The blue cloth interior in my Trevi was showing its age as it was very faded and the front seats were worn with a bad repair to the passenger seat. I managed to get a pair of front seats a couple of years ago but they were in beige cloth.
My plan was always to change their colour to blue. Originally I was planning to strip off the covers and put them in the washing machine with some blue Dylon dye. But taking all the covers off car seats without damaging them is not easy and getting them back on properly even less easy. Then I came across a spray upholstery paint (
http://www.simplyspray.com/product/simply-spray-upholstery-fabric-paint/) So, armed with six cans of Royal Blue upholstery paint I set off to change the beige seats to blue seats
First thing was to disassemble the seats.
And then the beige seat bottom was changed to blue
As the first coat of upholstery paint had to be left overnight to both dry and to be absorbed into the fabric, I turned my attention to refreshing the rear seat by giving it a coat of navy blue paint.
I think it looks quite good in the car
(the photo doesn't really do it justice as the light was failing and I used the flash
)
The beige seat bottoms were given their second coat today and seem to be getting there
While not perfect, they are a million miles better than the current front seats in my Trevi. I haven't done anything with the front seat backs and I've run out of paint
I've ordered a few more cans of the paint today so hopefully in few days I'll get back to trying to revitalise my Trevi's interior
