"Aging" a seat

[Jimmy the Gent]

Problem 1:Bought and installed a repo banana seat.

Bike is "Flamboyant Red" (Dark)

Problem 2: Seat is a bright red glitter.

I like the glitter; but the seat is more of a bright red than I like. As of now, it's carefully covered in black electrical tape. It looks okay,but.......

Question: Is there something I can do that basically puts 35 years of darkening/aging on the seat, to at least get it closer to the darker red?

I'm not too concerned about the glitter; I'd just love to get the seat to more closely match the frame, at least until I can afford the correct color seat.


I'll hang up and listen..... 8)

 

[ozzmonaut]

Soak it in iced tea? That's how you would age more porous materials. Not sure about vinyl.

 

[ozzmonaut]

Maybe scuff it up with fine sandpaper and then soak. Or dump rusty wet metal on it and let it sit.

 

[user 135]

A heat gun may age it similar to being sun baked. It would be hard to get it even. Be careful!!!!!

 

[B607]

Hang it in a south facing window. Turn it often. It won't take as long as you think to fade. Gary

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

The tea didn't work (or,at least a towel soaked in it didn't) ;but I have an idea..... 8)

 

[Tommy S.]

You probably will have figured it out by now (or ridden it enough to look fairly aged anyway) but howsbout a sunbed? I bet some time under there would do the trick. Certainly helps to age skin !

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

You probably will have figured it out by now (or ridden it enough to look fairly aged anyway) but howsbout a sunbed? I bet some time under there would do the trick. Certainly helps to age skin !

Actually; I just ended up re-covering it with the black tape; but I'm going to try this: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=45313&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

 

[KJV]

the Duplicolor Vynl spray is great stuff.
not for aging though . :arrow: :arrow:
use the south window procedure
mentioned above. :idea:

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

I think I was a little misleading in my initial post.

I want to darken the seat, not necessarily age/ fade it.