Seat Refurbishment

[John042]

Hi, has anyone used and had success with any of the leather seat repair kits? Mine are generally in good condition except for wear on the drivers side panel. Being cream/magnolia colour it does show. I guess one of the dye kits would be the answer. Any thoughts/experience would be most helpful. Thanks for any replies. John042

[ralphy12345]

John042 said:

Hi, has anyone used and had success with any of the leather seat repair kits? Mine are generally in good condition except for wear on the drivers side panel. Being cream/magnolia colour it does show. I guess one of the dye kits would be the answer. Any thoughts/experience would be most helpful. Thanks for any replies. John042

I have to say I tried the Gliptone Leather dye treatment and, despite following the instructions to the letter, the initial result looked good but it fairly quickly resorted back to the original.

I'm planning on having the leather on mine replaced - once all the other work on the car has been done!!!!

R

[Simon BB]

Hi, I've used Gliptone Scuffmaster on my magnolia seats along with their cleaner and feeder and the results were, and still are, fantastic. I haven't had a problem with it wearing off etc.

Does exactly what it says on the tin and they provide 2 smaller bottles of tint (light and dark) so that you can get a perfect colour match. Well worth 12 quid or thereabouts.

If I could work out how to compress my bl##dy photos I'd post some up!!!!

Si

[jsr]

I've been thinking about complete seat reupholstery. Mine are not too bad but, the leather on mine is fairly scuffed, in sure the foam could do with replacing, and i know the passenger seat springs have seen better days. would probably be pricy though so new bucket seats could be the way for me (if i could find some that fit).

[John042]

Thanks SimonBB and others for replies. Seems two of you have had varying results? Might be worth a go at that price, just annoying that it's only on one side. Cheers John042

[slideways]

If its just scuffing and you have no rips, use Magix leather spray, it goes on just like paint but WILL NOT come off you can actually change the colour of leather completely,
http://www.algeos.com/html/products/magix.htm

[mac123yre]

go to Timpson’s Shoe website and get some normal shoe polish, fist soak the leather in leather cream for a day then apply polish thick and leave for a day then apply more cream, after a couple of days buff up, keep doing this every couple of months.

This may sound like a cowboy way but it works have done this for years on all types of cars.

[jsr]

slideways said:

If its just scuffing and you have no rips, use Magix leather spray, it goes on just like paint but WILL NOT come off you can actually change the colour of leather completely,
http://www.algeos.com/html/products/magix.htm

Thanks for the link - not seen this before but certainly seems worth a try

[nroberts]

I used products from the furniture clinic who advertise in most classic car magazines.It is applied using a small gas propelled paint gun.Send them a small sample from under the seat and they will colour match it.
The supplied kit is really easy to use and costs about £50 including matching.

[jsr]

nroberts said:

the furniture clinic

Wow, just checked their website - the results really are impressive.

[Pacman1972]

mac123yre said:

go to Timpson’s Shoe website and get some normal shoe polish, fist soak the leather in leather cream for a day then apply polish thick and leave for a day then apply more cream, after a couple of days buff up, keep doing this every couple of months.

This may sound like a cowboy way but it works have done this for years on all types of cars.

Must give your car that elusive new shoes smell

[Pacman1972]

nroberts said:

I used products from the furniture clinic who advertise in most classic car magazines.It is applied using a small gas propelled paint gun.Send them a small sample from under the seat and they will colour match it.
The supplied kit is really easy to use and costs about £50 including matching.

This looks amazing.

I have half leather in mine - Has anyone tried restoring the dash and center "fake" leather?

[jsr]

Pacman1972 said:

nroberts said:

I used products from the furniture clinic who advertise in most classic car magazines.It is applied using a small gas propelled paint gun.Send them a small sample from under the seat and they will colour match it.
The supplied kit is really easy to use and costs about £50 including matching.

This looks amazing.

I have half leather in mine - Has anyone tried restoring the dash and center "fake" leather?

Was just wondering about that too

[jfjfjf2]

VHT penetrating dye from Frost or Usautomotive works very well on the vinyl door cards, centre console and dash. Not good on fake leather seats though.

Julian

[Pvapour]

jsr said:

Pacman1972 said:

nroberts said:

I used products from the furniture clinic who advertise in most classic car magazines.It is applied using a small gas propelled paint gun.Send them a small sample from under the seat and they will colour match it.
The supplied kit is really easy to use and costs about £50 including matching.

This looks amazing.

I have half leather in mine - Has anyone tried restoring the dash and center "fake" leather?

Was just wondering about that too

on the strength of this thread....

I plumped for FC reno kit & am 1/2 way through renovating the interior in mine, decided I fancied a colour change from magnolia > cream though, which means half the dash and central tunnel section need to be done, they are vinyl, Furniture Clinic said it was the same process.

Took some before photos and should be finished in a couple of days, so will post them up when finished, very pleased with the covering capability so far, and the ease of application

[Pvapour]

still yet to spray the door trims but have run out of air, very pleased with the results and the airbrush is fun to use.

Before & a pretty good image of how they actually looked (bad)









After









Has made the carpets look terrible so need to clean them next

[floyd12345]

What was the name of the colour you changed the seats to they look good. also what size kit did you get. i am going to be doing my seats and door trim soon so very interested thanks.

[Pvapour]

floyd12345 said:

What was the name of the colour you changed the seats to they look good. also what size kit did you get. i am going to be doing my seats and door trim soon so very interested thanks.

their std. cream, was a medium kit but I'd say get an extra 2 or 3 propellant (unless you have a compressor), plenty of colourant, finish (satin), alcohol cleaner to do the entire interior with three thin coats, acetone (leather prep) ran out though but then that's a simple nail polish remover picked up localy.

[madasafrog666]

These seats look great!, is there a web address for the furniture clinic?

Thanks

[Meatball]

interesting thread, how well did it cover the vinyl?