problem with leather

[paul001]

Hi,

My 2 year old decided to walk all over my back seat yesterday with boots on which has badly scuffed all the leather. Pics below. Can anyone recommend any products for repairing these? The leather has come away from the seat on the big patch and the other bit in the center is scuffed up and feels very rough to the touch.

Car is a 530D 2002 although I'm sure that makes no difference!

[mustard]

Two solutions depending on severity

1. www.ukhide.co.uk/montana.html
OE Leather to get a trimmer to retrim (order a sample though 1st!)

or

2. www.liquidleather.com/scuffs.htm

[MitchT]

I hear the skin of two year olds is perfect for the job!

*runs and hides*

Edited by MitchT on Monday 22 January 16:44

[B'stard Child]

He would be barefooted for the winter if he was mine

[derin100]

Laughing at B'stard and Mitch!

Sorry to see those pics Paul!

All of those solutions offered may help, Paul...and I know it will come as little consolation...but I have three kids who have ridden, with their school friends, on the light coloured leather of my wife's 5 Touring for the past 5 years...you can only imagine!?

Believe me when I'm sorry to say...if he/she continues to ride in that car he/she will conspire to do far worse!

I'm sure the above is rectifiable along the lines suggested....but the choice then is: "Do I ever let them in again?"

IMHO....Nothing eradicates a nice car quite as quickly and thoroughly as children...period!

[bennno]

Find somewhere that does reconnolising.

its effectively a process of repainting the leather like it would have been originally. will save recovering and home jobs always look poor.

Bennno

[B'stard Child]

derin100 said:

Laughing at B'stard and Mitch!

Ooops sorry meant to leave a sensible reply too..........

Look in your yellow pages for Furniture recovering - most also work with leather too

I had a nasty scuff tear in rear bench (black connoly leather) in my LC and the guy I found was able to take the bench away and bring it back repaired and good as new - he replaced a section and coloured it to suit - you'd never know it had been done

Every automotive leather specialist didn't want to know or wanted an arm and a leg.

[hughjayteens]

Give Steve a call at www.leathercare-renovations.co.uk - he is a legend!