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Any Way To Fix A Sparco Faded Suit | ||
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Buy a new one... | |||
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Why Didn't I Think Of That WOW | |||
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Bazinga! 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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Is that an Industry Term?  | |||
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Brian unfortunately they all seem to fade like that. Mine has been like that since it was a couple years old. I think I take pretty good care of it too. I don't wear it working on the car and I keep it out of the sun when Im not using it. When I sent it back for recert I questioned whether it affected any of the protection capability and they said no. Unfortunately they just look terrible. Most comfortable suit I have ever worn but I would never buy another because of the way it has worn. B.J. Masiello | |||
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You guys don't like that Sparco brown? Tony Leonard | |||
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You could spray it with upholstery paint.  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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That not might be a good idea, it could make it flammable...…. 272" Spitzer 540 Chevy The Blower Shop XR1 FTI XPM Series Converter FTI Level 6 Powerglide 3.69@199 .916 60' 2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness Open Outlaw Champ 2018 PDRA T/D #5 2019 PDRA T/D #2 2020 Retired From T/D Competition.... 2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner 2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass. | |||
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Unfortunately many of the materials fire suits are made of don’t hold dye well. The old PBI wouldn’t Holt it at all which is why those were that natural tan color. Nomex does ok but the darker the color the worse it is. Even the fire gear we wear for work (structural firefighting gear) is the same way, which is why so many departments wear the natural/tan gear. My department wears black gear and it turns yellow/Brown from heat exposure and sun, as far as what I have seen no way to redye it. One of the reasons we went to black gear was it was easy to see damage from fires and take the gear out of service. Most gear and fire suits are a blend (nomex, pbi, Kevlar, carbon x) and depending on the percentages determines how well they hold color (which is why some brands are worse than others). 2015 M&M T/D Nemo Duty-Pride-Tradition FTM/PTB | |||
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Be sure to wash it with nothing but Woolite Dark. This will help it. | |||
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It might, but it wasn't any sillier than the question asked. I think only the propellant would be flammable, but I'm not a rocket sociologist. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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