Hi Forum, has anyone got any idea how I find out the colour of my leather seats? I think they are Ivory but could be Oatmeal or even Cream (dirty ones ha ha lol)
Attached photo to help.

About to try and do some renovation on the drivers seat and getting the right colour would be helpful ;-)

 

Hi Steve,
Have a look in your passenger side door frame, there should be a label giving you a 3 letter code for the colour of the seats.

Hope this helps,

 

Thanks Jim, Oatmeal it is!

 

Ivory = NED
Oatmeal = AGD

From the shine, it looks as if it could have been renovated before.

Graham

 

Don't think the seats have been renovated before, I've had the car 10yrs and never done it, however I've regularly used Autoglym leather cleaner and conditioner and did them a couple of weeks ago. Going to use the liquid leather product from gliptone on the seats this Sunday.

 

Please post your findings with the Gliptone.

I tried it and thought the interior smelled like wet cardboard afterwards.

Graham

 

I use Gliptone regularly as to me it smells like the leather on a new car. I had some which was about 2 years old and the well known leather smell was a bit off, not very nice at all. If it was a bit lumpy that may account for the smell being off putting.

 

+1 on the Gliptone conditioner. It has a very nice leather smell to me. The trick seems to be to make sure the leather is warm when applied. Not too difficult in North Texas.

I am not as big a fan of their cleaner and prefer Lexol. However, the "Glipstick" stain remover is awesome and works as described even on the toughest stains.

 

Funny, I would say just the opposite. I find the Gliptone cleaner works great but the smell of the conditioner is a bit much. Lexol conditioner OTOH is just dandy though.

To each his own.

 

w13tey,
Great looking car! (Then again, I might be biased)

 

Maybe worth a look. Dude on ebay sells the exact dye in little bottles. Using this my seats look like new. I brought the 'kit' of cleaner,conditioner and dye.

Not expensive and I would recommend it,worked for me,car has a real leathery smell too.

 

Well, after 3 hours of cleaning, conditioning, cleaning, degreasing, painting, drying, painting, drying, painting, drying and painting again the 1st attempt of bringing the seats back to life has delivered some pleasing results

The initial smell post painting is a leathery one, a kind of wet leather boot type aroma. Not unpleasant and I assume will mature over the next few days?

Initial thoughts are I am quite impressed with the Gliptone products, good colour match and a straight forward process, even though cleaning the seats is the most time consuming part. A worthwhile effort and if they keep their finish then a bargain. By the way I didn't use the gloss additive as a good match was achieved just with the dye/paint product itself.

After photo attached of the drivers seat, is it possible to add more photos?

 

Came up quite well Steve, certainly a lot better than the first pics you showed us.

Good job.

 

Wow Steve, a really nice improvement over their condition when you started. Good job. I suspect you're pleased.

 

Hi Steve, great job! What colouring product did you use?
I am in the middle of the same process and have both the Furniture Clinic and Repair Wizard colour/dye's. The Furniture Clinic has to be mixed to achieve the correct colour which is a bit of a PITA but was done for me by a member of the company ( Thanks Gavin from Autobrite ). The Repair Wizard product was not a good match for my seats, too light ( unlike the stearing wheel dye which was perfect! ). I contacted the company and was told I should have bought the full kit with different colours and mixed it myself. I have used a bit of the dark brown from the former product to make the lighter one more of a match.
How did you apply the dye? I have got a small spray gun, bought especially for the job but got great results with the pad from the Repair wizard stuff, its like a paint pad and worked very well.
One thing I have read is that the paint or dye needs a sealant as a last coat to protect the colour or it will become damaged. I was given a choice of gloss or matt for this product and went for the matt. Did you get a sealant with your colourant?

 

It is, just repeat the procedure you used for the first one and you can add as many more as you wish.

 

Hi Arty, the product I used was Gliptone Scuff Master from liquid leather.com. This seems a simpler process than you have outlined. I ordered the 250ml Scuffmaster Automotive Kit, when ordering you put in the Jag Colour code and they supply, mine was a super match. In the kit there's Cleaning agent, Scrub brush, Conditioner, Gloss Additive, Degreasing agent, the dye/paint and a couple of cloths. This product doesn't need a separate sealant as it's part of the dye/paint. I applied using a small pad sounds similar to the one you mention and a small sponge. Then used the wife's hair dryer to speed up the process in between coats. I didn't use the gloss additive as the Matt made a near perfect match.
Of course how good it is and how long it lasts is not yet known.... To be monitored accordingly.
Cheers

 

That pic is after the restoration?

 

The pic of the full seat is after my novice attempt using the Gliptone, liquid leather scuff master kit. The thumbnail is the before. If I could fathom how to attach more photos then I would. There are some deep cracks which I decided not to fill as they tend to be the natural crease lines etc.

 

When I try and add another photo it just replaces the previous one! I'm using an iPad is this part of the problem?