Hello AT,
I salvaged this chair that was headed to a lindfill.
It was made by Contempo Desings in Brooklyn without having a date attached.
It looks like this was mainly used outdoors from the dirt that I had to scrub off of it and I was able to bring it back to life using some leather/vinyl cleaner.
However, the arms look to have been sunbleached and I wanted to restore it to new condition.
I was wondering whether anyone out there has had any experience with painting techniques for vinyl.
I have done research online and the method I am leaning towards is using a paint gun to apply something called Verikote vinyl dye from Parasol Inc...
Would you recommend this technique or product? Has anyone attempted a project such as this one?
Also, what could I use to fill the tiny hole in the armrest?
Thanks! Frank
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I have an even funkier idea. I was watching Real Sex on HBO and people were doing the paint-on body latex.
If it'll stick to a person's body...
You can even peel it off if you get tired of the color.
I wonder if that would work.
/weirdo
This is a job that marine and auto upholstery people face all the time as UV is the enemy - especially boats where it is amplified by sun reflected off the water.
West Marine has a bunch of products that will help with this although to restore the color to the vinyl will require some dye work - I would think. I'm a huge fan of Star Brite products - I've brought back everything from a brown stained window on a convertible top to a sun bleached cabinet on a TV set.
boatus.com has some forums you could search on vinyl color restoration as well
Do not paint a naugahyde chair, I would get it reupholstered and clean the chrome and you will have a great fun chair.
Call Lore Decorators on Third Ave and around 119th street)
They have a very old shop and ask if he has any yellow patent leather or naugahyde from the 1970's.
This type of chair and fabrics was so popular in the 1960/early 70’s
Get it redone right!
I used Parasol vinyl dye to totally dye the interior of my 1968 Pontiac Lemans convertible. It worked great, and was not hard to do. The key is the prep work. You want to make sure that the surface is totally clean of dirt. Parasol carries a prep cleaner also. I used their dye because it is guaranteed not to chip, flake or peel. Doing this myself saved me a ton of money over reupholstering the interior.