Leather seat restoration (if that is the right word)
Leather seat restoration (if that is the right word)
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Vocal Minority

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8,582 posts

181 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Just picked up a very neat Celica 140 -very happy with it for £3k. There are one or two imperfections, but generally its very straight.

I am going to start to rectify the little niggles over the coming months, but the seats are the ones I need advice on as I am not sure how to tackle.

The propblem is that there is the typical scuff on the drivers seat bolster on the door side caused by the passage of an arse over is 3,650 times (assuming daily use for twn years). As a result there is a patch around 10 sq inches I guess, where it is scuffed. What are they best solutions for dealing with it?

Ej74

1,048 posts

214 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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I bought this :

http://www.liquidleather.com/scuffs.htm

Which worked miracles on a faded scuffed leather seats also get some leather cleaner and conditioner as well

r11co

6,244 posts

259 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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If you are confident enough you could recolour the scuff yourself...

Liquid Leather Scuffmaster

I have had some excellent results using the above stuff.

Edit - great minds!

steveo3002

11,206 posts

203 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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try furniture clinic stuff , you can pretty much sand down and respray the seat

they have how to's and before n after pics on the site

Vocal Minority

Original Poster:

8,582 posts

181 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Cheers guys. Will have a look!

lufbramatt

5,677 posts

163 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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+1 for Furniture Clinic. Superb stuff. I stripped and redyed the black leather on my Passat about 5 years ago and it still looks great. Helpful guys too with lots of experience.