B n' Yellow G
03-12-2012, 12:21 AM
#17
Hardly. Plasti Dip is a legitimate quality product that is being used by a lot if G owners in a way it's not designed for. And that I personally don't like or think looks good. This appears to be a dye designed for what it's being used for. And the pictures of look goid to me. The external accents aren't my taste at all, but the colored stitching looks great. I've wanted to do this since I first got my car and just never knewour there was a method that would look classy and not cheap tacky. Now I know.
03-12-2012, 01:04 AM
#18
Hardly. Plasti Dip is a legitimate quality product that is being used by a lot if G owners in a way it's not designed for. And that I personally don't like or think looks good. This appears to be a dye designed for what it's being used for. And the pictures of look goid to me. The external accents aren't my taste at all, but the colored stitching looks great. I've wanted to do this since I first got my car and just never knewour there was a method that would look classy and not cheap tacky. Now I know.
Some people prefer the flat finish Plasti-Dip provides on their emblems and, clearly, some people like the results this pen provides. I am not saying the OP's seats look bad. They do not. Personally, just as I won't use Plasti-Dip on my car, I don't know that I would ever use a fabric marker. (For the record, Crayola makes fabric markers, as well.)
To each his own. Like I said, it doesn't look bad. I'm on board to see the results as this becomes the new trend around here...
03-12-2012, 01:15 AM
#19
Point taken. I guess we differ in opinion here. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to use Plasti-Dip. We have seen people on this site use weather stripping to create a "lip" for their cars. That is not the designed purpose of weather stripping, but some do it. The product description for this fabric marker says it is "Ideal for light and dark colored fabrics. Use it to decorate aprons, t-shirts, totes, denim, and canvas shoes." I suppose the argument could be made that using it on a leather car seat is not "what it is designed for." To the same end, I don't think there is a right or wrong way to use a fabric pen. I guess I just wouldn't do it.
Some people prefer the flat finish Plasti-Dip provides on their emblems and, clearly, some people like the results this pen provides. I am not saying the OP's seats look bad. They do not. Personally, just as I won't use Plasti-Dip on my car, I don't know that I would ever use a fabric marker. (For the record, Crayola makes fabric markers, as well.)
To each his own. Like I said, it doesn't look bad. I'm on board to see the results as this becomes the new trend around here...
Some people prefer the flat finish Plasti-Dip provides on their emblems and, clearly, some people like the results this pen provides. I am not saying the OP's seats look bad. They do not. Personally, just as I won't use Plasti-Dip on my car, I don't know that I would ever use a fabric marker. (For the record, Crayola makes fabric markers, as well.)
To each his own. Like I said, it doesn't look bad. I'm on board to see the results as this becomes the new trend around here...
03-12-2012, 02:13 AM
#20
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Point taken. I guess we differ in opinion here. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to use Plasti-Dip. We have seen people on this site use weather stripping to create a "lip" for their cars. That is not the designed purpose of weather stripping, but some do it. The product description for this fabric marker says it is "Ideal for light and dark colored fabrics. Use it to decorate aprons, t-shirts, totes, denim, and canvas shoes." I suppose the argument could be made that using it on a leather car seat is not "what it is designed for." To the same end, I don't think there is a right or wrong way to use a fabric pen. I guess I just wouldn't do it.
Some people prefer the flat finish Plasti-Dip provides on their emblems and, clearly, some people like the results this pen provides. I am not saying the OP's seats look bad. They do not. Personally, just as I won't use Plasti-Dip on my car, I don't know that I would ever use a fabric marker. (For the record, Crayola makes fabric markers, as well.)
To each his own. Like I said, it doesn't look bad. I'm on board to see the results as this becomes the new trend around here...
Some people prefer the flat finish Plasti-Dip provides on their emblems and, clearly, some people like the results this pen provides. I am not saying the OP's seats look bad. They do not. Personally, just as I won't use Plasti-Dip on my car, I don't know that I would ever use a fabric marker. (For the record, Crayola makes fabric markers, as well.)
To each his own. Like I said, it doesn't look bad. I'm on board to see the results as this becomes the new trend around here...
03-12-2012, 10:53 AM
#25
Any arts and crafts store should carry those (even Walmart).
Here is what I used.
DECOFABRIC : OFFICIAL MARVY UCHIDA STORE
Here is what I used.
DECOFABRIC : OFFICIAL MARVY UCHIDA STORE
03-12-2012, 11:16 AM
#26
... Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know you think I'm 'The Mod Snob' or whatever, Sam. 
And I'm sure the "JDM fabric pen" remark was a little dig at me, too. In all honesty, though, you're probably right. I don't think it would ever occur to me to take a marker to my seats. I give the OP credit. Like I said, the end result doesn't look bad at all. It actually looks good from the couple pictures provided. I will admit that I have never seen something like this up close, but if it doesn't look, to use Jeremy's terms, cheap and tacky (or if one cannot immediately tell that the colored stitching is the result of a marker) then I will certainly concede that this is a nice, economical modification.
From those pictures alone, if the OP had posted that he had his seats re-stitched, I don't think I would have questioned him.
03-12-2012, 11:25 AM
#27
I honestly didn't know it was a regular old paint pen until he said it was. I presumed it was some sort of fabric dye designed for this type of thing. and while better photos to show detail would be great, the cost is low enough that I'm willing to experiment with it on an older car first so that I can see how it will look in my G. If it looks as good as his photos seem to from what I can see, I'm willing to try it.
03-12-2012, 12:01 PM
#29
@ BB: You can use anything to color sticking. I've had friends go as far as using colored sharpie pens to color their stitching, and unless they told you no one would be the wiser. This does preduce a permanent result which I've seen in person and does not look bad at all. It is very economical solution in deed.
03-12-2012, 12:53 PM
#30
@ BB: You can use anything to color sticking. I've had friends go as far as using colored sharpie pens to color their stitching, and unless they told you no one would be the wiser. This does preduce a permanent result which I've seen in person and does not look bad at all. It is very economical solution in deed.