Coloured Seat Treatments

[Timmyboybunter]

Quite amusing reading through post on various forums for an hour or so, many dating back up to 10 years etc. Pattern is:

1) Someone asks for a recommendation (like me!)
2) Someone recommends a product
3) 10 people say that product is rubbish and recommend alternatives. At least one poster works for one of the alternative brands
4) More people come along and say they've been using the first product for 60 years on 37 different cars and they'd never use another

Anyway, liquid leather scuffmaster does seem to get fairly universal approval, so I've bought the touch up kit here:

https://www.liquidleather.co.uk/leather ... p-kit-p213

The website then gave me another 10% off, so total cost is £37.57.

The weather is about to turn nasty in my part of the world but I'll come back with pics at some point.

Thanks again for all the input.

[z4pilot]

Quite amusing reading through post on various forums for an hour or so, many dating back up to 10 years etc. Pattern is:

1) Someone asks for a recommendation (like me!)
2) Someone recommends a product
3) 10 people say that product is rubbish and recommend alternatives. At least one poster works for one of the alternative brands
4) More people come along and say they've been using the first product for 60 years on 37 different cars and they'd never use another

Anyway, liquid leather scuffmaster does seem to get fairly universal approval, so I've bought the touch up kit here:

https://www.liquidleather.co.uk/leather ... p-kit-p213

The website then gave me another 10% off, so total cost is £37.57.

The weather is about to turn nasty in my part of the world but I'll come back with pics at some point.

Thanks again for all the input.

And then 5) the do you or don't you condition leather debate kicks off...

[Silverstar]

I bought leather cleaner and conditioner from the furniture clinic. The cleaner didn't really do much. I found out later that using Woolite mixed 1 part to around 6 part water did a much better job and much cheaper too. I mixed it up in a bottle sprayed it on the seats and used a toothbrush to scrub gently and then a microfibre to wipe away the excess liquid. The furniture clinic sent me some coral red dye for the small area of wear on the drivers bolster but I have yet to use it. Might do it this week I think
I don't have any direct experience with colour lock but have heard good things about them and they seem to have a good reputation. I believe you can also take your car to them and they will refurb the leather for you.

I have Coral Red seats in mine with a bit of wear on the drivers side bolster,I will be interested to see what you think of the colour match.

Well I finally got around to doing my seat this afternoon. Here is the before:

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I leave it to you to decide what to think!

[maxman]

Mine has the same sort of wear as yours.The Red looks a bit on the light side were you have touched it up.Are you happy with it?

[Timmyboybunter]

I think most people recommend 4 or 5 coats too?

[Silverstar]

Mine has the same sort of wear as yours.The Red looks a bit on the light side were you have touched it up.Are you happy with it?

The areas where I haven't had to apply too many coats looks fine but in the areas where more coats were required like at the top of the bolster you can see a slight difference. I don't know if that is because the seats are old and perhaps the colour has faded / changed over time so the dye does not account for that? also the other thing I noticed is that the dye is more of a satin finish whereas my seats are more matt. It will do for now and it hides the scuffs which were more noticeable but maybe later down the line if there is more wear I will see at that time what to do.

[Silverstar]

I think most people recommend 4 or 5 coats too?

The areas where there were larger scuffs I had to do more than 5 coats but I am using dye from the furniture clinic, yours might be different.

[Timmyboybunter]

Brief update as I'll post a bit more in my owner thread - summary is: yes it works, and works well. Before and after pics aren't ideal as the sun was completely different, but the nastiest of the scrapes has effectively disappeared - I do wonder whether the ivory colour is a bit more forgiving than the red, but a) the colour match is basically perfect and b) due to the way I applied it (taking my time, re-doing bad sections as I continued with others) meant that realistically the bad bits probably had around 12 coats.

Time will tell as to how long this dye actually lasts on the leather - will report back if rubbish - but initial impressions are I'm very impressed with this kit.

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[yyz_bobby]

Mint, looks amazing and now i amconsidering this

[yyz_bobby]

Brief update as I'll post a bit more in my owner thread - summary is: yes it works, and works well. Before and after pics aren't ideal as the sun was completely different, but the nastiest of the scrapes has effectively disappeared - I do wonder whether the ivory colour is a bit more forgiving than the red, but a) the colour match is basically perfect and b) due to the way I applied it (taking my time, re-doing bad sections as I continued with others) meant that realistically the bad bits probably had around 12 coats.

Time will tell as to how long this die actually lasts on the leather - will report back if rubbish - but initial impressions are I'm very impressed with this kit.

Before:

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After:

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What product did you actually use in the end, hard to track back in the coversation

[mcbutler]

I did my black seats with black shoe polish where it had faded, matches perfectly and looks brand new, cheap as chips and took 5 min

[Timmyboybunter]

Mint, looks amazing and now i amconsidering this
What product did you actually use in the end, hard to track back in the coversation

Thanks - yes pleasantly surprised myself actually. It's this one:

https://www.liquidleather.co.uk/leather ... p-kit-p213

Send your proper BMW interior trim colour when ordering.

I did my black seats with black shoe polish where it had faded, matches perfectly and looks brand new, cheap as chips and took 5 min

Yes that's an often used option - I think a bit easier when you have black seats, as you're not so concerned with a colour match. Too early to tell just yet as it's only been 3 days but this leather dye is definitely more resilient than shoe polish - I got it all over the tips of my fingers when dabbing on the leather and I've still got a fair bit still showing after much scrubbing and CV-19 hand washing!

[yyz_bobby]

How much time did it take to do two seats?

[Timmyboybunter]

Maybe 3.5 hours the first day (clean, degrease, dye) and an hour the 2nd with the conditioner - approx.

[engine killer]

Thanks - yes pleasantly surprised myself actually. It's this one:

https://www.liquidleather.co.uk/leather ... p-kit-p213

Send your proper BMW interior trim colour when ordering.

Hi Timmyboyhunter,

Mine are exactly same as your, would you mind telling what Trim Colour is yours when you ordered? Also, any tips on cleaning the alcantara bits?

Thanks.

by the way, your seats look amazing now.