Re: Leather seat restoration

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2022/7/23 13:58:23

Depends what you're wanting. Drive it somewhere or take seat out and/or ship.
Give it a thorough cleaning with a leather/upholstery cleaner before you do anything and can better check the condition of what's left. May not be worth saving from the sound of things. I don't think that degree of originality adds any value over do nothing. Mostly emotional.
They sell lots of repair and rejuvenation kits for this but I've not had much luck. Other brands sites have the same issue and Leatherique cleaner and rejuvenator comes highly recommended by some folks with this problem. But passing on hearsay, no experience here.
I try to keep it clean and conditioned rather than let it go, but since it's an open seat, it's well weathered.
Since there's a large piece missing, they'll have to glue in a new patch which won't match anyway. Have to dye or spray the whole seat. From the sound of things, best solution is bite the bullet and have it recovered and that opens more local options. I think you'll be more satisfied in the end with a better appearing car. I've bought leather from Keelen's. Hirsch has too. Shops can buy anything.
Or throw a blanket or padded seat cover over it as is and forget it.
Probably best to hit the yellow pages in your area and see if any detail service providers. You're asking for a miracle really - hear it from a few upholstery or detail shops.