1999 Lincoln Leather Refinishing

Quality Leather · 03-06-09, 08:01

I thought I would give you guys a look at some leather refinishing.

Here is a 1999 Lincoln Town Car that is used by my customer's wife. She uses it transport two kids around. The seats were more trashed than I imagined. It was also compounded by the fact that I agreed to fix the driver's door panel. I spent way to long on the door panel. Anyway, it was mostly refinishing as there were only a couple of repairs that needed to be made. It was so bright outside that some of my pics are washed out. I would have taken more pics, but unfortunately I took my shirt off and received a little sunburn.

I started with a complete leather cleaning followed with some sanding. I then mixed up the color using my color computer. At first, I thought the color was different on the front than on the back of the seats. After cleaning, I was wrong.

Next step was spraying on the base coat and then the top coat.

The products that I used are my leather cleaner, Craftsman sander with 220 paper, leather stripper and spray gun.

Driver Seat:

Passenger Seat:

Rear Seat:

MobileAutoWorks · 03-06-09, 08:59

Dude!!!!! Nice Job!!!!!!

white gecko 99 · 03-06-09, 10:45

WOW!

PM sent

Quality Leather · 03-08-09, 08:46

Gecko,
I will put this out there for everyone. In the Bay area, I know of two companies. One is Advanced Leather Solutions. The other is Tom Hatfield out of Modesto. I can't remember his company name now, but I can find his number for you. If anyone else needs to know of an interior guy, then ask. I know or used to know a lot of people across the country.

white gecko 99 · 03-20-09, 07:05

Thanks! I will look them up!

David Fermani · 03-20-09, 07:50

Nice work! This is an "untapped" area of expertise that you seem to do quite well in. Keep up the good work!

sketch · 03-21-09, 02:18

Great job dude

Quality Leather · 05-12-09, 08:45

Wouldn't you know it, this guy called me back and said their was an issue on one of the seats. Sure enough, there was a small spot that I missed on the passenger seat. I had kept some color knowing that I would probably get a call back from this guy. I sprayed the area and was surprised at how much lighter the color was. I decided to take a wet rag and wipe the seat down. Needless to say, the seat was extremely dirty. I went around to the drivers seat and wiped off the bolster and it was damn near black. I couldn't believe him and his family could get the seats this dirty in such a short time.

Darkstar752 · 05-12-09, 08:50

What is the best leather conditioner?