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Old 02-26-2004, 09:50 PM
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Anyone tried this stuff? Is it as good as they say?
Old 02-26-2004, 09:53 PM
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Good stuff.

Really does bring life back to old leather.

I put it on over a year ago on my 928 and the girlfriend's convertible SAAB and the seats, dash are still supple.
Old 02-26-2004, 10:09 PM
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works fine. MUST prep per instructions
Old 02-26-2004, 10:29 PM
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I've been considering this stuff as well. My Dad used it to good effect on his 87 M-B 420sel...really pretty amazing how it turned out. Does anyone have the URL handy for their site? Aren't they located in Florida somewhere near JAX? Thanks in advance. Tim
Old 02-26-2004, 11:55 PM
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URL is www.leatherique.com
Old 02-27-2004, 12:25 AM
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Leatherique works great. I was a little skeptical at first. So I ordered the product and thought what the hell, my seats needed something. You will all be amazed at how much better the leather looks and feels. Instructions are strait forward and customer service is great. two things I found that make applying easer.

1. treat during warm weather, the hotter the better.
2. pour leatherique into a spray bottle and cut with a little water, wipe with a damp cloth.
your old leather just sucks the stuff up. don't be shy and apply as ofter as possible

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Old 02-27-2004, 01:10 AM
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The Prestine Clean product is great too. It works great on cars that don't deserve it too. Just cleaned my Explorer's leather steering wheel with it.
Old 02-27-2004, 11:26 AM
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Used the product on my car last year. Worked extremely well. Also used their dyes to redo the driver seat and steering wheel. worked great and there service is exceptional.
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It works well. I recall reading on their website to wet sand the old, hardened leather with 600-1000 grid paper.

Do follow the instruction precisely.

Also be patient and allow it to "work" in 75 deg temperature. Might want to wait a few more week for warmer weather.
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I just ordered me a new dash, center console and 2 sports seats from 20th street auto, I plan on redying everything black in my interior I am planning on using Letherique on all of it.
Old 02-27-2004, 04:46 PM
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I think we need some pictures of that, Z!
Old 02-28-2004, 11:07 PM
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Good stuff!
Old 02-29-2004, 02:15 AM
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Here, here.

I found it worked great, though I had to call to figure out which bottle was which, since they had some p/t monkey child working there for a (short) spell, and he just put the same label on both products.

They were quite nice about it, and the stuff has worked for me - though my interior had issues when I bought it...

Greg
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I used leatherique to repair the cracks in my leather dash and to redye the entire inside of my car. It works really well and they matched the dye really well to the piece of leather that I sent to them. I agree with everyone else when they say to do it on the hottest days, it works the best when it is really hot outside.
Old 03-01-2004, 01:15 PM
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I am planning on taking the old dash out of Zandramus's car and expirementing with recovering it. I have a plastic dash cap in my car, and while it looks fine the color is brown and I cant stand it. I am thinking of changing my dash pod and center console to black also.

We are also planning a major project for a completely new interior in Z's car. We will keep everyone posted with pictures of the progress.



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