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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2005 11:03:00 GMT
Hi all
The interior of my car was at some stage painted with leather paint. The leather has now gone all hard and the paint has crack, looks terrible. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a product to take the paint off without damaging the leather. I want to feed the leather to see if I can soften it up and then recolour it again properly.
Thanks in advance
Eamonn
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Post by dorsetflyer on Mar 16, 2005 16:00:44 GMT
Whatever you do, make sure you do not use petroleum or mineral oil based products, this will ruin the leather completely.
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Post by dorsetflyer on Mar 16, 2005 16:16:28 GMT
It's maybe worth looking at this site, www.liquidleather.comYou can e-mail with your query about getting the paint off. Apart from that the site is ver informative on aspects of leather. |
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Post by Smallfry on Mar 17, 2005 0:17:33 GMT
The seat colour is some sort of cellulose laquer. If you rub the seats with a cellulose dampened rag, ALL the colour will come off.
As all the upholstery paints I have even seen and used are cellulose based I think this will probably be the only way.
I have a "test seat" that I experiment with, and I have tried paint stripper too, and all the colour comes off with that too ! I have to say though, it doesnt seem to do the leather any harm, but I wouldn't recommend it.
If I were you I would ring "Woolies" and ask their advice !
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2005 17:09:32 GMT
The original colouring is also cellulose based and that will also come off with cellulose thinners - the problem is with the vynide parts and the plastic piping and too much thinners will dissolve these or denature them so they eventually crack
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Post by carel santman on Apr 16, 2005 0:19:59 GMT
I read about your problem with the hard leather and the paint. I found a range of products to soften, clean, and repaint it. They also have products to repair. It is a range of German products and the website is in Dutch. They sell a complete renovationset for 101,50 euro. You have to send them a piece of leather in the original color. I did send a piece which I took from the inside of the chair where you put in the headrest. I am going to use it soon for my p5b coupe and heard from my garage that it realy works and makes the leather like new. The garage-owner saw a demonstration of the products on a German fair. You can also see some examples on the site. The site is: www.colourlock.nlYou click on: "de praktijk" and on "de methode" to see the examples. You can also phone the company for information, just ad 0031 for Holland in front of the telephone number and don't dial the first 0 from the Dutch local code. I hope it will help you with your problem. |
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Post by carel santman on May 22, 2005 2:34:02 GMT
Hi all, I did redo my interior as I mentioned in my last reply. The result is amazing I think. The leather was with lots of rip and tears and looked very dirty and old. I did refill the seats and sewed all the ripe and tears then I repaired and recoloured it with the Colourlock system. You can se some pictures at: usera.imagecave.com/csantman/ |
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Post by Allan NZ P5b on May 22, 2005 3:40:42 GMT
I am going down the leatherique route at present. Most of the problem is with the cellulose lacquer based original coating Connelly didn't expect it to be around in 35 years time and unless well cared for goes hard, so do older type leather paints. Leatherique redyeing process involves removing 90% of the old coatings and then recolouring with acrylic coatings. It is quite a lot of work to do the car properly most needs to be removed but if my test piece is and indication the results are spectacular. It doesn�t look plasticy the grain shows through, it seems very durable I had to work hard to remove my not yet cured test. The Hand (feel) of the leather with the old coatings removed is amazing soooo soft and supple. The crack filler is very good too. See my other postings Regards www.leatherique.com/ |
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Post by Phil Nottingham on May 22, 2005 8:35:03 GMT
The problem with any later application is that the stitching is painted too and this can sometimes if it is worn lead to rough bits.
Some dies also do not dry very well on the plastic bits especially the piping.
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Post by carel santman on May 24, 2005 22:46:02 GMT
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Post by Phil Nottingham on May 24, 2005 22:58:01 GMT
:)They have come up well
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Post by Allan NZ P5b on May 25, 2005 2:01:02 GMT
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