[s-cars] Leather Repair

Bruce Mendel Brucem105 at comcast.net
Sat Mar 6 13:25:58 EST 2004


Hi all.

I'm not the most mechanically inclined, but need to have the leather interior in my car repaired.

I read a bunch of posts (thanks everyone!) on colorplus, and doing it myself. But some of the solvent required, temperature requirements, etc. made me leery of trying out for the first time.

So I searched a but and found a company called Leather Medic http://www.leathermedic.com/mapb2b.html. They have a bunch of independent franchisees that have vans and go door-to-door repairing leather. Most do home furniture, but some specialize in autos, and nearly all can do it if asked. There are others, too, like www.leatherique.com. And I'll bet colorplus probably knows people that will use their products in local areas. 

So he came to my house, completely cleaned the interior, filled in all leather cracks with special filler, matched the color by mixing and testing for an hour, and then sprayed the dye on all seating positions. Total time spent, about five hours, total cost, $75 per seat, or $300 total. He also did armrest, door panel, and little touch-ups.

The results are nothing short of amazing. The interior looks new, there are no cracks, texture is still there, the dye is applied thinly enough in two coats (this is critical) that it did not cover up stitching or the original texture. 

I couldn't be happier with the results, and the price seems pretty reasonable for us not DIY-er types. To top it off, he sprayed leather smell in the car so it smells new again too.

Bruce


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