greg1990964

Anybody ever buy some seat dye to help disguise the cracks and wear on light colored leather? My seats are not torn up or in horrible shape but would like to freshen them up a little bit. They are raspberry grey. Any ideas? Where to buy?

abarthguy

The pros use SEM upholstry spray dye. Get it at the supply stores they use. Be sure to use the proper SEM primer/cleaner !
I've used it a few times, changed black door panels to red. Concourse judge asked where I found new red door panels ! It has just the right sheen and texture.

greg1990964

So I suppose just rubbing dye on the seats with a rag is not possible to let it just fall in the cracks..Hummm.

911Jetta

Good reading: (no affiliation)

http://www.leatherique.com/do_it_you..._leather_for_/

http://www.leatherique.com/do_it_you...e_leather.html

deutschland-dobson

Check out my Linen refurb...

You'll have to Google the products to see if they ship to the States.

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Chris

justin-in-athens

Not really, you should thoroughly clean the seats, then wetsand,, reclean, then dye.

If you want to get really detailed with it, crack filler can also be applied, but im thinking you are probably not going that route. The sanding will make for much better dye adhesion though.

greg1990964

I bought some leather "Balm" from Furniture Clinic. Says it should fill in dark areas like cracks and where the dye has rubbed off. Not going to fix the little side bolster hole, but excited to try this goop. There is a video on the stuff at this link.
http://www.furnitureclinic.com/Leath...oring_Balm.php

Not affiliated, but If you guys buy some after this post I may get free **** in the future. Ha.

Mixter

Looks like good stuff. Hope it works for you. Let us know.

Navaros911

I've used Gliptone's liquidleather from the UK.
They got me color matched dye.

To do this right you will need time.
Your leather is probably very, very dry, judging from those cracks.

First clean it very well (scrub brush and proper leather cleaner. Do this in multiple applications until you can see there is no dirt left.

Then condition the heck out of it until the conditioner isn't absorbed anymore. This could take as much as 5 coats.

Then clean/degrease it.
Now you are ready for dye.

Gliptone describes a process called "color washing". This works very well for small cracks like I see in your picture.

With patience they should come out looking like new.

f1ava

Do you have any before and after photos perchance ?
Sounds promising.