Phil Robson
Well-Known Member
I'm starting this thread to put my attempts at leather seat renovation in front of you guys. Hopefully it'll be successful, but we'll have to wait & see!
I've posted a few pictures elsewhere & repeat them here for completeness:
The seats are in my 1964 2000 'OCC' & I doubt that they've ever had any feed or care. This is the driver's seat after a bit of cleaning with general leather cleaner.
However, after talking with others, I took the plunge & cleaned the leather with thinners which made a huge difference:
This seat in particular is badly cracked although it is only the surface & not right through:
I have tried feeding the leather on the rest of the seat with Autoglym leather balm, but it didn't soak in that well but this is probably due to there still being too much old colour on the leather. I then tried using steel wool in association with thinners & managed to get the back seat cushion like this:
Some of the colour has been removed as can be seen. I have then used the above leather oil (from a saddlery shop) which is absorbed very quickly by the leather that has been prepared in this way, so will use it for the rest. It is very oily when you put it on:
I've posted a few pictures elsewhere & repeat them here for completeness:
The seats are in my 1964 2000 'OCC' & I doubt that they've ever had any feed or care. This is the driver's seat after a bit of cleaning with general leather cleaner.
However, after talking with others, I took the plunge & cleaned the leather with thinners which made a huge difference:
This seat in particular is badly cracked although it is only the surface & not right through:
I have tried feeding the leather on the rest of the seat with Autoglym leather balm, but it didn't soak in that well but this is probably due to there still being too much old colour on the leather. I then tried using steel wool in association with thinners & managed to get the back seat cushion like this:
Some of the colour has been removed as can be seen. I have then used the above leather oil (from a saddlery shop) which is absorbed very quickly by the leather that has been prepared in this way, so will use it for the rest. It is very oily when you put it on:
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