Good morning to all ??
I have couple of light scratches on my seat on the right side the leather colour is dark grey , the scratches r white , does anyone know please
where can I get leather colour to colour it been to Halfords nothing really there ??
Many thanks ??
I have similar scratches on my drivers seat, courtesy of a previous owner. No hole, tear or split as such - it just looks like the top colouring layer has been scratched off a little, so would welcome any advice on this matter.
You could try the products supplied by “Furnitureclinic.co.uk”
I don’t have any connection with that company, just found them online and their products are reasonably priced (I might now get some of their leather balm for my own black leather seats)!
Good morning Paul , thank u ??Will have a look now !
Good morning Paul , thank u ??Will have a look now !
Good morning Paul , thank u ??Will have a look now !
Good morning, good morning, good morning!
Try "Scratch doctor on Ebay, too. Products look similar but cheaper.
Thanks Paul am looking nowwww
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I used the furniture clinic kit on my seat simple to use and with really good results bit of advice colour match it with the leather on top not out of sight as the visable leather will have faded slightly if that makes sense
Thank you !!
Will have a look there as well ??
Try one of the Meguairs leather conditioner products. Although modern car “leathers” can’t be conditioned in the same way as old (plastic surface), they seem to do a good job on disguising scratches. Moving house recently, I had a For Focus filled to the gunnels. A box had left a nice horizontal scratch across the passenger seat. Some wiping with Meguairs eliminated the appearance of the scratch. With the Furnitureclinic products, I have used colour matches kits to recolour black seats red.
Surface prep is vital. You might think you can just touch in the scratches. You can’t. It will look touched in, and worse, it will come right off.
Prep involves roughing up a wider surface pretty brutally, with a scouring cloth or wet n dry, then a solvent cleaner to take off all the useless polishes and conditioners you have put on the seat.
You can you a sponge to stipple on the dye, but the best finish is by an airbrush. The airbrush supplied by Furnitureclinic is hopeless; it blocks up easily, and you end up with a splattered finish. I ended up buying a better £60 airbrush.
Once the dye has dried, you need a sealer coat. Furnitureclinic sell an epoxy additive, supposedly to give a more resilient finish. It doesn’t last any longer than the normal coating. Gloss sealer lasts longer than the satin finish. If you want an OE style satin or matt finish, seal with the gloss, then coat with satin/matt.
Furnitureclinic, Gliptone etc, for all the marketing, are paints, not dyes. You cannot redye leather. You can recolour it by painting it, which is what these do. The surface prep helps the paint bind better. With that in mind, you will then realise it will wear off eventually, and you need to redo it. These products are fine for used car dealers, prepping a car for sale in a cost effective manner, but they have no interest in the longevity of the finish through wear.
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Honestly, for scratches, I’d give a shot with conditioner first.
The biggest problem is getting a colour match.
My car has a pretty bad scuff on the side bolster, I used leather dye/varnish, but I can see this as much as I could the scuff.
I was hoping that it would fade and wear with time, but it doesn’t seem to be doing so.
If the scratch isn’t too bad, I’d suggest good old boot polish.
Thank you to all members who have posted on this thread.
I had no idea that this little problem (a small scratch on a leather seat) could be so problematical to rectify, despite the recolouring / repairing manufacturers ‘easy instructions’ on-line. Saz’s step-by-step procedure sounds very daunting to me.
Letting a professional do it properly, would obviously be expensive, but one has expect to pay for their experience and knowledge. Trying to do-it-myself and making a pig’s ear of it, due to lack of skill, would probably, in the long term, be more expensive, if I ended up having to have the whole seat professionally recovered or replaced. So I don’t think I’ll bother - I’ll live with the little scuff !
‘Chicken’ from Frome !
A professional repair might not be as expensive as you think; try the easy solutions first, then get a quote…
I have used products from this Company https://www.liquidleather.com/ . Their colour matching is superb .
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A professional repair might not be as expensive as you think; try the easy solutions first, then get a quote…
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‘EASY’ ? Saz - I didn’t think your directions, and the numerous possibilities for cock-ups sounded easy to me !
By easy, try an off the shelf product from halfords etc. You may have to keep using it regularly to disguise or minimise the appearance of the scratch, but you might prefer than to the alternative. Probably an idea to post a photograph of the scratch (don’t use Photobucket). If the seats are a dark colour, then a suitable boot polish might well do the trick.
All of the main suppliers will provide an excellent spot on colour match, if you send them a small swatch sample (5x5mm from under the seat is enough). Some might have the colours available off the shelf, but these might not match as well.
Thank you all for yr replays ??
Well the shoe polish didn’t go well down so I have ordered from the furniture clinic the leather recolouring balm dark grey £ 19.99
Let’s see what happens is Verny difficult to match the exact colour …
To get an exact colour, you should really send off a tiny swatch; there is usually enough on the underside or back of the seat to nick a tiny bit.
I assume normal car leather cream conditioner didn’t improve anything.