Red stitching refresh- MEGA TECH!
Posted: January 9th, 2011, 12:16 am
Soo, as everyone knows our red stitching fades fairly easily especially if your caR was left outside and baked alive its entire life. This is going to show you the cheapest way to refresh your red stitching (college style). My example today is the original center consol arm rest. Enjoy and feel free to ask questions.
Parts needed:
1- Red Sharpie ultra fine point permanent marker.
2- Part with OEM red stitching.
3- Time and steady hand.
Here is what my 13yr. old center consol looked like before:
You can really see where the sun hit this car and where the bolster of the seat protected some of the red stitching.
Look at the color difference from under side and where the sun hit.
PROCEDURE
--Start at one end of the stiching, gently coloring one stitch at a time, followed by doing the stitch directly under or over it. This will prevent your natural american urge to do everything the laziest (and sloppiest) way possible. If you are careful, this will help to prevent you from skipping from one stitch to the other without lifting, which will discolor the black felt material.
Do it like THIS (I did not start on the end for this demonstration but I would have other wise):
Ok here is the finished product:
This can be used on any of the same OEM Honda red stitched pieces. I have personally also done USDM seats and a JDM non-SRS wheel. Be extremely careful if you are doing a steering wheel as it is easier to have "over strokes" or messups show up on the leather of the wheel.
*On a side note this is pixor intensive because I am trying out my new camera and a DSLR for the first time.
-Nate
Parts needed:
1- Red Sharpie ultra fine point permanent marker.
2- Part with OEM red stitching.
3- Time and steady hand.
Here is what my 13yr. old center consol looked like before:
You can really see where the sun hit this car and where the bolster of the seat protected some of the red stitching.
Look at the color difference from under side and where the sun hit.
PROCEDURE
--Start at one end of the stiching, gently coloring one stitch at a time, followed by doing the stitch directly under or over it. This will prevent your natural american urge to do everything the laziest (and sloppiest) way possible. If you are careful, this will help to prevent you from skipping from one stitch to the other without lifting, which will discolor the black felt material.
Do it like THIS (I did not start on the end for this demonstration but I would have other wise):
Ok here is the finished product:
This can be used on any of the same OEM Honda red stitched pieces. I have personally also done USDM seats and a JDM non-SRS wheel. Be extremely careful if you are doing a steering wheel as it is easier to have "over strokes" or messups show up on the leather of the wheel.
*On a side note this is pixor intensive because I am trying out my new camera and a DSLR for the first time.
-Nate
That thing was nice and noisey and put me right to sleep
My armrest had the smooth shine from elbows and it looks new now. The washing did fade the red stitch....which is why I need a Sharpie. Haha