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Originally Posted by lkailburn
yah.. i think i might just stick to how they are sewn together from the factory. i doubt i would be able to keep a straight enough stitch line to do those other stitches which would be visible.
any who.. i just ran into something that pissed me off beyond belief!!!!! i was tracing out a peice of the cloth on the vinyl. i was doing it on my dinning room table so i decided to cover the table with some newspaper just so i don't get stuff on the vinyl.. so i get a perfect trace of the stock peice, pull it off and was gonna cut the vinyl, when i flipped it over, and saw that some of the ink from the newspaper bled onto the vinyl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it doesn't come out either.. i'm ticked off beyond belief because this is supposed to be the marine grade vinyl.. the vinyl that is stain resistant, uv protected etc etc.. and its like if it already stained.. what the hell is the point of putting it in my car!! i don't know what to do now..
any ideas james?
thanks,
Luke
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Hmm...there are a few ideas...get ahold of a product from auto magic called special cleaner concentrate. Dilute it some, maybe 8:1...stronger than the bottle says...spray it on the spot and scrub with a stiff brush or toothbrush...then scrub with your figures behind a towel and wipe it off...if this doesn't lighten it...there is one last trick, though I don't know if it will lift the fabirc dye or not...Laquer thinner...it's an old detailers trick. Wet a cloth with laquer thinner and rub/wipe the stained part...it should lighten it and/or remove it. If that doesn't work...I don't know. Usually, after the special, if laqcuer doesn't work, it's not going to bugde. Was this on the visable size of the fabric or the back side it stained?
Try tracing it with the visable size up...use chalk to trace it, as it will come off with a little spray and wipe easy if you need once it's all cut out. This way, you can remove the lines when you need, but they are there when you need em, plus you won't run the bleeding risk on the visable side. Also, the relief cuts, the little v-shaped cut marks in the stock peices...mark those as well. Make sure they stay marked, or cut the small v's into the pattern you made. When you sew the cover, you'll use those to line the peices up properly, helping make sure everything lines up correct when you sew. Also, sew some test peices before you tackle the actual seat cover...trust me, lol.