How to: Fixing my leather seat, it was very thin, a few more weeks months at the most, and I would have had a hole in my drivers side front base seat, it was just a matter of time, so I got some dye, latex (strong and flexible, and it will take dye) pallet knife (like a hobby one) hair dryer
As jobes go it is a little tricky, you need a lot of patience between drying times and I haven't got harly any so 7 out of 10 for me, if you have then its a 5 out of 10 (10 being the hardest)
As you can see its very thin
A lot of crazing and cracking, that I'm not too bothered about tbh it all adds to the character of the car anyway, but I'm going to fill just to see what the out come is
Latex and knife
First prep it, you need a key to stick the latex on to, scotch pad, washing up liquid, then dry off, when its all dry have a look at it and see if its keyed enough if it is then start the latex, you dont need a lot on the pallet knife
You apply VERY thin coats and let dry in-between them, its now January so its cold out, I used a hair dryer to quicken it all up, about a 3 min blast and its dry, but dont be tempted to go over wet latex
I did this about 15 times slowly building it up, on the last one you can put a leather patten on it by using a little leather cut off and pressing it against the latex on your last application
I have applied the dye and the varnish this the end product didn't take long its the drying time that take the time, you can also sand it down and shape it with a fine grade say paper, wipe off excess as you go its easier that way, and as you do each layer make sure the aria is clan, easy when its already wet, a lot harder once its dry, when you buy DYE make sure you send a swatch in so they can make a colour match for you that's what i did and they sent me an exact match, if you use your code on the car it wont be an exact match simply because your car is a lot older now and your dye would have faded over the years
It needs a little more sanding and then a top coat of varnish other than that im well happy with the result
As jobes go it is a little tricky, you need a lot of patience between drying times and I haven't got harly any so 7 out of 10 for me, if you have then its a 5 out of 10 (10 being the hardest)
As you can see its very thin
A lot of crazing and cracking, that I'm not too bothered about tbh it all adds to the character of the car anyway, but I'm going to fill just to see what the out come is
Latex and knife
First prep it, you need a key to stick the latex on to, scotch pad, washing up liquid, then dry off, when its all dry have a look at it and see if its keyed enough if it is then start the latex, you dont need a lot on the pallet knife
You apply VERY thin coats and let dry in-between them, its now January so its cold out, I used a hair dryer to quicken it all up, about a 3 min blast and its dry, but dont be tempted to go over wet latex
I did this about 15 times slowly building it up, on the last one you can put a leather patten on it by using a little leather cut off and pressing it against the latex on your last application
I have applied the dye and the varnish this the end product didn't take long its the drying time that take the time, you can also sand it down and shape it with a fine grade say paper, wipe off excess as you go its easier that way, and as you do each layer make sure the aria is clan, easy when its already wet, a lot harder once its dry, when you buy DYE make sure you send a swatch in so they can make a colour match for you that's what i did and they sent me an exact match, if you use your code on the car it wont be an exact match simply because your car is a lot older now and your dye would have faded over the years
It needs a little more sanding and then a top coat of varnish other than that im well happy with the result
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