Leather Seat Refurbishment Project

[SootySport]

When you seal it, how can you feed the leather afterwards?    I feed my seats every 3 months or thereabouts with a specialist cream to keep the leather supple.  

[KugaWestie]

14 minutes ago, SootySport said:

When you seal it, how can you feed the leather afterwards?    I feed my seats every 3 months or thereabouts with a specialist cream to keep the leather supple.  

Same as, the kit includes a specialist cream

My understanding is it seals the colour in

[SootySport]

So I gather you are sealing the colour in but the cream can still get through to the leather.  

Took me 2 weeks of eves & weekends to renovate all the leather of an XJ6,  hands ached for weeks after.      I did a leather and trim 'Workshop'  at the Browns Lane Jaguar factory many moons ago, learnt a lot form the experts, all for free as well.

[KugaWestie]

I was very apprehensive when I started doing it (I had been putting it off for weeks) but am very pleased with the results

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

I can't speak for older leathers on classsics, but it's interesting if you speak to specialists that deal with care and restoration of modern leather automotive trim; most I've come across say the same thing - all modern automotive leathers have a sealant layer on them, and that most of the leather care creams that claim to be absorbed into the core of the hide somehow are just snake oil.

Thats not to say that the use of leather care creams is not worthwhile, just that the way they're working, on the good ones at least, may we'll be misunderstood by many of the users.

[KugaWestie]

So, the finished product now the Satin coat has been applied

Remember that cracked rough looking base?

 

Side bolster

 

Base bolster

 

 

 

[KugaWestie]

Some shots of the completed passenger seat against the unstarted drivers seat when I refitted the passenger seat to the car

[KugaWestie]

I just need to refit the drivers seat and then apply the protection cream to both seats.

I am well pleased with the results!

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Superb, wish I'd know about this when I had my old five series years ago, the seats always did let it down.

[KugaWestie]

Seats all back in the car now, just some protection cream to add after 7 days

[TAFKARM]

I was sceptical when you were half way through, but the finished product looks fantastic, well done!

[Kingster]

Cracking job mate. 

[KugaWestie]

16 minutes ago, RussH said:

I was sceptical when you were half way through, but the finished product looks fantastic, well done!

Thanks. It was one of those jobs I really did not fancy taking on (worrying I would ruin them), but they have exceeded my expectations!

[KugaWestie]

15 minutes ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

Cracking job mate. 

Thanks.

The thing that surprised me most was how heavy each seat was!

[KugaWestie]

1 hour ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

Superb, wish I'd know about this when I had my old five series years ago, the seats always did let it down.

Thanks. You need to track the old car down and have a go