Hi,
I am new to this forum, and had an incident with my car this morning. I cleaned the leather of my 2002 jaguar x-type car with a leather all purpose armour all cleaner and got tons of dirt off my seats etc. I hadn't cleaned them in a long time. When I sprayed the drivers seat, there was a spot, I rubbed lightly to get it out, but it wouldn't come out. It is a worn part of the seat, and it stained it a mildew color. After some warm water and real leather color, it is now a yellowish tint on a grey leather. If it take it to my dealer will they be able to restain that section of leather? it is a 3*3 inch yellow spot, and how much do you think this will cost. I always have taken good care of this car, so it makes me sick to see the seat look so bad. I think the leather is also getting old and wearing down in that part. Any suggestions???

 

Newbie, your dealership more than likely is going to send the car out to a local shop as very few will do that sort of work any more (other than put a new seat into your car). So, save yourself the time/effort and find a good upholstery shop and see what they can do for you. Odds are, they should be able to re-stain the spot you are talking about and make it look like it was never there. Some places will even have some stuff that comes in a spray can that you can do yourself. But, 2 things to keep in mind with a product like this: 1) there are tons of different colored dyes, so, you have to make sure you get the exact color or else it is going to stand out, and 2) it isn't a true dye in most cases, so, it will have a tendency to wear off over say a year or so and will require you to reapply every so often.