Leather Renovation

Body parts, seats, dash, headlining, windows and stuff!

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strongy
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Leather Renovation

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can any one tell me the best Leather Renovation dye to do my seats with

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I used the Woollies kit, worked very well

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Hi there, In the process of doing my Excels interior with the woolies kit, great finish, but dont rush it & read the instructions. Good luck mate

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Dave.C wrote:Hi there, In the process of doing my Excels interior with the woolies kit, great finish, but dont rush it & read the instructions. Good luck mate


Hi Dave,
:D
I am starting to resto the leather in my 1987 Excel,do you have any website info where to get hold of the woolies leather kit please.
Kind regards
Roger

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rmlotusexcelsa wrote:
Dave.C wrote:Hi there, In the process of doing my Excels interior with the woolies kit, great finish, but dont rush it & read the instructions. Good luck mate


Hi Dave,
:D
I am starting to resto the leather in my 1987 Excel,do you have any website info where to get hold of the woolies leather kit please.
Kind regards
Roger
http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/

-> http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-117-lea ... ation.aspx
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amarshall wrote:
rmlotusexcelsa wrote:
Dave.C wrote:Hi there, In the process of doing my Excels interior with the woolies kit, great finish, but dont rush it & read the instructions. Good luck mate


Hi Dave,
:D
I am starting to resto the leather in my 1987 Excel,do you have any website info where to get hold of the woolies leather kit please.
Kind regards
Roger
http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/

-> http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-117-lea ... ation.aspx
Hi :lol: Thanks for that
cheers
Roger

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Post by AndyC »

You can still get cellulose based dye if you want to use that (up to '92 used that type of leather if I recall correctly what Nick said), I got mine from Furnitureclinic, but you have to specially ask for it to be made in solvent based type.

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My '86 Excel has a beige leather interior, where there different types of beige interior available when new?
Has anyone restored a beige one, and does any one have a dye colour reference for that?
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There were a few variations and even a white one my interior has been described as biege amongst other colours - sand, champagne, tan!

I used the woolies kit and achieved the following results

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WOW 8) 8) 8) 8) nice finish
Mine is darker beige with dark brown carpets.
does the woolies kit filles in smalls cracks?
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sort of - you use the cleaning kit first and it takes the dirt out of all the cracks and then the colour dye and finally the fixing agent
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Post by dermotbell »

If you are still looking I would recommend the Woolies kit. If you give them a sample of fresh leather they will match it to the original colour so it should look like new. :D
I did this on my Elite by using a piece from under the rear head rest. Firstly because it was from a hidden area and therefore, secondly, it was pretty close to original colour.

Looks great, you just need time and patience. It also helps if your leather is very supple.

Dermot

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Hi used woolies kit with great results but had front seats recovered [http://s849.photobucket.com/albums/ab53/oldmxr/

Cheers

Alan

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