Leather Re-Conditional Kits - Yes or No?
02-02-2010, 11:52 AM
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George please keep us posted on this. Many of us have leather rear quarters which have shrunk and need to be restretched to fit. If you can document a technique it would help tremendously.
Rob, another trick on the shift boot which worked for me. After coating it in Rejuvenator, put it in a ziplock bag and put it on a heater in the house for a couple of weeks. Keep adding Rejuvenator to it as needed. This worked on my 87's shift boot. Alternatively, since you live in SoCal you can put it in the sun on a warm day while its in the bag, that should also work well.
Rob, another trick on the shift boot which worked for me. After coating it in Rejuvenator, put it in a ziplock bag and put it on a heater in the house for a couple of weeks. Keep adding Rejuvenator to it as needed. This worked on my 87's shift boot. Alternatively, since you live in SoCal you can put it in the sun on a warm day while its in the bag, that should also work well.
02-02-2010, 12:55 PM
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Leather shift boot
ROB why not have Paul redo you a new boot set-New leather is new leather- i will attend your engine party when ready with the new interior leather work from Paul.
02-02-2010, 03:08 PM
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Quick question for the experts...I have a small split/tear in the drivers side seat back bolster close to the door. Is it better to patch the hole before or after treating the leather. I was thinking it would be better to do the repair before treating as the conditioner may prevent the glue for the patch from sticking as well.
02-02-2010, 04:38 PM
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Quick question for the experts...I have a small split/tear in the drivers side seat back bolster close to the door. Is it better to patch the hole before or after treating the leather. I was thinking it would be better to do the repair before treating as the conditioner may prevent the glue for the patch from sticking as well.
If you are trying for more of a show type of repair you would fill the crack with Crack Filler and then redye to match the car.
02-02-2010, 04:40 PM
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Agree 100% if you are restoring the car but if it is a DD save the $$$$ and restore. We will replace and restore the interior in the 1984 and just leave seat covers on the 1982 since they are just GONE. Will have them redone and then dye the balance of the car to match.
02-02-2010, 04:50 PM
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Luan-
Gotta recover from the stroker for a while before I get serious about the interior in the GTS- it's in good shape (in fact I'm not sure why the shifter boot is so dry when the dash and pod are fine, but I'm not complaining....) The seats are light gray and were re-dyed in 2003 - there's some overspray on the seat mounting rails. I made the mistake of sitting in/on some sport seats last year, at some point I may yet hassle Paul.
Gotta recover from the stroker for a while before I get serious about the interior in the GTS- it's in good shape (in fact I'm not sure why the shifter boot is so dry when the dash and pod are fine, but I'm not complaining....) The seats are light gray and were re-dyed in 2003 - there's some overspray on the seat mounting rails. I made the mistake of sitting in/on some sport seats last year, at some point I may yet hassle Paul.
02-02-2010, 08:36 PM
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George...I'm guessing you can you make a dye to match an existing interior colour...for example, grey-green? I see you have several Porsche interior colours but no grey-green.
02-02-2010, 08:53 PM
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I believe George can match to sample if you can send one to him.
