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Gun5
10-14-2005, 12:13 AM
I tore my leather (well pulled the top part off big chunk maybe a tad littler then a penny or so) on the backseat today nicely and theres tons of rips everywhere from things dragging (being careful as **** still and putting blankets down) because our leather sucks as you all know

So I went to autozone lookin they have some repair kits where it heats up the repair stuff and u melt it on but i figure that would **** ours up probably set on fire lol... so any detailers or interior repair guys have an answer for this problem?[/

http://www.as-seen-on-tv-products.ws/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=leather+repair

some of these are intresting...

http://www.leatherrepairkits.com/See_how_leather_repair_is_done.htm

looks real good but leaves it smooth hmm

also while im repairing this how do you repair scratches on the interior? me and a buddy used a air horn awhile ago and kept putting it in and taking it out of the door and all the doors coloring is white where it was rubbing each time (probably a 5 by 5 area) Iv heard of people using dyes and stuff but thats all foreign to me

Gun5
10-14-2005, 08:58 AM
What color is our grey in our car guys?

mlumz
10-30-2005, 09:21 PM
For leather scratches and tears, you need to use superglue and seal the tear or fill the scratches. Then use fine sand paper and sand the glue after it has dried. Then you need to get a paintshop to make a custom spray paint to match your leather (since it may have faded from factory). It should look like there was never a tear.

I have not personally done this, but my dad has gotten scratches and tears on his leather fixed and this is how the guy did it.

rckozma
10-30-2005, 10:09 PM
Not sure about repairing it, but I think I might look into replacing the leather with some Katzkins leather replacements. Like you said our leather is not really the best.

www.katzkin.com