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Old May 28, 2018 | 12:23 PM
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Default Leather interior restore

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Cleaned and light crease seal added
More sealer you have to do many coats using a blow drier in between to dry
All dyed and completed
All done

so like most of us prolly I have the leather interior and it’s begun to crack and crease, mostly on passenger side bolster. So I bought some stuff to repair and redye the spots here’s some pics of the process and the end product I think it came out good. I am not sure if I’m aloud to link the site I used or not for purchasing the products so I guess if people are interested pm me. Kit cost 75$ And this was pretty time consuming and like most things the time you put in dictate the outcome.

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Old May 28, 2018 | 04:41 PM
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Looks great! As long as you aren't trying to sell you can post the URL/ hyperlink.
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Old May 28, 2018 | 05:15 PM
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https://autoleatherdye.com/

is the site I ordered from
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Old May 29, 2018 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by liven Z life
Kit cost 75$ And this was pretty time consuming and like most things the time you put in dictate the outcome
Looks great. Can you give an overview of the steps and time required? Does it require any skills or just follow the directions carefully kind of thing? Any tricks or tips?
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Old May 29, 2018 | 02:47 PM
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You want to do a full panel of leather you can’t do like half a side or something you will notice the transition if you did that. So with that said any one panel takes like 2 hours give or take plus you have to leave it for like 4 hours before actual use. It comes with directions. And only bit of advice I can give is the way I was shown to do it via YouTube and their description was put the filler on then light sand then apply the dye. I did that for my first panel it looks fine but when I look at my seat the factory leather isn’t smooth like that it has texture. So on the panel pictures above I filled in the crack using the filler using a plastic spackle knife and a old gift card actually worked very well to spread. But after getting it mostly filled I actually took a bit of sponge and dabbed a very light coat of filler all over the panel. I then dried that and used a very fine grit and under almost no pressed I sanded that down and just would use feel to match the feel of that panel to the factory leather. Then I dabbed the dye on. It takes a few coats to color all the way. It felt alil too rough so I then used the sponge and wiped very light coats on not going in any single direction kind of a criss cross pattern that smothed it out. With all steps less is better don’t add too thick of a layer at any point.
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Old Aug 24, 2018 | 04:43 PM
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That is job done very well and thank you for sharin how you did it. My car leather seats are gray. Do they have that color?
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Old Aug 24, 2018 | 05:01 PM
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Yes I think they have all the Z colors
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Old Aug 24, 2018 | 06:13 PM
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Thanks very much. I will check them out.
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