have anyone here tried painting their seats with Duplicolor High Performance Vinyl & Fabric Coating. i am thinking of trying it out but want to know if anyone here has tried it. i only want to paint the middle section of the seat for that two tone color combo.

heres the link to the product
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html

 

Sounds iffy. Very ballsy if you go through with it make sure to post pics of the results.

 

I've been wanting to try this myself, albeit it a smaller area on my seat. My plan is to just change the color of the 1st rib (roll) on the seat back to blue (to match my car's exterior), a la Mach 1 seat look. I went out and bought a small .99 cent bottle of acrylic paint for fabric, and painted a swatch of leather to see how it would react. It dried, and didn't crack, so far, but it definitely looked painted, which isn't what I wanted. I guess I have to have a upolsterer take the seat cover off, and just sew in a piece of blue leather over the roll. If you do try this, I would HIGHLY advise you, to go out and buy a small piece of leather from a fabric store, and try it out 1st, to see how it reacts to the paint. Then leave the material out in the cold, to make sure it won't crack. You need to know how well the painted leather will holds up. You don't want to make any mistakes that would make you purchase new seat covers. Good luck with this, and post some pics if you do the mod.

 

I know a guy who did cloth seats with the Dupli-color and it worked great. I don't know how it would work on leather though, seems to me that it would crack, chip and peel, but I don't know for sure.
You could always re-cover the seats and know that it will look good for years to come.

 

A friend of mine did a sprayed vinyl paint two-tone look on his '68 interior a few years back.
(I don't remember if it was Duplicolor.)
For non-contact areas the stuff worked great. Didn't crack or peel.
On contact areas, like seats or armrests, it's a paint and will wear off.
His lasted about a year before the color underneath started to show.

 

I'm now taking this opportunity to test the language filters.
Hell no. I sure as Hell wouldn't do it. No way in Hell.

Hey, if you were asking for opinions...

 

You really have to be realistic about what you want and where you want it. Having done airbrush on leather fore a while. The are many paints that will have a better outcome than duplicolor. They are not a company making paint for textiles. So would I trust it to last on leather. Not so much. There are paints that are made for leather work. And they will give you nice results. The problem is simply. This is a high contact area. Your body rubs against the seats a lot while driving. Whether you realize it or not, it does. And so unless you are prepared to REALLY take care of the paint. It is likely more hassle than you are willing to deal with. Cracking or peeling is not a problem with a good leather paint. Just make sure you use a protectant and seal it well. I have used createx paints for all my leather jackets. And only once had a problem and it was my own fault for rushing the job. If you decide to paint it. I would buy a good leather cleaner. And a good sealer. And use them often. You don't want any dirt to rub into the seats and make it that much harder on the paint.

 

thanks everybody for all the input, but was just an idea. i guess i was just lookin for a cheap aternative ofr that two tone color seats, oh well

 

http://www.parasolinc.com/leather_dye.asp

Look at their leather coat. If your going to do it, this stuff is better than dupli color.

 

DON'T DO IT!!!

The previous owner of my 76 Caddy convertible did it and it was a disaster. It looked great when I bought the car but after a year, it looked terrible and the leather started to crack. I couldn't fix it without re-upholstering the seats. It looked so cheap.

DON'T DO IT!!!