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Old 05-24-2016, 11:20 AM
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Any recommendations on a product to touch up Jet leather? The vehicle I am looking at has a couple of scuffs on the seat, not torn, just discoloration worn down to the white under layer. Is there a color match dye or conditioner available? If I don't find an easy DIY option I'll take it to a leather repair expert.
 
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Old 05-24-2016, 03:57 PM
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try this.


If you need a leather repair, contact Tyson P. at 603-771-3197. His company serves the Manchester, Goffstown, Derry and Nashua areas of NH.


There are professionals out there who can repair the seats to original. I cannot vouch for this guy but found him on a quick search
 

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Originally Posted by zach05855
There are professionals out there who can repair the seats to original.
+1. Whatever you might do trying to fix it may make it that much more difficult for somebody else to fix it right. Let a pro do it.
 
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Old 05-24-2016, 10:57 PM
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If you want to have a go at DIY, I have used Gliptone Liquid Leather Scuffmaster on my car seats with great results, see here: scuffmaster-leather-touch-up-kit
When ordering a kit just specify it's for a car then fill in the details in the boxes that pop up, and you'll get a perfect colour match.
 
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Got my F-type detailed this weekend. There was a spot/possible burn on the passenger seat leather.

Any other recs on leather DIY repair? It is only about 1 cm x 1cm.
 
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Seat Doctors, see here: https://www.seatdoctors.com/diy-leather-dye/
I recommend them very highly, I had a large wear patch on the driver's seat bolster, and I had a lot of trouble finding anyone who made the repair dye in the right colour, see this thread: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...estion-178904/ (which I never got around to updating).
Thanks to a tip by someone on the forum I found Seat Doctors and swapped some emails with Andy, long story short I bought a bottle of "red zone" dye from him and used it on the wear patch, it worked perfectly and now the seat bolster looks almost like new.
 
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Originally Posted by OzXFR
Seat Doctors, see here: https://www.seatdoctors.com/diy-leather-dye/
I recommend them very highly, I had a large wear patch on the driver's seat bolster, and I had a lot of trouble finding anyone who made the repair dye in the right colour, see this thread: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...estion-178904/ (which I never got around to updating).
Thanks to a tip by someone on the forum I found Seat Doctors and swapped some emails with Andy, long story short I bought a bottle of "red zone" dye from him and used it on the wear patch, it worked perfectly and now the seat bolster looks almost like new.
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I'm glad he was able to ship to you!
 
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That was me
I'm glad he was able to ship to you!
Yep, thanks for the tip, sorry I couldn't find the thread where you brought it up.
Andy first of all thought he couldn't ship a bottle of liquid to Oz but then he found out he could and he worked out that the cost wouldn't be excessive so we went from there.
 
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