What do I need from Leatherique to remedy this?

[Falconer]

I got some suede business going on on the bolsters.

Black leather cabrio sport seats.

[Todd Black 88]

The ability to embed pics.




BOOYAH!

[Garageaholic]

Get the kit #2 black of course. It comes with 16oz of each of the following:

Rejuvinator
Prepping agent
Dye
Conditioner

That should be more than enough to do your whole interior front and back, which I highly recommend if you're doing the one bolster.

[fronton]

^ correct. prep is very important. make sure the leather is supple before adding dye or it won't take very well.

[Falconer]

For some reason I'm scared of re-dying these things but I guess there's no way around it eh.

So light sanding > oil rejuvenator > prep > dye > condition?

I also have a small tear. Place some fabric underneath the opening and fill it with the crack filler is what I'm thinking.

And Todd, how do you always find my threads.

[Todd Black 88]

Stalking you:shiftyeyes:

[AndrewBird]

There is no way to make the "suede" as you put it go away. The finish of the leather is worn off. Sanding will only make it worse. Best you can do is re-color it so it blends in a bit better. For that, shoe polish would work just fine. Shoe polish has a bit of dye in it, so it will re-color the grey areas. DO NOT use Kiwi brand stuff or any liquid polish for that matter. Anything you can buy in a grocery store is garbage. Meltonian is a good brand that I recommend.

http://www.amazon.com/Meltonian-Crea...ck+shoe+polish

[Falconer]

There is no way to make the "suede" as you put it go away. The finish of the leather is worn off. Sanding will only make it worse. Best you can do is re-color it so it blends in a bit better. For that, shoe polish would work just fine. Shoe polish has a bit of dye in it, so it will re-color the grey areas. DO NOT use Kiwi brand stuff or any liquid polish for that matter. Anything you can buy in a grocery store is garbage. Meltonian is a good brand that I recommend.

http://www.amazon.com/Meltonian-Crea...ck+shoe+polish

Interesting note on the shoe polish. Is that preferred over a liquid dye that leatherique offers, because the material is practically suede in that area? Won't shoe polish bleed on clothing?

[///M42 sport]

perrrfect, check out my fs thread lol...cheap leatherique left over from my interior restore

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=273515

[Falconer]

perrrfect, check out my fs thread lol...cheap leatherique left over from my interior restore

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=273515

Lol I'm actually buying leftovers from the guy who last replied in your fs thread. We're both local.

[fronton]

I have tried show polish and do not recommend it. It liked my clothes more that the seat, it is also greasy. And no, do not sand it, just rejuvinate, then rejuvinate and then do it again, each time keep the windows up and let it hot box in 75+ degree sun for an afternooon. Then dye it using rubber gloves and a paper towel or brush.

The first coat or two will really disappoint and seem way too thin but the third and fourth coat deliver the goods, which you can do all of in under an hour just letting it be dry to the touch between coats. Let it sit overnight (indoors or warm outside) then it will likely be inflexible and need more rejuvinating.

For painting, do it the same way you'd paint a car and do the entire section rather than just spot painting.

[jeffnhiscars]

Thats not a hard piece of leather to find and if you are doing a dye job it really doesnt matter what color it is to start (although black is easy to find). Im putting some indigo leather parts in my pearl beige Cabrio and have a full dye kit from Leatherique. If your prep is done right you remove much of the original dye anyway.