Dyeing leather seats

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Sat 23 Jan 2010 14:40
Dyeing leather seats - piston power
I want to dye preserve some leather this is on our sofa but im sure this applies to car seats (there leather too moderators).


I have give it some leather cream i got from a car spares shop and it does look nice and tidy but a friend has said there is a dye available at approx £60.00? that will cover the seats anybody used this and can comment?

The colour is red oxblood.

Edited by Pugugly on 23/01/2010 at 15:49

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Sat 23 Jan 2010 14:52
Dyeing leather seats - Old Navy
It may be worth consulting an upholsterer, I have found small back street workshops are good and usually sell specialist upholstery items. Also horsey shops are good for leather care products and advice. Probably more knowledgeable than the pimply yoof in the car accessory shop.

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Sat 23 Jan 2010 14:55
Dyeing leather seats - NARU
I'd suggest ...

www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-117-leather-renovation.as...x

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Sat 23 Jan 2010 20:23
Dyeing leather seats - Kevin
Try these folks for leather care - tinyurl.com/ya6zfln

If the leather isn't damaged you don't need dye - just clean it and feed it regularly.

Kevin...
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Sat 23 Jan 2010 20:44
Dyeing leather seats - bell boy
woolies for me too
how i miss the picknmix with all those cameras focusing on the liquorice torpedo's
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Sat 23 Jan 2010 23:10
Dyeing leather seats - 1400ted
I have used the leather dye from Woolies of Market Deeping on the Jowett.
I had two excellent bench seats in burgundy and a set of door cards and other pieces of trim in brown that were in much better condition than my red bits.
The seats were cleaned well with spirit and painted by brush with the brown dye. A week or so later I gave them a second coat and then saddle soaped them after another week. Woolies also supplied a matching cellulose based dye to do the seat backs, which are rexine.
I tickled up the trim items with the rexine dye to freshen them up.

It all worked rather well.

Ted
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Sat 23 Jan 2010 23:19
Dyeing leather seats - Mr.Tee43
Following on from this, the front leather seats in my Bora have gone a bit shiney compared to the semi matt finish that the rear seats still have.

Is there a product that can return them to this semi matt finish ?
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