Air compressor and air brush

[aporschefan]

I've pulled out a pair of linen coloured sports seats from the garage. They were purchased from someone 7-8 years ago who was replacing them lighter seats for his 964.

I have bought various cleaning chemicals from Gliptone which have done a great job of stripping away the dirt and grease and now I'm ready for the painting. (Bought the colour matched dye from them too.)

I wanted to ask - should I use a lint free cloth, a sponge, an air compressor with air brush? I spoke to someone at Gliptone and they recommended the air compressor and (oil free) air brush.

Has anyone here use one? Can you recommend one?

I've never used this before. Is it easy to use for a complete novice? Or is it a skill and I should just stick to a lint free cloth?

Separately, the piping on the seats has faded and my car is at JMG. The rest of my car has linen and black interior. The piping should be coloured black right? I don't know why but for some reason I have it stuck in my mind that the piping use to be a dark blue? That said, my car is modified so originality is not a major concern but I wanted to refresh the piping too.

 

[Eldavo]

Go to Hobbycraft (or similar) and get a cheap airbrush kit - if you don’t have a compressor you can use cans of propellant gas that they will also sell. A few test runs of how much pressure to apply to the trigger, etc. on a piece of card and you should have the technique down pretty quickly. If airbrushing it will dry pretty quickly so several overlapping coats along the wet edge and you should be fine and dandy.

As for the piping, I guess you’ll have to mask off the rest of the seat and maybe apply that by hand with a brush. I’d use the Angelus Acrylic leather Paint from Amazon - it’s what the trainer restorers/customisers use.

Of course, all this is arbitrary as you won’t get your car back for months and when you do the bill will make you instantly destitute [:-]