VLG archive · Message 829

Re: [VintageLambo] Leather interior restoration project

Author: Jack Riddell

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Hi Doc, By all means, keep us posted. I (or Fred) will gladly post the before/after photos. How did you manage to get a color match for the existing leather? And how is the dye applied. Some years back, I tried my luck with some leather products to re-dye and had mixed results. I finally ended up getting new leather (which now is going to be replaced yet again). Good luck with the project. Jack docmirror wrote: Guys, I just got my leather refurb kit from Leatherique. I started the restoration of the interior parts tonite, and I"m taking lots of pictures, and notes. My leather is very dry, faded, hard, sun-baked, overdyed, resprayed, stained and cracked in some spots. Letherique promisies that the product can restore what I have to "like new" or better. So far, I"ve got some small pieces from under the drivers dash off, and have used the rejuvinator oil, and sanded the the old dye with 320 and the cleaning agent. Tomorrow nite I"ll prep the leather and start dying with the custom matched color dye. Photos and notes coming later this month, Jack can post it in the files section. What I"ve found so far, is that the leather underneath is pretty good shape, just the surface is thrashed. Doc

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