worn leather

[jimW]

Anyone with experience of products for cleaning leather interiors. The interior panels (light bluey grey leather) are pretty grubby in parts and need a good clean also in some areas recolouring. Is that possible? I'd be grateful of any experience.
The worst part by far is the drivers seat side where its split and the foam is visible so I guess I will need to source some more leather eventually.
Is there an online resource that gives paint colours and trim by year?
Thanks again, Jim

[alanmoss]

Try this link.

http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/index.htm

[irishwolfhound]

funny enough i talked to both woolies and the furniture clinic today if your not changing the colour the woolies kit is well recommended http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-1538-se ... ponge.aspx as im replacing the rear part of the centre console with a tan colour (mines the same blue grey colour scheme as yours and need to recolour as well as refurbish the existing blue/grey woolies recommended talking to furnitureclinic who were very helpfull, as to colour both woolies and furniture clinic will match the colour if given a samplewhich ill do by taking a sample of the old console

[fitz]

I have some leather cleaner and hide food we can try, although in the experience on mine don't expect miracles (its not cillit bang, thankfully). I have a feeling you'll need to clean and feed the leather several times before re-connalising/ colouring for best results!

[amarshall]

Gliptone products are very good at cleaning and reviving tired leather before recolouring.

[jimW]

Thanks Guys. Woolies look realy useful and have the headlining I will need too. I need to sort the rear screen before embarking on that project.
I will google the Gliptone products. I see Autoglym do quite a range as well.

[very_worried_man]

Ya
Autoglym leather balm is a really good and I would recommend it to anyone. My leather looked a little cracked and was a little hard to the touch. Three goes with the balm - used generously - has made the leather soft and supple (almost moist) and it even smells nice, sort of butterscotch!
Three goes seems to be enough - done a few days apart - and it really has transformed all of the leather and now I am not going to recolour as the balm has reduced the cracked look to something very acceptable.

Nice thing about Autoglym is that it is readily available and not bad value and apparently the Prince with the large ears uses it to buff his Aston. Need we say more....

very_worried_man

[snafu]

I have a similar problem and my upholstery man produced a Holts product which was a foam for cleaning and rejuvinating leather. I have tried to purchase it locally and have ordered two tins.

Not often that I recommend Holts, but this product seemed to work very well.

I am going to clean my rear seats but have the front ones re-upholstered in leather.

[Richy B]

Old foisty leather problem here, think the leather has been recoloured but the damp has got in and the leather cannot breath, tried autoglym leather cream and leather cleaner cannot get shot of smell