Any Good Leather Dye or Paint recommended (pics)!!

[CrusherCurtis]

Got my vert the interior looks good, but It has scratches all over. Not on the seats, but every where else. Any good leather touch up product to mask this? Its not bad enough to have it redone. Just some kind of dye or paint. Also the rear bench leather portion is super dry. Any chance it can be restored?

[CabrioPunk]

Get you some:

APC (all purpose cleaner like Poorboys APC)
Leather/vinyl protectant (like Poorboys Natural Look)
Boot dye (sponge applicator)

Clean. Dry. Dye. Buff. Dry. Protect.

It works. And in true R3V fashion, is inexpensive. The companies that sell dye can be pricey. I believe my method will serve you well.

Junkyard MTech Wheel, Before & After:

[CabrioPunk]

And while you are in there, do it right. Rip out the seats. They are easy to remove, front and rear. Makes for a fun day project. The leather will do well if it is heated up, then cleaned and dressed. Open up the pores to a point, allow them to give up the dirt and then eat up the protectant (be it spray or a specialized leather feed cream). Even the expensive dye brands will encourage you to heat up the leather, typically by way of mother nature, sealing the car tight and baking in the sun.

This way you don't risk getting dye on the pretty fabric you got there. Seems like you got a nice car. Take good care of it.

Seats removed, cheap can of carpet clean (2x would have been better) did my interior well, before and after:





Seats removed, baking in sun, drying out from a mild brush and APC clean:



Cleaned, dressed:

[CabrioPunk]

Sorry for the post, but I got the time right now and enjoy the restoration.. a clean interior is critical to me in my cars:

The Duplicolor Vinyl/Fabric paint has been used with some success. I would not put it on a high traffic area. Here it is used to restore my trunk carpeting. The PO let a god amount of paint spill back there. The flash really brings out the stain but the fresh black of the trunk liner looks nice:

Before:



After:



After, with no flash (notice repainted trunk tools, too):

[CrusherCurtis]

When you say protectant, do you mean something like armoral or something permanent?

[CabrioPunk]

NO ARMOR ALL!

I said quality protectant. Poorboy's Natural Look. Aerospace 303. Pinnacle. Something. Meguiars or Mother's even. No Turtle Wax or Armor All. Products containing petroleum products destroy what it touches. Do not use Armor All. Your work will be for not.

No need to open up a can of worms. It is a dead horse beaten enough. Just Google and read if you care. Otherwise, let the results speak for themselves and get a QUALITY protectant.

[robrez]

http://www.leatherique.org/preservation_products.htm

I used the rejuvenator on my vert leather, and it made it more supple.

[CrusherCurtis]

do you have any before and after pics?

[robrez]

do you have any before and after pics?

I don't have any, but if you google leatherique, you'll find tons of threads with pics on the various automotive forums.

[sector6]

http://www.leatherique.org/preservation_products.htm

I used the rejuvenator on my vert leather, and it made it more supple.

^^^ this is the stuff you want.

[CabrioPunk]

Leatherique is a womderful product.

It is for leather. You are looking to repair vinyl/plastic pieces. It will not do all three. Researching it some say the product sits on vinyl, where as leather has pores and takes in the product. Two different products could give a variance in restoration, too.

You must be careful with its application, too. Examples on their website are cars with full leather. You'll need to avoid getting.this.product on the fabric inserts.

I still stand by my initial offerings. Your leather is really not that bad. It just needs a light redye and fed.