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Thread: leather seats - any suggestions to improve cracks/scuffs?

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    Geez, you must have plenty of money.
    There are leather reconditioning guys that visit motor trimmers who can revitalise leather to look young again.
    Basically they fill in the cracks with spackle and repaint the leather in its original colour.
    To me the cracks and scuffing on your seats are not bad and should come up well.
    Regards Philip A

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    a furniture recovering guy that I know swears by beeswax for lounges - & I've found subsequently that it works well on knife pouches and binocular cases - I'll have to ask him about car trim

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    Check out bowdens own leather love for keeping your leather clean, great Aussie company developing awesome products.

    I use their stuff exclusively on my cars, including my in the build drag/show piece.

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    Seems we need to do the hard (research) yards... or find a REAL leather expert...[/QUOTE]

    Ummmm, scrooge, got the leather, afford the " expert".
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    ....Ummmm, scrooge, got the leather, afford the " expert".....

    - Hoping one will crawl out of the woodwork !

    Thanks Roverfan, here's the address for Bowdens:- http://www.bowdensown.com.au/leather-care-blog

    The leather love he mentioned is $23 for a spray bottle , or $144 for 5 litres
    Last edited by superquag; 10th December 2011 at 11:53 PM. Reason: More info

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    It'sNotWorthComplaining! Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining! View Post
    This mob in the UK actually has Land Rover colour dyes and restoration kits. They will post to OZ.
    I am going to give it a go once I find out what my leather colour is
    Leather Colour Charts

    Car Interiors Leather Repair & Restoration
    i just placed an online order, 250ml of leather colourant is is 14GBP and 6.40GBP airmail 5-7 days. The payment system automatically charged me 2.33GBP VAT included in the above prices, sent them an email ,will see if the refund the 2.33GBP?

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    let us know how it looks when done, maybe a pic??

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    Another vote for beeswax which actually conditions leather, unlike many products which merely colour it. Basically, smother it in beeswax, let it soak in for a couple of days, and then smother it again. I use it regularly on leather shoes and on leather in the Disco. Previously cracked areas may lose much of their cracking with regular treatment.

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    It'sNotWorthComplaining! Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by HangOver View Post
    let us know how it looks when done, maybe a pic??
    yep will do,

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    It'sNotWorthComplaining! Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining! View Post
    This mob in the UK actually has Land Rover colour dyes and restoration kits. They will post to OZ.
    I am going to give it a go once I find out what my leather colour is
    Leather Colour Charts

    Car Interiors Leather Repair & Restoration
    The leather dye arrived today.
    I'm pretty impressed in the end result. I only purchased the 250ml bottle, and only used a couple of drops of it, so it will last for years of scuff repairs.
    They also have restoration kits for badly broken leather.
    Pic #1 THE SEAT BEFORE DYE.


    PIC #2 Dye applied and dried with Hair dryer as recommended.


    PIC #3
    after dye has dried and some Mcguires leather treatment applied to nourish leather.



    PIC #4 The Dye used & purchased for UK site I mentioned..

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