My "new" motor has leather seats, and whilst they are in pretty good condition, the side bolsters have a bit of scuffing (which is quite usual I believe). I want to attend to this now, because I am only using this car on limited miles, and I want the interior and exterior looking really nice. Has anyone any tips, such as products like "Liquid leather".
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Loads of products aimed at car upholstery maintenance - usually more expensive than the same product in a sofa treatment bottle. I feed my seats every 6 months or so (with a sofa food) and they show no sign of wear. Mrs Nod's seats are well worn but respond well to the same food (but do really need recovering at some point - 20 years old and showing their age!)
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Depends how worn.
My tvr seats were completely worn on the bolster and tired and I used furniture clinic products to get them back.
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But it is a lot of work. Complete restoration through stripping, prep, respraying etc. Lots of layers.
For the MX-5 seats which were black leather and starting to crack etc on the side bolster, I used their restoration kit.
https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_Leather_Restoration_Kit
My tvr seats were completely worn on the bolster and tired and I used furniture clinic products to get them back.
From this:
to this
But it is a lot of work. Complete restoration through stripping, prep, respraying etc. Lots of layers.
For the MX-5 seats which were black leather and starting to crack etc on the side bolster, I used their restoration kit.
https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_Leather_Restoration_Kit
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Impressive
Dark red seats, but I am a bit OCD, and would like them to look better. I will supply piccies when I can. The car is white, and I spent the best part of three hours this morning trying to get tar spots of the paintwork using Meguiars No 1.
Depends how worn.
My tvr seats were completely worn on the bolster and tired and I used furniture clinic products to get them back.
From this:
to this
But it is a lot of work. Complete restoration through stripping, prep, respraying etc. Lots of layers.
For the MX-5 seats which were black leather and starting to crack etc on the side bolster, I used their restoration kit.
https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_Leather_Restoration_Kit
You have done a seriously good job on those, that interior looks lovely. I bookmarked their products the other day, so thanks for that. They have the instruction videos and the colour charts.
I keep looking at those seats - this is car interior porn.
I have just bought an 08 Alfa GT (the 1.9 diesel - which may have been breathed on a bit), in white with medium/dark red leather seats and side panels.
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I bought a small compressor and some modelling spray guns. The secret is many light layers, but the results were brilliant. I also did the rears by masking all the car and did them in situ.
I'll post up tomorrow morning what I used.
Edit: here we go, one of these foxhunter compressors with spray guns.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004XP7K9W
using the glass bottle gun, one bottle was enough for one coat of both seats.
I'll post up tomorrow morning what I used.
Edit: here we go, one of these foxhunter compressors with spray guns.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004XP7K9W
using the glass bottle gun, one bottle was enough for one coat of both seats.
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That is a nice little compressor and airbrush kit. Back before I was married, a mate and I used to do up cars (mainly MG's and the like), and I still have my Clarkes compressor and a couple of sprayguns. The guns would be too big for this type of job, but I also have a Devilbiss airbrush somewhere in the garage, which I used for model making.
I cannot emphasise too much how good that looks.
I cannot emphasise too much how good that looks.
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A dedicated tar remover - like AutoGlym Tar remover works wonders and is very easy to apply an very successfully removes tar spots - I had a white A5 and this worked wonders for removing the tar spots that covered it after they decided to re-surface the roads round here ...
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Depends how worn.
My tvr seats were completely worn on the bolster and tired and I used furniture clinic products to get them back.
From this:
to this
But it is a lot of work. Complete restoration through stripping, prep, respraying etc. Lots of layers.
For the MX-5 seats which were black leather and starting to crack etc on the side bolster, I used their restoration kit.
https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_Leather_Restoration_Kit
Very impressive, well done, and a lovely car
Just had a look at their site. The £48 set plus the £10 "dabber" for the bolsters looks like the way to go.