Originally posted by mjweimer
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Hey, thanks very much. I dont know how many of these kind of restorations I will do after this one, so i need to make it count :)
Originally posted by Staszek
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I have a fat stack of leather samples on my desk... and I cant get past some browns and some blues. not all... some look terrible.
But there's a couple I can just see them working. Not all leather mind you, I really like the thought of some course, loose woven fabric too... I have this brown Natuzzi couch in this brown, coarse weave fabric... i would like to recover the couch so I can use the fabric in my seat & door inserts... hey that's not as silly as it sounds!
besides colour there is also pattern, leather feel, natural vs stamped grain, poly coated/semi aniline / aniline leather... so many choices.
It may not suit the period of the car... but this theme of aniline dyed 'Spanish' leather in a deep brown with cloth inserts... i really dig it. Recall the 'buffalo leather' in the older high-end BMW how it would get a distressed look but you could bring it back... i like that.
i don't really like the poly-coated leather like Dakota, because it doesn't really feel like leather. Upside is low maintenance and stability.
this will take a while :)
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