painting seat belts

[66Dvert]

Decided the spray dye works better, and not totally convinced the RIT would compromise the belts either.

it isn't the RIT, it's the boiling or cooking that compromises the sewing.

 

[burrpenick]

it isn't the RIT, it's the boiling or cooking that compromises the sewing.

didnt cook em.......just used hot water.

 

[1969VADart]

you do know that you just cooked cotton or rayon thread and weakened it where it was sewn together? I hope those seat belts never need to be used since they are compromised. not knocking your choice but it is dangerous. I work at a trimmers shop that does custom interiors for Lincolns and he just shudders when customers tell him they have done that. Most of the times he turns down the job after that statement.

Thanks for the concern. I originally posted that during my build three years ago. I ended up buying all new seat belts anyway when I finished the car. I wasn't convinced that the boiling method was the best.

 

[Daves69]

FWIW..
I used this stuff on my carpet and got "good enough for who it's for" results.

Not like new but it didn't stiffen the carpet at all. Not sure how it might (or might not) work on belts. The "New" is excess cut from the replaced floor carpet.
auto carpet dye

I covered my pool table slate recently after finally reassembling, going from blue green felt to green. Thought I'd try this fabric spray (Hobby Lobby) on the faded bumpers...…

The spray did stiffen them up some. Brushing helped loosen the felt a bit.