3 ltr leather interior

[roverp5b]

Has anybody come across an old product much like boot polish, which can be rubbed into healthy but cracked leather seats which requires colouring in without the normal painting and dying of the leather itself. Mine is a buckskin/light biscuit colour. Thanks for any assistance. Sean.

[dorsetflyer]

Sean are you looking for something that will colour the cracks as well as feed the leather?

[David]

Sean

I've used Gliptone which although can be painted on worked far better by applying with a damp cloth and rubbing it in to the cracks. They offer a small bottle of dye including cleaner and sponges whcih is enought o do almost an entire interiorif your leather has only surface cracking (costs around £12). The secret is not to paint it on. Apply a little at a time and build up the colour. Afterwards you can use their leather feed which is vey good - and smells of leather.

Alternatively if you visit a saadlery you can get saddle soap.

[dorsetflyer]

If you are only colouring in the cracks, you can use either a cocktail stick or a cotton bud. With each kit you get two bottles to either darken or lighten the basic colouring.
So far I haven't had to use them as their colouring match is pretty close to the original.TEXT

[roverp5b]

Superb information thankyou.

[dorsetflyer]

I'm going back forty/fifty years now, but I can remember seeing a product in my local shoe repairers called I think "Meltonion". It was a cream in glass pots, and apart from neutral, there was different shades of red, green, blue, brown etc. It was used to keep the leather soft and supple, and if you chose the right colour it filled the cracks up as well.
I have no idea if this is still around today. I used it on my paton leather shoes and boots, which I still have today although they aren't worn very much, as I don't go dancing now. Too busy with other things.

[Phil Nottingham]

Actually I use Oxblood red and Navy Blue shoe polish on my Coupe and Rover 16 respectively - it soon soaks in and does not leave marks on clothes.

A neutral or light tan may work well on the lighter brown leather used on some 3 Litres but Buckskin would not colour well with these

This avoids any painted look

Is it Buckskin?

[roverp5b]

Hello Phil, I think buckskin would be the closest discription but it seems a little more biscuity, that may be only its age giving that appearance or a previous treatment by other owners. I have treated the leather with Leatherique re-juvinating oil which has made a considerable differance and although its got that old leather look I feel colouring the cracks would just finish it. All the best Sean.

[Phil Nottingham]

It does not sound like Buckskin unless its been previously coloured - sun usually makes this even whiter.

It sounds like Sandlewood or even Tan which is not the same as Saddletan!

What year & model is yours - any pctures?

[Allan NZ P5b]

I have been investigating Leatherique for my interior
www.leatherique.com/
if you have used it are there claims on the site realistic
any help would be great

[roverp5b]

Alan, Because of where you live and at this time of the year you should have good results. Follow their guide lines and especially the part where you leave it to swet in the sun. I had very good results with the oil and cleaner. I had only one waver of faith and that was not long after the process was carried out a seat seam opened up. Could be coincidence or damaged caused to the cotton I was never sure. Would recommend though. Sean.

[David]

Picture from Sean Fontain.

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Hello David, I am trying to get this picture under the 3ltr members car liting, any help would be appreciated Sean.

Phil this is the clearest picture I have of the interior colour. See if you can pin point the colour. Thanks Sean.

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[Phil Nottingham]

;)Definitly Buckskin and very nice it looks too

[roverp5b]

Cheers phil, Popped into an old shoe repair shop today and he felt being such a light colour it wouldnt do to use a polish simular to boot polish, he felt dark colours would be more liable to succeed. Thanks for confirming colour. All the best Sean.

[Eric R]

Would be kewl if black Meltonian would fill in the cracks and holes in my windscreen rubbers and give a nice matt finish too!