Which vendors offer scale auto carpet?

[Monty]

Not Fuzzy Fur or embossing powder.

I’ve seen a few people on here use it.

For those who have, would you say it’s a better alternative to Fuzzy Fur or embossing powder?

[64SS350]

I like the embossing powder. You can use several different types of materials for application of the powder.

White glue( some may say water it down), modge podge ( these I have a hard time thinking they would level out), so i prefer   something like a light spray adhesive, but I have typically used so far some old spray enamel, or even acrylic paints. Something slower drying to allow application. If interior is a 'tub', simply masked areas not to be carpeted

[StevenGuthmiller]

Personally, I like embossing powder.

That said, I can see how flocking may better represent some newer vehicle carpets than embossing powder.

 

Flocking will give you a more fibrous looking finish with it's long strands, which appears to me to be more conducive to more modern vehicles.

Embossing powder is granular, which in my opinion better represents the short cut pile carpets seen in most older vehicles.

 

I know that some people will use a sheet type material for carpets, such as felt or dryer sheets, but in all honesty, I don't think that they give you a better, or even as good of a look as embossing powder, and they are certainly more difficult to work with.

It's kind of like the masking tape vinyl top solution that many use.

I see it as less realistic and in scale than simply using a paint method, and it's certainly a more difficult procedure to accomplish correctly.

Not to mention the questionable longevity factor.

 

Anyway, Embossing powder also has the added benefit of being able to be mixed for desired color to some extent, and if not, it can be painted over.

 

Here are a couple of interiors that used mixed embossing powders to achieve the desired color.

Both were accomplished by mixing green and blue powders to create a turquoise or shade of green, which I didn't have.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In other cases, such as with my '64 Bonneville, I used embossing powder and then painted over it to achieve the color that I was after.

 

 

I was able to find a variety of colors through a company called "Hampton Art", which offers powders in solid and metallic colors.

Each set contains 16 different colors.

I often use the metallic colors because I feel it adds a little more depth and texture to the carpets, but that's a judgement call for the individual.

The floor mats in the Bonneville used metallic powder, as did the '67 Ford and '65 Plymouth interiors shown above.

 

The Hampton Arts sets offer a wide range of different colors, and in most cases, there will be a color that will compliment almost every interior that you do.

Even some of the oddest colors are sometimes available, such as the "Sunfire Red" combination in my '64 Grand Prix.

No mixing here.

Straight from the bottle. (metallic powder)

 

 

This is what you're looking for.

 

 

In conclusion, I know that you were asking about other materials that come in the form of a sheet, but in all honesty, I can't see how using a material like that would be easy in a lot of circumstances.

If you need to work around any obstacles, such as consoles, pedals, shift boots, etc, or proper fitting around sharp contours, etc,  it seems to me that a lot of excessive measuring and cutting would be involved.

With the powders or flocking, is just a matter of masking the items that you wish to remain free of carpet, applying the powder, and then unmasking.......Done!

 

 

 

 

Steve

 

 

  

Edited Wednesday at 05:55 PM by StevenGuthmiller

[Beans]

I have used the felt adhesive backed sheets you can get in the paper section of most craft stores.  It ends up being pretty thick.  I too have gone to mostly embossing powder.  It is thinner, easier to mask off areas and easy to remove if it goes a little astray.