Any hope left for my seats?

[derb]

Leatherique.
My seats looked just like yours do and after re-dyeing with the Leatherique products they are back to looking black. You can still see the creases, etc. but they are a uniform color all over. Huge improvement. Can't find my side-by-side comparison picture of before and after right now. I'll keep looking.

Just don't spill the dye on your kitchen floor...

Regards,
mike

[gschotland]

+++1 on Leatherique. Best stuff out there. Been using it for years, as has my Dad on his E-Type Jag. Don't waste your time w/Lexol.

[Franco]

Hi,

Don't waist your time and money with Leatherique, I did and at first they looked beautiful after a few rides the dye tears in all the creases and looks worse than before.

The problem with their dye is that it can"t be adsorbed by the leather it's more of a top coat and doesn't resist the friction and stretching of a car seat., I brought this to Leatherique's attention and they reimbursed me no questions asked.

Do a search with Google pertaining to dye absorption and all will tell you that water based dye does not penetrate the leather as good as the old lacquer base dye.

Good Luck

[d18mike]

What puzzles me about leather cleaners/enhancers is that most (all?) modern leather seats are treated with a stain/spill/friction resistant coatings. And for that I'm grateful. I just don't understand how the leather moisturizers etc. can effectively penetrate that "skin" while any other liquid/lotion remains on the surface.

I've always felt better psychologically after having "treated" my seats but never really noticed an appreciable difference. I'm likely wrong, but a lot of times it feels more like hope in a bottle than an actual improvement.