koth442 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Some of you may remember the fuggly purple Corbin seat in the classifieds a few weeks ago. I figured I'd give leather dying a shot and see if I could salvage it. I'm not very picky about everything looking perfect. I live and die by the 10-10 rule (looks good at 10ft or 10mph). I've documented the process for future reference.\\ Starting materials: 1. Leather that needs to be a different color 2. Leather dye of desired color (black in this case) 3. Dry / clean rags or paper towels 4. Water spray bottle Optional 5. Leather de-greaser Step 2. Clean the leather you wish to dye. I used water and paper towels. Leather deglazer or specialized cleaner may be better here. Step 3. Apply the dye. I tried both applying the dye to wet or dry leather. I think applying the dye to dry leather works better. Step 4. Slather that stuff everywhere. Step 5. MOAR COATS[span] Step 6. Let 'er dry. After a week or so, here it is on the bike. Seems to have some purple hue to it. But not too bad. [/span] '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted December 3, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted December 3, 2017 Looks good to me, good job. HUGE improvement over the lavender. ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Pix don't show! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Pix don't show! Strange... Since Duhs10 liked your post, I assume the pics didn't work for him either. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Hopefully that helps? '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Hopefully that helps?Pix now up, thanks. That's an amazing transformation! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted December 6, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted December 6, 2017 Nice tutorial! The original colors on that seat must have been spec'd by the one person on Earth who liked Suzuki's 1992 color palette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted December 7, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted December 7, 2017 Nice tutorial! The original colors on that seat must have been spec'd by the one person on Earth who liked Suzuki's 1992 color palette. Your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted December 7, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted December 7, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted December 7, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted December 7, 2017 @keithu - I'm laughing because your comment hits VERY close to home. This is my GSX-R750 racebike, circa 1992. I had already ditched the horrific purple/yellow/pink/black paint scheme, but if you look closely you'll see the wheels are still purple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 This reminds me of a time when in addition to my then BMW R1150R I also owned a Triumph Thunderbird Sport - a very pretty 900cc triple. Wanting to further reflect the Ace Cafe days I bought a black leather jacket which had a stripe down each sleeve - unfortunately the stripes were red, not yellow. But I bought somewhere some leather paint - not dye - and was able to easily paint the stripes in a nice matching yellow without all the prep needed for a dyeing process. I'm sure it added several kph to my top speed! (This pic was originally taken in April 2000 - what has happened to all the years since then?) The leather paint would suit many applications on a bike's trim, being highly flexible, and it lasted quite a long time, but I doubt it would suit being on something subject to wear and abrasion such as a seat. FWIW. Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suncoaster Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Hang on a moment, early 90s style was cool: pink, orange, purple, blue, blurple... my 1994 YZF600RG (FZR) The funnest bike I've had. and before that my 1991 Kawasaki in Purple Reign - Lawrence or Kimmie, where is it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Or the KTM's.. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted December 7, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted December 7, 2017 Nice T-bird Sport Wordsmith! I had one exactly like yours as a loaner for a couple of months in 1998. Fun bike, and the details were beautiful: steel fenders, hand-painted pinstripes, braided brake lines... The only let down was the weird fake carb cover, which apparently Triumph are still doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Nice T-bird Sport Wordsmith! I had one exactly like yours as a loaner for a couple of months in 1998. Fun bike, and the details were beautiful: steel fenders, hand-painted pinstripes, braided brake lines... The only let down was the weird fake carb cover, which apparently Triumph are still doing. I remember naively asking a Triumph sales rep once why they continue with the carburetors, and he described how the bikes are injected but they wanted to retain the retro look with the fake cover. I found that a bit disturbing, and haven looked at the Thruxton and the others the same way since. I find it mildly strange that you should find that 'disturbing', piotr! I'm not a shareholder in Triumph Corp, but surely their approach is no different to - say - the lashings of faux carbon on the Tracers? Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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