leather recolour

stina

stina

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Hi all .
Been dying ( get it ? :D ) to recolour my leather for some time , it is in very good original condition , no rips or tears . It was quite faded in places which gave the impression of being dirty , but it was not . I had cleaned it a year or so ago , and have been conditioning it every month or so . The kit i used does not require a sealer applied after the colour so after a few months it can be conditioned every six months or so .
In the pics you can see how faded it was , the colour is buck skin , i sent a sample off to match it to original ( cut a small piece from under the back seat , where it's not faded .
I took the seats out and took over our hall as a temporary work shop ( the whole house smells of leather now , apart from that back to normal ) In all about 15 hours work over 3 days with drying time .
I'm really pleased with the results , how i wanted it to look , but wasn't sure i could achieve it . I'd recommend anyone thinking of it to give it a go , it's all in the preparation .
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Ps
found an old style 5 new pence and a 1957 two shilling down the side of the seat when i took them out , both currant currency back in the 70's , but out of circulation for a good number of years . which makes me believe the seats have never been out , the carpets are original and the mileage (65k) is correct . Either that or a previous owner was a careless coin collector :D
 
Hi Stina,

Your seats came up a treat didn't they,.. :D look terrific!

When I was looking at the first photo, I was thinking how nice your carpets looked, and then further down you mentioned that they were original. Do you know that my Rover has covered more miles in just the last 4 years than your Rover has covered in essentially the last 40 :shock:

Your lovely Rover should last forever, very little is going to wear out although age will be the likely decider on what needs replacing and when rather than from distance covered.

Ron.
 
Thanks for the comments guys . Yeah i do my best to do right by it Ron , it's a rolling time warp :D
Rich , second pic down shows how the kit comes , it's Gliptone leather care , around 70 quid for the half liter kit i had , enough to do the facings of four seats .

http://www.liquidleather.com/re-colouring.htm

A link if your interested , worth a read :D
 
Another top class job from the house of Stina. :wink:

I do prefer the Gliptone kit Stina used here as opposed to the Woolies kit. The Gliptone kit colours only where it is needed (ie on cracked or faded leather where the surface colour has broken down) as opposed to the Woolies kit that is just a paint and can peel off spectacularly if cleaned with a proprietary cleaner.
 
rp61973 said:
Another top class job from the house of Stina. :wink:

I do prefer the Gliptone kit Stina used here as opposed to the Woolies kit. The Gliptone kit colours only where it is needed (ie on cracked or faded leather where the surface colour has broken down) as opposed to the Woolies kit that is just a paint and can peel off spectacularly if cleaned with a proprietary cleaner.
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I did a bit of research and chose the gliptone kit for those reasons ( as oppose to blundering in like what i normally do ) :D
 
Looking GOOD, nice job Stina, although I have to defend the woolies kit, it is all in the prepwork :wink: and did my buckskins over 5 years ago and they are still looking pretty fresh and the car is used daily and all seats are used almost always...
 
stina said:
Ps
found an old style 5 new pence and a 1957 two shilling down the side of the seat when i took them out , both currant currency back in the 70's , but out of circulation for a good number of years . which makes me believe the seats have never been out , the carpets are original and the mileage (65k) is correct . Either that or a previous owner was a careless coin collector :D
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This made me think, the other week i moved my seat back to do up the srew on the front drivers side, i noticed something under the runner, i pushed it out with a screw driver and i was a $2 New Zealand coin from 1975- interesting because most Australian P6 where shipped from the UK to NZ, assembeled and the shipped to Australia!

Im really annoyed at the moment as i broght the coin inside the house and cant find it! Bugger!

I reckon that coin has been there since it was assembled!
 
stina said:
Ps
found an old style 5 new pence and a 1957 two shilling down the side of the seat when i took them out , both currant currency back in the 70's , but out of circulation for a good number of years . which makes me believe the seats have never been out , the carpets are original and the mileage (65k) is correct . Either that or a previous owner was a careless coin collector :D
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This made me think, the other week i moved my seat back to do up the srew on the front drivers side, i noticed something under the runner, i pushed it out with a screw driver and i was a $2 New Zealand coin from 1975- interesting because most Australian P6 where shipped from the UK to NZ, assembeled and the shipped to Australia!

Im really annoyed at the moment as i broght the coin inside the house and cant find it! Bugger!

I reckon that coin has been there since it was assembled!
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
Hi Stina,

Your seats came up a treat didn't they,.. :D look terrific!

When I was looking at the first photo, I was thinking how nice your carpets looked, and then further down you mentioned that they were original. Do you know that my Rover has covered more miles in just the last 4 years than your Rover has covered in essentially the last 40 :shock:

Your lovely Rover should last forever, very little is going to wear out although age will be the likely decider on what needs replacing and when rather than from distance covered.

Ron.
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Stina,

have to agree with Ron, your carpets look amazing for their age, very well looked afer, are there back and front pieces or one piece under the seats?

Lovely colour! Great Condition!
 
v8guy said:
Looking GOOD, nice job Stina, although I have to defend the woolies kit, it is all in the prepwork :wink: and did my buckskins over 5 years ago and they are still looking pretty fresh and the car is used daily and all seats are used almost always...
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The Woolies kit did impart a nice look when I used it. The trouble is, around 1 year after using it I cleaned the seats with Autoglym Leather Cleaner and this took the Woolies colour straight off, and not in the form of colour on the rag, but it came off in flakes/strips. I prepped the surfaces of the seats just as the Woolies kit directed.

Have you used a proprietary leather cleaner since reconditioning your seats? if you haven't I suggest you don't. If you already have then it may be that Woolies changed the brew. I first did my seats around 12 years ago, but was put off after the incident with the Woolies kit. I became a Gliptone convert after that.
 
I definatley don't want to get into a which ones best discussion , and i'm sure there are other products out there that will do the job . I just looked up the options and was most impressed with the gliptone kit , i like the fact it needs no sealer applied after treatment , and it can still be conditioned periodically after being applied
As Mr rp61973 says , the other products may well of been changed , this is due to regulations regarding posting solvent based fluids i think :?
 
Quality work there stina!!
Ive, sort of, been down the same road as you a couple of times, recolouring leather seats ( my old Scimitars) and have had pretty good results to be fair.
You are clearly meticulous so, i reckon, you wont have any issues.
I cannot believe the condition of that car,its utter perfection!!!
 
My intention was not to start an arguement just to say I've had no issues, peace out :D
 
v8guy said:
My intention was not to start an arguement just to say I've had no issues, peace out :D
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On occasion i like a good arguement , not today though . :LOL:
Happy new year Guy :D
 
stina said:
v8guy said:
My intention was not to start an arguement just to say I've had no issues, peace out :D
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On occasion i like a good arguement , not today though . :LOL:
Happy new year Guy :D
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:LOL: :LOL: Best wishes to you too Stina F.E.A :LOL: and its not a swear word although it might be on here for some :LOL: :LOL:
 
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