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Author Topic: I may well go into a bit of leather refurbishment.  (Read 2929 times)

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Del Boy

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I may well go into a bit of leather refurbishment.
« on: 21 April 2013, 09:57:20 »
Seeing as I tend to get cars occasionally with slightly poor leather seats, I decided it'd be a good idea to cost cut, and try doing the leather repairs myself. Watched various tutorials and videos on how stuff is done, got all the correct paint, sand papers, grain copier sets, everything you need basically. Got a 330i in at the minute which had a poor drivers seat, due to 120k's worth of people scuffing up the bolster basically, anyway prep it, mask it this is how they looked:

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Brand new looks, happy days, could well get into a bit of this, I enjoy it a lot too :).
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« Reply #1 on: 21 April 2013, 09:59:04 »
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it looks brand new , congratulations Del :y
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« Reply #2 on: 21 April 2013, 10:00:13 »
we can be partners ;D :y
 
I'll paint the cars you paint the leathers :y
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« Reply #3 on: 21 April 2013, 10:03:20 »
how did you match the color ?
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« Reply #4 on: 21 April 2013, 10:14:52 »
Nice job :y
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Re: I may well go into a bit of leather refurbishment.
« Reply #5 on: 21 April 2013, 10:23:25 »
Quote from: cem on 21 April 2013, 10:03:20
how did you match the color ?

All leathers have colour codes :y.
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« Reply #6 on: 21 April 2013, 10:23:47 »
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« Reply #7 on: 21 April 2013, 10:59:10 »
Looks great  :y , ive seen it being done usually moblile companies come out to do it and charge quite a bit ..
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Re: I may well go into a bit of leather refurbishment.
« Reply #8 on: 21 April 2013, 11:22:00 »
Quote from: cem on 21 April 2013, 10:00:13
we can be partners and get a Delivery Boy ;D :y
 
I'll paint the cars you paint the leathers :y

Me, me, me, I be the Van Driver, could do with some free trips to Turkey  ;)
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« Reply #9 on: 21 April 2013, 11:28:00 »
Quote from: zirk on 21 April 2013, 11:22:00
Quote from: cem on 21 April 2013, 10:00:13
we can be partners and get a Delivery Boy ;D :y
 
I'll paint the cars you paint the leathers :y

Me, me, me, I be the Van Driver, could do with some free trips to Turkey  ;)

 ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 21 April 2013, 13:07:59 »
That looks great Del!  :y  Do you know how long the paint finish is supposed to last? Will it rub off quickly?  :-\

Presumably you could do leather sofas as well? That could be a nice little earner!  ;)
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Re: I may well go into a bit of leather refurbishment.
« Reply #11 on: 21 April 2013, 13:55:21 »
Quote from: zirk on 21 April 2013, 11:22:00
Quote from: cem on 21 April 2013, 10:00:13
we can be partners and get a Delivery Boy ;D :y
 
I'll paint the cars you paint the leathers :y

Me, me, me, I be the Van Driver, could do with some free trips to Turkey  ;)

whenever you want..  :) :y
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« Reply #12 on: 21 April 2013, 15:02:27 »
Quote from: TiggerHayes on 21 April 2013, 13:07:59
That looks great Del!  :y  Do you know how long the paint finish is supposed to last? Will it rub off quickly?  :-\

Presumably you could do leather sofas as well? That could be a nice little earner!  ;)

Done properly it can last for years really, all the leather in cars is painted anyway, doesn't feel any different what so ever. Leather sofas use the same principle I believe  :y.
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« Reply #13 on: 21 April 2013, 15:54:02 »
Great result mate well done. :y :y :y
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« Reply #14 on: 21 April 2013, 16:04:57 »
Very nice job  8) :y
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