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I sent the company a sample of Antelope (AGE) leather so I could re-do my steering wheel and a few days later I received what I needed to get the job done - pics below.
I sent the company a sample of Antelope (AGE) leather so I could re-do my steering wheel and a few days later I received what I needed to get the job done
Interesting. I did my seats which were the Oatmeal because I found success stories on this forum. I would kind of like to redo the horn button pad (its not bad, but not perfect either). Its a darker color than the seats and I don't know what color code to order.
I spent £100 on car seat covers to keep the originals perfect.
They came but I decided to wait until my car mats arrived so I could give it a good clean before installing everything.
Just got out of my car in shorts with a buckled metal thing on them & heard a scraping noise.
I was completely gutted until I found this thread, now I have hope.
therepairwizard.co.uk doesn't appear to exist anymore though. Any suggestions?
The Oatmeal seats on my XJ8 had seen better days and I have a good friend that does stitchwork so I plan on having him re-do the seats for me at some point. I have other cars taking priority at the moment so I was looking for a quick solution for this casually driven car.
Now let me preface this post by saying I usually do not agree with shortcuts, and most of the time I take the longest way around just to be sure something is done right. However, this project was purely cosmetic and I had to come up with a short term fix.
I found the repairwizard, a UK company that sells a leather paint/re-dye/repair kit for leather and happened to have the proper AGD Oatmeal color which to me meant they must have done some research. My goal was to dab a bit on the cracked areas of my interior so it would look a bit more presentable, however once it arrived I fell in love.
I bought 2 pots of it, which it states one pot does one seat and I only planned on doing the cracks. I ended up doing more but it matches the factory color so very well that I did not have to to them top to bottom.
I ended up doing the seating surfaces of the front seats, the entire bottom of the rear and the centers of the back of the rear seat. It feels and looks great. No word on longevity yet but this was quick and simple - if I had to do this once a year I would.
I went w/ SDZ colorant & low luster top coat. I had bolster wear & cracking beginning on my lower driver seat. Well pleased w/ the results with it being my 1st foray into leather restoration.
I did this recently as well, just dye and foam pads, what method did you use as I noticed your cracks are quite well covered.
Best way I found was to wet dab the worst bits and to dry dab your way out to blend in. The only problem being its doesnt seem to last a vast amount of time I dont use my car much and I need to top up once every 6 months to stay on top of it. Also did the leather wear on my steering wheel as well.
04-30-2013, 08:37 AM
