyway, I thought I would share some photos of before and after.
Before shots, one of the seats has been treated with Rejuvenator oil.

Before, Seat on right treated with Rejuvenator Oil, made a huge difference in leather feel and pliability. But as you can tell from the swatches, years of sun and use have faded them.

Photo of seat being prepared for re-dye.

I uncovered some places where the leather was very thin, and was through the top grain, so I made repairs using donor leather from another Porsche Seat.


I used the leather, cutting out a section about 1" wider than the hole and put it back to back and used leather/fabric glue for the repair. This shows the size that is under the repair.


I then used paper and a sharpie to make a template to fit the hole, and transfered it to the leather donor piece


Here is the trimmed repair piece in place.


After the glue and crack filler cured, I sanded it down to a smooth finish for re-dye.


This is a finished dyed seat, dye cured and Rejuvenator oil applied for 24 hours. The leather is butter soft.


Since this was a "busy" project. I took the time to clean out every hole in the perforated leather. This made a huge improvement on the finished product.


Wish there was some way to allow you to feel the leather after this project and using Leatherique Rejuvenator oil. The 25 Year old leather is as soft and pliable as any new leather I have seen.




Photo of the complete re-dyed seat



Finally my 968 carpeted door panel redyed. One is the base read carpet dye, a swatch of the factory burgundy carpet and finally a carpet dye I custom matched to the factory carpet. I still need to add a little red to get a perfect match, but in regular light without the flash, this is a 99.9% match to the orginal.


If anyone has questions about the project, repairs or products I used, please let me know.

EEZATOY

Hi Jonathan,

I'm curious to hear from anyone who's dyed their carpets - how it turned out/holding up over time...

I have always like the deviated carpet look and my Coupe is black with cashmere interior and I'm thinking about dying the carpet black rather than change it out for black in order to get the deviated look - so what/any thoughts on doing that???

Sam

jlturpin

I think it would hold up well, it does require effort to get the dye into the fibes. I have found that a stiff plastic brush gets the dye in good and keeps the dye from matting the fibers. I don't see any reason why this would not last as long as the carpet fibers.

Marcquito

Great job! Looks fantastic!

jlturpin

Here are a few photos of some pretty bad looking 968 panels that I am going to try to bring back to life. Not sure if I will be successful, I first need to reinforce the soft fiberboard. Any suggestions?

luftpirate

Wow looks great! I would be interested to see what the areas you patched and how they turned out.
Ive always wondered about possibilities of re-dying my faded carpet under the hatch.

ktel

Please tell me that the red color on the edges of the panels is not blood from the unlucky passengers of the 968 !

jlturpin

I have no doubt it is going to work out great. As long as the sun has not destroyed the carpet fibers. I have Plenty of Burgundy and Boxster red carpet dye.

No, it is where I started toning the dye. That was the standard burgundy carpet dye and I had to tone it to match. No blood anywhere on the panels.