How to remove a dent in your leather seat....
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Right then chaps......bit of a tutorial for you all if you are interested
As you know my original seats are being refurbished so I bought a set of old nasty Chim seats as a temp measure. I've not intention of keeping them as I will sell them on once mine are all done.
The leather on the chim seats was not ripped but one seat was stacked on the other for a number of years causing a big sodding dent!!!!
So here is the story of how to remove it using your better halves hair dryer lol
What I started off with
Then broke out the wifes hair dryer to soften the area (nb the heat does something to the leather, makes it taught or something???)
Once the area is really hot get stuck in with you finger and thumbs to squeeze, pull, smooth the area over and over again..........stopping to re heat as you go (a hot air gun would also work just don't burn anything!)
Then its time to break out the kitchen steamer........no really!
This now really softens the leather and repeat the squeezing, rubbing and smoothing between your fingers and thumbs re steaming in between
Then after about 10 minutes in total you get this :-)
Before
After
As you know my original seats are being refurbished so I bought a set of old nasty Chim seats as a temp measure. I've not intention of keeping them as I will sell them on once mine are all done.
The leather on the chim seats was not ripped but one seat was stacked on the other for a number of years causing a big sodding dent!!!!
So here is the story of how to remove it using your better halves hair dryer lol
What I started off with
Then broke out the wifes hair dryer to soften the area (nb the heat does something to the leather, makes it taught or something???)
Once the area is really hot get stuck in with you finger and thumbs to squeeze, pull, smooth the area over and over again..........stopping to re heat as you go (a hot air gun would also work just don't burn anything!)
Then its time to break out the kitchen steamer........no really!
This now really softens the leather and repeat the squeezing, rubbing and smoothing between your fingers and thumbs re steaming in between
Then after about 10 minutes in total you get this :-)
Before
After
mrzigazaga said:
Good tip mate..Obviously they are leather..Be careful trying this on vinyl..What were the seats from..The leather looks a bit stretched..Could do wit a clean and good feed...Ziga
Seats were from an early Griff and by the looks of it have been coloured or painted along time agoNot planning on refurbishing them, the next owner can so that lol
Just having a play :-)
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