Cleaning and rejuvenating seats

[Seangbadee]

I have gray leather seats in my car which I decided to take out yesterday, so I could start a thorough detailing.
The leather has a lot of brownish stains (uv damage?) that I cannot lift off.
Regular car cleaning products aren't lifting the stains and I don't want to damage the leather any further.
Experts, your advice is needed. Thank you for your 2 cents.

 

[JC220]

Dodo juice supernatural leather cleaner is in my opinion the best leather cleaner around. If the brown is actual staining it should take it off.

However the browning you see is possibly your actual base leather of the seat. Meaning the dyed grey finish of the leather is beginning to wear through.

See the DIY below, which is followed will give you factory fresh looking seats

HOW-TO: DIY Leather Restoration and re-colouring | "HOW-TO" Tutorial Articles

Hi all, I’ve been meaning to provide a writeup on how to restore or re-colour your own w124 leather trim at home. This DIY will cover step by step how to do that and as you will see it’s not a difficult job – in fact it’s quite enjoyable! Like most restoration tasks patience is key here, if you...

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[Seangbadee]

OMG, this is really interesting.For a person like me who restores turntable plinths (from 70s and 80s), this is right up my alley way.
Since I intend to keep the original color, where do I go to get the color match done?
This is going to be my project for next year because it's getting cold.
Amazing work. I'm sold!

 

[036]

So, as usual- bring your money to professional and enjoy the result :=)

 

[nocfn]

+1 on the DoDo juice, but be careful as it will clean everything off. If you lost dye, you will lose more. You can buy dye in medium grey, or you can spend 1500-1800 usd and purchase new covers.

 

[JC220]

OMG, this is really interesting.For a person like me who restores turntable plinths (from 70s and 80s), this is right up my alley way.
Since I intend to keep the original color, where do I go to get the color match done?
This is going to be my project for next year because it's getting cold.
Amazing work. I'm sold!

I sent off a sample of my leather to a specialist here in UK and they matched it for me in a one coat product. I would recommend a one coat formula if you can source it. Some discussion on dyes was in the thread below

Color matching leather dye | Interior Topics

I see from JC220’s excellent posts in his owner thread that he sent in a leather swatch from his old armrest to get the dye color matched. Does anyone have any good ideas about how to get a proper match without cutting a chunk out of the existing leather? I emailed Leatherique a couple of days...

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