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I have been to alot of shows, and seen alot of really nice cars, but its the little things that people sometimes miss like the carpet, one thing on mine is the healpad, my 81 had a fairly cheap aftermarket carpet kit in it when I purchased it, for one the color was to dark and two the healpad was incorrect and the carpet was not molded correctly, I stripped and scraped a parts K-car I had, being an 85 it had dark blue carpet, I got to thinking, I have used spray paint in the past on carpet to fix faded spots, but I wondered how it would work on a full rug, so off to the lovely walmart picked up a can of light blue and in light coats I sprayed over the dark blue, with in two hours the carpet matched my door panels perfectly and looked factory, heal pad and all. why pay 100.00 for a carpet that is not OEM when you can go to the junkyard and pick up one for about 10.00 or take it out of the parts car. Im sure this will not work for a real diamond in the rough such as a 55 chev or older than 30ish years old.
so what are your thoughts guys?
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I can not say of heard of spray painting carpet but I have heard of dyeing carpets.
I would think that unless you look at it real close it probably looks good enough to pass inspection. You’ve actually given me an idea to use on my 53. Way to think outside the box!
the first coat doesn’t cover much, I stand back about 3 or 4 feet and mist it on. If you go heavy it will look like a mess and goo up and the carpet will be ruined. I was a little skeptical on how the light blue would cover the dark but as you can see it turned out great.
my procedure
if the carpet is really dirty you will want a hose and some powerful cleaner, Awesome works the best, spray the carpet until its saturated, then take a brush after it scrub it, if that doesn’t work the next best way to rectify the situation is to use the pressure washer.
1. let dry for a day or two
2. Find a color that is close to the door panel carpet (in my case)
3. stand back 2-4 feet and spray in long stokes front to back
4. let dry for about 15 minutes, take hand and rub the carpet it should be soft, if so apply 2 more coats.
5. Install and enjoy
Heres a picture of the final product installed and yes that is a factor Am/fm/CB radio in a K-car
the paint will go not go all the way to the bottom you have to run your hand over it to get all the fibers covered. So ya why pay 100.00 for a crappy kit when you can refurbish original stuff for around 15.00
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