Restoring colour to my seats??

[paultredgett]

Hi,

I have an E320 avant guarde with grey leather, does anyone have any idea how to restore the colour?
I have patchy areas where the grey has given way to light brown, I have tried the rub in leather polish/dye to no avail, it just polishes straight off, will they need repsraying?
Thanks

 

[chubbs111]

try gliptone they do a leather dye colour coded to cars and ive heard that the match is excellent

 

[jefrs]

Our grey leather (208 Alpaca?) came up nicely by cleaning. I had to get the accumulated grunge layers of upholstery dressing off first before feeding the leather again.

I think I used a cream intended for cleaning saddles, pretty sure I didn't use the saddle soap on them but that will get the gunge off and you do have to get the gunge off first. Sorry I cannot remember precisely what I used

 

[newman2000000]

I used the spray from website called volico. About £40 for a can and the match is very good. Quite easy to apply as well.

 

[golden1245]

Is it as bad as this?

I'm curious would repraying/restorying the color with gliptone work well for this? or are there too many scratches and faint tears for it too look nice again?

Apologies to Paultredgett for hijacking your thread, i figure since we have similar problem, I might as well combine it instead of making a whole new thread.

 

[chubbs111]

ref

Is it as bad as

I'm curious would repraying/restorying the color with gliptone work well for this? or are there too many scratches and faint tears for it too look nice again?

Apologies to Paultredgett for hijacking your thread, i figure since we have similar problem, I might as well combine it instead of making a whole new thread.

have a look on gliptones site

 

[paultredgett]

Hi there,
My seats are the same colour but not cracked like yours, the light brown colour you have coming through is what I have, almost as if someone has cleaned the colour off the leather?? I have tried some grey coloured creme from ebay but the seats would not soak it up and it just polished straight off leaving the light brown colour again.
Cheers.

 

[Buster'stheboy]

Leatherfix UK have a decent looking web site, but I don't know if they're any good or not. Perhaps anyone who's used them would like to say on here?

Leather Repair | Leather Repairs | Leather Restoration | Car Leather Repair | Leather Sofa Repair | Leather Cleaning

It's best to get a leather technician to do it IMO, but make sure they come recommended. When done properly it looks as good as new.

 

[redbaron]

Im keen to know if someone finds a decent solution... mine are not as cracked as above but a previous owner has smoked in the car and they have yellow / browny tinges to them - I suspect I will need to do both of seats in full to achieve any kind of result...

 

[Buster'stheboy]

There's a Jaguar forum thread here recommending furniture clinic:

Jaguar Forum.co.uk • View topic - 'LEATHERFIX UK' - Anybody used them?

I found it when googling for reviews of leatherfix uk. Didn't find any btw.

 

[redbaron]

There's a Jaguar forum thread here recommending furniture clinic:

Jaguar Forum.co.uk • View topic - 'LEATHERFIX UK' - Anybody used them?

I found it when googling for reviews of leatherfix uk. Didn't find any btw.

Cool thanks,

Spoken to Nathan at their Crewe branch:

UK Branches - Crewe

and am popping to see him tomorrow to discuss the SL further / let him get a leather sample.

Now do i stay the same colour or do i change? hmmmm.

 

[Tankman]

Have just invested £65 in scuff master repair kit from Gliptone. You need time, patience and a very methodical approach to get good results. As a complete novice, I am encouraged with the first stage of cleaning and looking forward to getting the job done.

Before



After removing previous spray colour and cleaning. Not conditioned yet

 

[chopper_harris]

Get down to WH Smith, and trawl through the classic car mags.
You are looking for specialists who can 'Connolise' old leather.

IIRC there is a company in Germany who have colour matched kits.
I will try to fine their details.

 

[Tankman]

Gliptone also do a colour match service. The scuff master kit has colour included with quantity dependant upon price. Orion Grey 268 is the leather in my pictures, should be easier and quicker to use Gliptone than to go to ze fatherland, ja?

If you believe their website, and I have no reason not to, then re-connolising is a no-no due to the chemicals attacking the stitching and drying the leather out.

 

[gIzzE]

I have seen a couple of cars done with this, 40 year old Jags that look beyond repair came up looking like new.

How To Restore A Leather Car Interior

 

[EVL]

Any decent retrimmer should be able to offer you the option of redye or replacing the panel. We're based I'm Rochdale, but I think there are a couple in Manchester and one in Cheshire.

 

[redbaron]

Dropped the SL off with Furniture clinic this afternoon - (well they kindly met me at Crewe station as was stuck on the M6 and was in danger of missing my train...) Picking it up again on tuesday hopefully so will report in on how good it looks!

 

[EVL]

Furniture clinic have a good reputation - you should be pretty happy with the car when you get it back.

 

[Weybridge]

Dear Redbaron....have you got the car back and how was the seat refurbishment? any before and after pictures?

 

[redbaron]

I have indeed - I will take a pic or two when it is light ( nearly dark here... proper bank holiday weather...)