Porsche 993: interior restoration

[auto-estetic]

Hi guys,that`s a leather restoration of front seats of a Porsche 993 cabrio.

Before:











During process:















Some details:.























Finish and mounted again:











Thank you!!

[E300Diesel]

Any details to the procedure at all? The seats came out fantastic :kewlpics

[BuffMe]

Did you spray them with dye?

[E300Diesel]

Did you spray them with dye?

Looks like they were sprayed with something... I didn`t know that you can "spray" dye onto leather.... I thought it had to be applied and wiped like wood stain

[BuffMe]

Me too, but it looks like he painted the black pieces and the overspray on the wall in this picture...







...looks like the same color as the leather to me :nixweiss

[rickb321]

Yea i am curious about how to remove those ugly veins...

[jayjacque]

Yea i am curious about how to remove those ugly veins...

What ugly veins? I see some very nice restored older leather. I guess in a perfect world there never would be any wear creases.

[dmw2692004]

soo.. what was the process here? it looks like you just took the leather and sprayed it with a dye.. no cleaning before?



i am a little confused.



They do look good though.

[auto-estetic]

Thanks for your opinions



Process:

-deep clean

-sanding with 400 at hand

-repair with liquid leather

-primer

-original colour paint,aqua base

-repaat colour

-protect finally using top coat



(COLOURLOCK products)



Sorry for my poor english guys



I enjoy a lot doing this kind of works:woot2:

[pingable]

I can see how you need to sand to get *grip* but it would mess up textured leather ?



I`ve been considering getting one of my interiors redone but the problem is that it`s beige seats with chocolate stitching. Is there any process, which sofar I cannot asses that would be able to dye the seats but not interfere with the stitching. I`ve always worked off the premise that seat dye is -all or none_ when it get`s resprayed.

[jayjacque]

I can see how you need to sand to get *grip* but it would mess up textured leather ?



I`ve been considering getting one of my interiors redone but the problem is that it`s beige seats with chocolate stitching. Is there any process, which sofar I cannot asses that would be able to dye the seats but not interfere with the stitching. I`ve always worked off the premise that seat dye is -all or none_ when it get`s resprayed.

Many pros wetsand with a medium strong chemical which helps break up the paint part of the finish before sanding too deep and raising the nap of the leather. As far as protecting the color of the stitching, yes, technically it could be done with very fine masking on the stitiches, then dabbing the color with a brush as close in as possible. It would be very time consuming and the color would have to be a perfect match, since it`s doubtful you could dab every little nook and cranny between the stitches. And of course there`s a good chance some of the masking would not stay in place and you`d get some dye on the stitches, which you could technically wipe off, but then of course you`d probably end up wiping off the color close to the stitch.

[auto-estetic]

Yes,it`s very difficult,as in BMW M`s steering wheel for example.

If you choose the proccess in that post you probably would paint everything,because you choose that as a cheaper way to keep the original leather,not changing it.

In your case would be far better to put off the fibre and when you finish the work you should to sew it again...but then you probably need a upholstery and with a detailer is not enough



If you choose to cover it :woohoo:,very very difficult!!!!!!!!!!

[BuffMe]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!