Painting Seats?

[geekdaddy]

Leatherique makes good stuff. I used a Leather Magic kit to restore some areas of my Boxster red seats. Only a year into using them but they look great and have held-up well thus far. They will color match to a variety of OEM colors, and offer a spray-on applicator.

Originally Posted by Stroked & Blown

I re-finished an old comfy recliner with Home Page | Leatherique Restoration Products
Purchased the kit with the cleaner, oil, prepping agent, dye, and crack filler.
The difference in finish was incredible, but they got the color match wrong on the dye which I wasn't thrilled about. I'd stick with one of their standard colors.

It is probably a lot more work than the paint option and I think I took a couple of months off my life handling the prepping agent (wear thick rubber gloves), but the finish was worth it.

[truegearhead]

Thanks guys sounds encouraging.

[A 986 S]

I used Leatherique products to dye my leather seats and am (mostly) pleased with the results. Like Stroked & Blown, the color match for the dye wasn't quite right but in my case the slight mismatch gives my seats a subtle two-tone effect that I quite like. I refinished the seats three years ago and by far and away most of the dyed areas still look great, the exception being the areas where the original smooth finish had been worn away leaving a rough surface . I cleaned and prepped those areas more aggressively and applied the dye again last year. We'll see how well it holds up this time. In any case, I think that the problem was due to the condition of the leather and not due to any fault in the dye and should not be a problem when applied to vinyl.



cheers - dj

[truegearhead]

Wow that looks great! Super encouraging.