Dents in my leather seats

[andygo]

I've just got back from a trip to France. I had folded the rear seats down to accommodate the usual holiday gubbins and have noticed big dents in the leather where the seat belt locking mechanism has been pressed into the folded down backrest. I was careful when folding the back down to try and push the mechanisms into the small recesses in the squab, but clearly to no avail.

Whats the best way to get rid of the resultant dents in the backrests leather? looks nasty at the mo and I'm miffed!

[N Dentressangle]

They will smooth out of their own accord eventually - I wouldn't mess with them.

It's only skin, after all!

[andygo]

Thats sort of the conclusion I've come to. Time is a great healer they say, although where cars are concerned it never seems to happen.

Cheers.

[1878]

I had this, give it a few days and you'll never know it had happened.

[StuartGGray]

andygo said:

Thats sort of the conclusion I've come to. Time is a great healer they say, although where cars are concerned it never seems to happen.

Cheers.

Think of them as dimples, and smile.

[Andy Meads]

I had a similar problem a few years back, caused by a previous owner's child seats. My local detailer got them out with a steamer as I recall - done as part of a valet. The seats were perfect afterwards.

[SV8Predator]

anonymous said:

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That's not really true, I'm afraid.

The way forward is to dampen the leather first, not too much, just use a damp cloth and gently massage moisture into the leather.

I presume you would not have a heat gun, so carefully use a hair dryer to warm the leather and dry it off.

A couple or three applications of the above should reduce the denting on the leather.

In the factory the interior is 'humidified' with steam and then the car put in something similar to a low-bake over. This is what gives that tight new-car leather effect that you don't see with a retrim.