Old leather seats

[pcn1]

Not sure if this is the right forum but my 944 has cobalt blue leather seats. They are in need of a good clean and treatment as the ageing/wear lines really stand out. Can anyone recommend a product. I understand you can get colour matched treatment these days to help restore them.

Thanks

[softinthehead]

whoa, in at the deep end! youre taking your life in your hands with this one. I'll start the ball rolling by saying that I like zymol products - their Treat leather conditioner not only refreshes the leather beautifully but smells lovely too. In a short while there will be bids for Meguiars, Swissol products and a few online-only products. then Nervous will be along to tell us he uses his hair gel to get that "glued to the seat" feeling and someone somewhere will start an abusive flurry by telling either me or the swissol user that we are stupid southern tw#ts who are wasting our money when a good rub down with dried cow pat and sticky back plastic does just as well.

Try Zymol Treat......

[henry-f]

The best people for DIY kits are Wollies www.woolies-trim.co.uk

Henry

[hughjayteens]

I had the seats in my M3 reconnolised by www.leathercare-renovations.co.uk - was quite gobsmacked by the results - well worth the cost (£300 or so)

Before


After


More pics:
http://gallery.kaptur.net/view_album.php?set_albumNa

[cuneus]

Can you post up some pictures ?

[superlightr]

wow they did a good job on the BM seats.

[mutt k]

Chatting about this with someone at Silverstone on Sunday he reckoned that Oil of Ulay or baby oil are well worth using to keep the leather supple once it has been cleaned. No idea whether either work, but you'll have lovely skin afterwards

[softinthehead]

mutt k said:

Chatting about this with someone at Silverstone on Sunday he reckoned that Oil of Ulay or baby oil are well worth using to keep the leather supple once it has been cleaned. No idea whether either work, but you'll have lovely skin afterwards

works best if you also drive naked....

[paultje]

Not sure where you are in the country, but Tognola Eng. in Datchet did a brill job on my 993 seats (in light grey). They deep-cleaned them, then re-dyed them back to factory colour. Cost circa £250 all in. (Datchet is near Windsor, Slough area!)

[c2look]

hughjayteens, the results look fantastic on your seats.

paultje said:

re-dyed them back to factory colour.

I could do with the leather on my momo steering wheel re-dyeing (black and red sections), can anyone suggest where I could get this done somewhere oop north?

cheers.

[hughjayteens]

Leathercare Renovations are in Warrington - speak to Steve Merret.

[pcn1]

Well looks like I'm spoilt for choice !

Thanks

[c2look]

hughjayteens said:

Leathercare Renovations are in Warrington - speak to Steve Merret.

Thanks HJT, may well give them a shout if I dont find one around the N Yorks area.

[paultje]

Some pics for your delictation .....



Hope these help...if necessary click on them to make them bigger..(ooh eer missus!)

[mikereynolds]

Im all honesty if you want something that lasts then you are wasting your time with reconnolising, all it does is it dries out the leather more, which means they will look good for a year or so and then begin to crack even worse. I used to work at Southbound and have seen many cases of people spending a few hundred pound getting their seats reconnolised, only for then to come in for a retrim after a year or so.

Mike

[mustard]

Well I went DIY on the 325i Convertible with products from www.liquidleather.com

Very happy with the results, and as time passes, the leather looks/feels better



The finished product, ordered cleaner, conditioner and scuff master, the leather had some deep creases in places, colour loss on drivers bolster and 15yrs of accumulated dirt

[paultje]

mikereynolds said:

Im all honesty if you want something that lasts then you are wasting your time with reconnolising, all it does is it dries out the leather more, which means they will look good for a year or so and then begin to crack even worse. I used to work at Southbound and have seen many cases of people spending a few hundred pound getting their seats reconnolised, only for then to come in for a retrim after a year or so. Mike

Can you not keep it in shape by rubbing in conditioner from time to time? (I'm worth it!.. tossingheadfromsidetoside..)