Going to try and restore my drivers leather seat ...

[greekmr2]

After sanding ... and before I alcohol clean it and apply paint






After first coat of paint







Almost finished ... I think I will do one more coat of paint and then apply the finish

[greekmr2]

Completed ... after putting on the finish .. !!!
ready to go back in the car.
If anyone tries it be sure the outcome will be much better than mine as I did not have patience and aching from the gym

I am pleased with the outcome ... just remember the more patient you are with sanding the better result you will have.

the only thing left now is just some autoglym cream to make it nice and soft

It does look better in real life than in the pictures

[TheBaker]

Wow, not bad at all!

Be cool if you can take a pic of them when you get them back in the car to see the overall picture.

Do you have a link to this product, may invest in it in the future.

Do you think it would work on these?

http://img695.imageshack.us/g/img2771q.jpg/

How long did it take you to do it in total? or how long do you think it should take from your experience and was it hard getting the covers on and off the seats?


Cheers and good job!

[greekmr2]

It took me in total one evening and one morning ... left the filler to dry over night before I sand it down to a smooth surface.
As I said I was not patient ... anyone else who is more patient and has more time than me ... will have a fantastic finish and noone will be able to tell the difference.

I bought the kit from www.furnitureclinic.co.uk
you are able to order them only online or by phone, I did it by phone and the chap was really helpful as to what kit to pick, cost me all in all in total £45 incl delivery.

I have more than half of the small kit left for future repairs... so worth the cost I think.

Steps are as follows ... no need to remove the cover from the seat

Just remove the actual seat from the car and bring them home will make the job much easier as you can move around.

1. Take seats out
2. Clean the area and trim/remove any excess leather curling up and out make a nice finish.
3. Cut enough cloth canvas to cover the hole and with the tweezers supplied tuck it in and under the leather as you can see in the pics.
4. Use a paint brush and apply plenty of glue between the canvas and leather, let it set.
5. Now the fun starts, start applying a layer of filler with the pallete knife.
6. Hair dryer and dry the layer ...
7. Repeat step 5 and 6 every 20mins ... for about 4 layers ... on the last layer make it a nice smooth surface and level it with the rest of the leather so no hole is visible.
8. Now let it dry over night.
9. In the mornign sand it down to a nice smooth surface.
10. Use the alcohol cleaner ... let it dry ... and start applying the black paint.
11. Hair Dryer ... again
12. After a few coats 6 for me ... dry thoroughly
13. Apply the finish matt with a hint of gloss did it for me mix them well before applying.
14. Dry thoroughly with hair Dryer!
And voila!!! as good as new!! trust me worth the result!


Before Driver's seat :



Before Passenger's seat this had only a stitching issue so I had to remove the cover to restitch ,... no need to do kit repair :



Overall after picture :

[greekmr2]

Do you think it would work on these?

http://url695.imageshack.us/g/url2771q.jpg/

It should work on those seats although I am sure it will take 3 times the time ... as they are way worse than mine

Was it hard getting the covers on and off the seats?

The covers come off easily ... you will have to snap off the coper rings in order to make you life easier and avoid accidents ... for the back cover there are 5 rings on the bottom ... take them off once you remove them you will see 3 more coper rings on each side bottom corner holding a black rubber band one each side of the back. Those are connected to the lumbar support foam. Once those are removed then you can start sliding off the back ... half way where the lumbar foam is there are 2 rings on each side on the front of the seat remove them too and then the seat cover slides off so easy. I replaced the coper rings with just cable ties I use to repair my PCs in order to hold the cables in place they are strong enough and hide nicely.

Say 15 minutes to remove the cover and 15 minutes to put it back on.
I did not attempt to remove the bottom so I do not know about that.

[TheBaker]

Nice one, thanks for the write up(maybe it could go in the knowledge base?)

Will probs try it in the future, beats paying a bomb for decent replacement seats.

Cheers.

[greekmr2]

If the mods think it can go in the knowledge section sure why not feel free to place it.

[Joey]

Had my doubts when you first started this, but have to say the end result looks surprisingly good. I'm curious about the filler, i'm assuming it drys rock solid, which surely means it stands a good chance of cracking n the future. How the filler feel when it's dried ?

[greekmr2]

Filler feels prety elastic and rubbery ...
it is not the normal filler you use on the wall lol
feels like hard leather

Once the finish is applied you hardly notice the difference

[Joey]

Filler feels prety elastic and rubbery ...
it is not the normal filler you use on the wall lol
feels like hard leather

Once the finish is applied you hardly notice the difference

Jobs a good'un then