Restore Cracked Leather Interior
PART I Some companies make stunning work with leather products. In this guide I will show you how to repair your worn leather seats. In the first part I will repair a pair of BMW E36 M3 seats. Basic problems with cracks and worn surface. All the work is made with Furnitureclinic products.
These products are so easy to use that even an idiot will success. That is why I am using these products OK! This was the starting point Very typical sight in many older cars. First a proper wash. Good APC will do the trick. It does not have to be a dedicated cleaner in this point. In this case I used Bilt-Hamber Surfex HD 1:120, leather brush and cotton cloth for wiping.
Last wipe with moist clean cloth. Purity is very important in this process!!! Take care of it! After the cleaning process begins the actual restoration.
All leather seats are painted and that is also the main technique in this restoration. Process is very similar with car painting First you have to remove that old word surface. After that you sand the surface proper.
Using Leather prep with cottonwool and 3M green sanding “disc”. Clean away all that loose residue with cotton cloth. Finally sand (P1200 sanding paper) those worst places to get a flat surface. This will give you a solid base for next step and you will achive even smoother finish. Finally wipe surface with alcohol moist cotton cloth. This will take care of the remaining grease and oil. Ready for next step: In this point you have to make a decision.
Do you need to fill those bigger cracks and holes with filler or will that new paint be enough With first seat I will show basic restoration without fillers. Next step is to apply paint with a piece of foam. Rub proper and make a circular motion to get that paint in every place where you want. The main purpose is to get paint in every crack and apply first layer of paint in to the seat. Apply several ( 2-4 ) thin layer when previous layer is dried.
You can speed up the drying process with hot-air blower. Remember, you are not trying to get finished surface!!! Just apply paint everywhere! If you are changing the colour of the seats you will need more layers than 2 -4. In most restoration cases 1-3 layers will be just fine and in worst places little bit more. Remember, that finishing layers will be applied with a spray gun.
Applied with foam. Let seat dry 15 minutes before you start to spray.
There will be a small spray gun including to purchased restoration kit. It will work just fine but it is quite a small spray gun for bigger projects. You are a winner if you own a proper compressed air system!
A good spray gun will make this work much faster and the finish is very nice and smooth Paint is water based and ready to spray. So, no thinning is needed!!! Several THIN layers of paint.
Let paint dry before you spray a new layer. Use hot-air blower to make work faster. This paint is very easy to spray. Much more easier than for example car paint. If you manage to get runoff just wipe careful and spray again. Remember to dry layer before next spray and you will be just fine!
I will not explain spraying technique but one advice. If the trigger is pushed, don’t stop the spray gun!!!
Feel free to spray!!! And here we go and just like in car painting the last step is the lacquer layer In this case it is a “finishing powder” that makes a solid surface and gives look that you want. Matt – satin – gloss. And ready to take some sun Good, long lasting restoration is based on combination of paint and finishing powder. Those are very flexible materials and the finish will be just like new leather.
Soft and smooth. How long will it last? Well, it is very relative question and depends on maintenance and cleaning. Just as with the new seats. So, I will say that least as long as your original has lasted Ok, back to that another seat. In this case I was using those fillers to make a good correction. This was the starting point.
Basic places that needs restoration. Cracks and holes In this point I have done exactly the same as in first case. Cleaning, removing old layer, sanding and alcohol wipe down.
And now I wanted to use those fillers to demonstrate the use of materials. Actually this seat is not in so bad condition that it needs heavy correction.
Leather binder is a exelent stuff. Use it to strengthen the worn paint. It works like flexible glue and makes a worn surface solid again.
Even bigger cracks will stay closed and finishing paint layer will not crack again. Apply with foam as much you need. Usually 3 -4 layers and dry with hot-air blower between the layers.
You can spray straight on Leather binder. Just sand a little bit with P1200 sanding paper. I wanted to fill those holes so I used Flexifill as a filler.
Very flexible and fills easily those holes and cracks. Again, several thin layers and dry before new one. Apply so many layers that you are satisfied. In this case I applied 3 -4 layers. After last layer apply one more layer of Leather Binder to seal surface.
Fixing Cracked Leather Seats Car
Hard solid palette knife is a good for applying flat layers. Again after the last layer a little bit of P1200 sanding paper Almost invisible stuff but there it is and here we are again in the point where we start to paint with foam As I said paint is water based and very safe to use. However use gloves to avoid putting any grease or dirt in to the surface. If you touch surface with bare hands use an alcohol wipe down before painting. It takes a day before the seats are cured and ready to use.
Restore Cracked Leather Seats
However let them dry a week if possible. Seats will be fully cured and you can put a layer of leather protection cream. Think twice what kind of a protection you will use in your seats I use this. Well only one thing left Put seats in to the car and ENJOY!!!!! In this restoration I used this kit: Leather Colourant Kit - Medium - 55 £ (Cheap as h) More nice works will be here: Leather restoration is not a magic science.
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Restore Cracked Leather Seats
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