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Frosty:
OK I have managed to get a seat that I have been looking for for a while, only trouble is it is blue and not black that I need.

Can I dye a blue to black with good results and if so what product should I get and go about doing it?

The alternative is to try and secure a trade for a black seat. So just in case, I have a NOS Elina Aero Turbo in blue looking for a NOS black one!

Regards

Paul

region11:
Yep no problam.  I dyed a lavander shotgun 2 seat black.  Used 2 tins of dylon (not dylon cold dye) plenty of salt and it came up a treat.

Frosty:
That's great news. Is this the stuff people get from Woolworths?

Just need the missus to go out shopping for a few hours then I can put the seat in a pot on the cooker!!!

Regards

Paul

region11:
Yeah its the stuff from Woolworths, that come in little tins.  Like I say I used 2 tins, boiling water and a lot of cooking salt.  Then you just leave it to soak until it turns black.  Also, the various stickers/screen printed names, such as Kashimax or cyclepro etc aren't effected at all.

Frosty:
Ahh, that's a good point. The seat has the usual gold screen print on the sides, but it does actually have a sticker at the back, that I was thinking I would probably have to remove, do you think I should?

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