Restoring Leather Seats

[Tim Leech]

I have purchased a set of leather seats (grey ones) for the 16TRS from Oscar (thanks for the cuppa!), as you would expect they are a bit worn in places and need re-colouring, has anyone had experience of restoring leather, they aren't split etc.

[Defender110]

Yes I've had great results using the Woolies kit, follow the instructions to the letter and you should transform them. Don't buy the Glyptone kit advertised in some of the CC mags you get rip off quantities for a lot of money.

Woolies product guide and products here;


http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-108-fea ... ducts.aspx

[johnbird]

there is a chap called steve lewis who uses and advertises on uk saabs forum.sells on e bay too.lovely straightforward chap who supplies leather dye and cleaning products.colours mixed to order if required.i have done two saab interiors with his products.i have his mobile if you pm me for the number,john.

[Tim Leech]

Thanks John

I cant afford to pay someone right now but thanks for the offer, I was looking for a DIY Kit, that woollies one looks to be ideal

Cheers.

[johnbird]

the knack as i have discovered is in the cleaning of the leather before you colour anything.if there is dirt in the crack it sits at the bottom of the crack and pushes the leather apart like a wedge.small dirt at the bottom wider crack at the top so to speak.i use a soft nail brush and any proprietary leather cleaning product with plenty of clean warm water on hand.a vax to remove it all can be good too.once the dirt is out leather food will feed and close the cracks a lot followed by a good dye-two coats at least-and the improvement becomes noticeable. its laborious but results can be impressive.

[johnbird]

the grey seats are in my 99 now and been cleaned,the black rear seat was in my old c900.it was originally the same dove grey colour before dyeing it.