[s-cars] Leather Repair

[Doug Landaeta]

Bruce, ...

Interesting, Let us know how it is after 6 months
and a year. Do you know what products the medic
used?

I've baked in Leatherique once in the heat of
Summer, it provided a good cleaning and restored
some suppleness (I assume oils), but I wasn't
overly impressed. I've stayed away from repair to
cracks, etc. fearing the worst, and it's really
not that bad, 'cept the driver's bolster, but that
isn't going to be protected unless I drive the
minivan.


Doug L
94 S4 Pearl, Ecru, beat up bolster.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Mendel
> [mailto:Brucem105 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 1:26 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Leather Repair
> 
> 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