Cracked & Hardened Leather Revivial
Discussion
Can anyone suggest how and with which sensibly priced products? Its not bad, but one cream/beige seat is relatively dirty and both have a degree of ingrained dirt. The bolsters on both seats are dirty and cracked and generally in a poor condition. They arent liked cracked shiney cardboard yet, like a 1960s MK2 Jaguar, if you know what I mean; but theyre heading that way? Now speaking of Jaguars: I remember reading an old Jag magazine that my old fella had, which carried an advert for a product which seemed to do what I want. If the pictures were to be believed you could just splash a bit on and the leather would come up clean, soft and pretty much as new.....
GC8 said:
I remember reading an old Jag magazine that my old fella had, which carried an advert for a product which seemed to do what I want. If the pictures were to be believed you could just splash a bit on and the leather would come up clean, soft and pretty much as new.....
It doesn't matter what you use, you will also need Elbow Grease! in copious quantities.
For the cream leather, you will probably need something to recolour the leather too. You'll find ads for this too in the rags.
The advert you are remembering is probably Gliptine and it's good stuff,
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when mixed with elbow grease.
Agreed Tony .Lots and Lots of elbow , with saddle soap and hide food over a period of time every week . New hides are rubbish. one hide from the animal can be split several times over ,to produce many `hides` . Old hides used in the 50s and 60s are that much thicker and will last that much longer, subject to the previous owners` buttock size.
I think that the Jaguar comparison has mislead, sorry. My father has a garage (and driveway!) full of old Jaguars, but these seats are from an eighties Porsche. For the most part theyre in reasonable but grubby condition, with ingrained dirt and crack on the bolsters only. Im more than happy to add elbow grease to other products required. Will saddle soad do it alone? Ive only ever rubbed it into harnesses..... The product that I saw in the (now) old magazine appeared to come in a single container and if the before and after pictures were honest,: it seemed to soften, clean and rejuvenate.
ETA the seats are grey-beige, not cream: think old lady's trouser suit...
ETA the seats are grey-beige, not cream: think old lady's trouser suit...
Edited by GC8 on Wednesday 1st April 00:35
Seen the adverts for the product in question but frankly whether it be Porsche or Jaguar doesn't matter - if it's leather then saddle soap will bring it up and revive it. I suppose the other product will equally do the job but to me it's like Aspirin and trade name sustitutes - they both do the same job but one is a lot more expensive. However, if you buy it we want to see the impressive photos! Hope the old lady likes her new trousers.
Just go with saddle soap. Hard work but it will clean and revive like anything else. I've seen it and believe it! Like I said before, if you get a headache just think aspirin................
Oh, I forgot. My D type; when you get in you have to stand on the seat before sitting down which doesn't do much good to the leather. It gets dirty and dry. Saddle soap did the trick.
Oh, I forgot. My D type; when you get in you have to stand on the seat before sitting down which doesn't do much good to the leather. It gets dirty and dry. Saddle soap did the trick.
crankedup said:
I disagree with Lowdrag on this subject, never use water on leather unless you are dealing with something like an horse saddle.
I've often wondered about this, saddles and leatherwork for horses is obviously intended to get wet because horses are ridden in the rain, car interiors however are not. Having done some riding in my time I must say the leather used on saddles is considerably tougher than that used in a car. Im far from sure what to do now. I believe that the leather is of the coated pigment type. It has surface dirt all over, with visibly dirty creases, worse on one seat; and there are visible cracks and some surface damage on one bolster with quite badly ingrained dirt in those cracks. What product or procedure will enable me to make the seats as good as possible please?
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