can discolored fiberglass chair be re-colored? (yrjö kukkapuro chair)  

I have an Yrjö Kukkapuro Karuselli chair that is totally functional and structurally sound, but the white fiberglass shell is aged to a depressing, unattractive yellowed white. The red leather has disintegrated on the arms, seat and head-rest. The original leather is so specifically shaped and fused to foam which is fused to the shell. It would be so costly to re-upholster, that one might as well buy it new. So...I almost put it on Craigslist for free, but I couldn't do it. It is dear to me -- had it 25 years now.

So...I ask...is it possible to recolor the fiberglass to become a black fiberglass shell? I would think that somebody hear has probably tried this with eames and saarinen chairs. Somebody told me that boats and cars are sometimes refinished & recolored fiberglass. Does anyone have any tips about this process and...might anyone know of someone that does it? (I am in southern california)

I was thinking I could use some kind of grey yak fur / flokati seat cover to cover up the disintegrated leather. Any thumbs up for such a wabi-sabi approach to saving a dear friend of a chair?

Thanks!
Rod

(The chair was designed with white or black shell, see images. I want to turn my white chair black.)