"Rusty water" marks on leather.

[robsco]

Hi all.

It looks like at some point in the Cerbera's life, water has leaked through the seals, onto something metal within the door structure and leaked through onto the leather door cards and left what I can only describe as rusty water marks on the leather. Simonix leather wipes didn't work (I'm not a cheapskate, they came with the car!), I've also tried Autoglym's leather cleaner and leather care cream, which also haven't alleviated it. Does anyone know of any tricks to deep cleaning leather without risking doing any damage, or anything which might potentially remove the marks?

Thanks.

[robsco]

Anyone?

[MattOz]

I recently had a look at something very similar on a Griffith. Couldn't shift the rusty staining with Gliptone cleaner or conditioner. Tried all purpose cleaner and again, nothing shifted it. My suggestion would be to get some colour matched kit from liquidleather and then sand the offending area before re-colouring.

[robsco]

Thanks Matt. Sounds like a good idea - I might as well recolour the whole interior if I'm going to go to the trouble of having a match made. Should be an enjoyable, and hopefully simple job.