Touch up seats with leather dye?
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Racer
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Touch up seats with leather dye?
Have black leather seats in my '71. Driver's side showing slightly worn. Tried to get a bottle of dye at a shoe repair place and the guy said not to use what he had- will rub off. Said contact a furniture repair place. Anybody try to touch up leather and what did you use? Thanks.
Team Owner
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From: Crossville TN
You use leather dye. What the shoe store had was probably leather polish...different stuff. Call a leather goods store or a furniture restoration/refinishing store. Or, just google 'leather dye'. If you have a small area to do, you might find a decent match and get away with any appearance difference. Otherwise, you might have to recolor the entire seat cover so that it looks uniform. Good luck.
Safety Car
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From: Orange County Ca
Alot of the spray "dye" is actually a flexible paint type product that just goes on the top. I think you probabuly want the leather dye that actually penetrates the leather from a shoe store or leather store as mentioned above.
Burning Brakes
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From: Lutz Florida
A company called Fiebing makes a black leather dye. If you use it you need to use a leather sealer/finisher over it like a product called Eco-flo. It will keep the finish from rubbing or wearing off. Both are available at Tandy leather stores. Check and see if there is a Tandy store in your town or a leather store that caters to leather hobbyists. I re-dyed a leather motorcycle jacket a few months ago and it came out looking like brand new again. Black is easy, be glad it is not a special color like buckskin you have to match exactly.
I have had pretty good luck using the spray cans of interior dye too. Just be sure you clean the leather first so there are no oils etc. on it.
I have had pretty good luck using the spray cans of interior dye too. Just be sure you clean the leather first so there are no oils etc. on it.
Drifting
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From: Lexington Park Maryland
A company called Fiebing makes a black leather dye. If you use it you need to use a leather sealer/finisher over it like a product called Eco-flo. It will keep the finish from rubbing or wearing off. Both are available at Tandy leather stores. Check and see if there is a Tandy store in your town or a leather store that caters to leather hobbyists. I re-dyed a leather motorcycle jacket a few months ago and it came out looking like brand new again. Black is easy, be glad it is not a special color like buckskin you have to match exactly.
I have had pretty good luck using the spray cans of interior dye too. Just be sure you clean the leather first so there are no oils etc. on it.
I have had pretty good luck using the spray cans of interior dye too. Just be sure you clean the leather first so there are no oils etc. on it.
http://www.fiebing.com/Dyes.aspx
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Racer
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It was a "dye" at the shoe repair place that he told me not to use. I'll give Fiebing a call. Thanks.
A company called Fiebing makes a black leather dye. If you use it you need to use a leather sealer/finisher over it like a product called Eco-flo. It will keep the finish from rubbing or wearing off. Both are available at Tandy leather stores. Check and see if there is a Tandy store in your town or a leather store that caters to leather hobbyists. I re-dyed a leather motorcycle jacket a few months ago and it came out looking like brand new again. Black is easy, be glad it is not a special color like buckskin you have to match exactly.
I have had pretty good luck using the spray cans of interior dye too. Just be sure you clean the leather first so there are no oils etc. on it.
I have had pretty good luck using the spray cans of interior dye too. Just be sure you clean the leather first so there are no oils etc. on it.
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