Furniture Clinic, how easy is it to use?

[stumpage]

I know there are posts about restoring your TVR interior using Furniture Clinic. But to those of you that have done this, how easy was it? How long did it take? What did you need to order? Also how messy is it?

Many thanks.

Tony

[Prizam]

Interested in this too... mine arrives last week and its sat in the tub looking at me.

[CerbWill]

I've done it. Be careful which colours you choose. I chose Ivory the first time I did my Cerbera it and it looked great for about 5 mins then just permanently grubby/dirty. The dye sticks well to leather but requires the Adhesion Promoter and Crosslinker X to have any chance of staying stuck to vinyl. I've since recoloured my interior a dark blue and used a compressor instead of the propellant aerosols which I think are rubbish, especially for doing a complete interior, and a full-size paint gun instead of the mini airbrush. It made a lot of mess wit hthe full size paint gun but I did all the big removable bits outside so it was fine. Overall it took me a few days to strip the interior, recolour it all and get it back together.

[swanny71]

Here's a thread I posted about the Furniture Clinic stuff, think it covers most of your questions.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=127...

I bought one of these mini compressors as I also found the propellant cans a pain in the arse. Great bit of kit and improved the consistency of the spray pattern.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/wiz-mini-air-compr...

[PhilH42]

I've just completed mine so I'll try and get a few pictures on here.

Pretty straightforward, clean and prepare then spray on colour and finish ensuring it dries between coats which is quick anyway but you can use a hairdryer to speed up. Only thing that I found made it much easier was using my compressor and spray gun. You can sponge on if there are trim areas you cannot remove from the car easily. Once you get the hang of it its pretty simple. Any vinyl and you will need adhesion promoter and cross linker x.

They colour match if you send them a small sample

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[PhilH42]

CerbWill said:

I've done it. Be careful which colours you choose. I chose Ivory the first time I did my Cerbera it and it looked great for about 5 mins then just permanently grubby/dirty. The dye sticks well to leather but requires the Adhesion Promoter and Crosslinker X to have any chance of staying stuck to vinyl. I've since recoloured my interior a dark blue and used a compressor instead of the propellant aerosols which I think are rubbish, especially for doing a complete interior, and a full-size paint gun instead of the mini airbrush. It made a lot of mess wit hthe full size paint gun but I did all the big removable bits outside so it was fine. Overall it took me a few days to strip the interior, recolour it all and get it back together.

Should have read the above before replying as echoes my comments...propellant is not great agree, mine is vinyl and biscuit so a shade darker...yes it does attract the dirt a bit but I've found it better if you superseal it and ensure you add enough layers of chosen finish...autoglym leather cleaner brings it up well though.

[PhilH42]

CerbWill said:

I've done it. Be careful which colours you choose. I chose Ivory the first time I did my Cerbera it and it looked great for about 5 mins then just permanently grubby/dirty. The dye sticks well to leather but requires the Adhesion Promoter and Crosslinker X to have any chance of staying stuck to vinyl. I've since recoloured my interior a dark blue and used a compressor instead of the propellant aerosols which I think are rubbish, especially for doing a complete interior, and a full-size paint gun instead of the mini airbrush. It made a lot of mess wit hthe full size paint gun but I did all the big removable bits outside so it was fine. Overall it took me a few days to strip the interior, recolour it all and get it back together.

Should have read the above before replying as echoes my comments...propellant is not great agree, mine is vinyl and biscuit so a shade darker...yes it does attract the dirt a bit but I've found it better if you superseal it and ensure you add enough layers of chosen finish...autoglym leather cleaner brings it up well though.

[RichB]

Bit of a re-boot of an old topic. To those of you who have used FC recolourant, what finish did you all go for? I'm intending to recolour the interior of my 1933 Lagonda from pale tan to red and I want that gentle shine you get from years of use look. Assuming I don't want gloss, I don't know whether to go for semi-gloss or semi-matt? Any thoughts?

[swisstoni]

Do these refinish kits include a clearcoat like OEM leather? If not I can see how they might deteriorate quite quickly.

[RichB]

Yes, that's what I'm asking about. It comes in various degrees of gloss or matt but it's hard to know which to go for unless you have some reference point.

[smighall]

I've just finished doing bits of mine, i sent of a sample of my portland grey, they sent it out with a Matt finish for the top coat. I'm really impressed with the finish and the whole process. Is it as good as a retrim, no but it did only cost around £100 to redo a lot of the interior and is miles better than before