Ive pulled my console out to dye it,but while it was out I noticed the carpet on it looked pretty ragged,so I stripped it off and sanded it down pretty good.Im wondering what is the best glue to use and if I decide to go with a diffrent material,will it hold the console alright??
Re-carpeting a center console
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Have you thought about going with a different material like a vinyl??? I dont have experience working with carpet so I cant really point you in the right direction but vinyl is very easy to work with, cheap, and IMO looks better . . . and its custom! 
Not vinyl,cuz my seats are fabric.But I was thinking maybe a crushed velvet-83MONTESS- said:Have you thought about going with a different material like a vinyl??? I dont have experience working with carpet so I cant really point you in the right direction but vinyl is very easy to work with, cheap, and IMO looks better . . . and its custom!
vinyl can be hard to wrap with without stitch work... and imo doesnt look as good a leather which is equally hard to wrap with but better than vinyl-83MONTESS- said:Have you thought about going with a different material like a vinyl??? I dont have experience working with carpet so I cant really point you in the right direction but vinyl is very easy to work with, cheap, and IMO looks better . . . and its custom!
When I did my kick panels I used a vinyl from Hobby Lobby and used a brush on paint that you heat up to activate it.LSCustoms said:vinyl can be hard to wrap with without stitch work... and imo doesnt look as good a leather which is equally hard to wrap with but better than vinyl-83MONTESS- said:Have you thought about going with a different material like a vinyl??? I dont have experience working with carpet so I cant really point you in the right direction but vinyl is very easy to work with, cheap, and IMO looks better . . . and its custom!
cool, yeh heat works good, but console isnt as flat as a kick panel, i was gonna ask him what console he was talking about, but whatever it is, to make it look super clean, is kinda hard to do without stitching the seams...-83MONTESS- said:When I did my kick panels I used a vinyl from Hobby Lobby and used a brush on paint that you heat up to activate it.LSCustoms said:vinyl can be hard to wrap with without stitch work... and imo doesnt look as good a leather which is equally hard to wrap with but better than vinyl-83MONTESS- said:Have you thought about going with a different material like a vinyl??? I dont have experience working with carpet so I cant really point you in the right direction but vinyl is very easy to work with, cheap, and IMO looks better . . . and its custom!
ill have to check out that brush on/heat stuff...
Its a Grand Prix console,I shouldent have to stitch anything because its pretty much just 1 piece of fabric on each side.Im probally just gonna,lay it out on top of where I want to put it and chalk a outline,cut it and glue it,then put the chrome trim piece back on top of the fabric and fold a piece under the bottom and glue.
Shouldent be that big of a job.
Shouldent be that big of a job.
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