Need help, please mates! Leather stained with rubber burns!

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Rushguy

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Hello - I've lurked here a long time - you folks have lots of good info flowing here. I have a big problem that I don't know how to tackle. A shop I brought my Jag to to mount my new tires put them in the back seat of the car. Two very hot days passed and the heat of the rubber and leather seats caused some rubber to be left behind on the seats when the tires were pulled out. Like how the skin on your legs stick to hot leather seats, that's what happened. The rubber is on the seats like a brand burned into a cow. :cry:

So the shop owned apologized and said he would clean but I don't trust his methods so I said I would do some research on how to clean properly before we even attempt to clean.

Any ideas at all? My 1996 Jag VDP is otherwise flawless and this has me heartbroken.



Thanks in advance,

RG
 
Sorry to hear man! I would try some APC of your choice diluted 1:1 and good bristle brush for starters. If that doesn't help, Try full strength on the APC.



I know some people cringe on using full strength APC on leather but if you follow up with a good leather conditioner, it should restore the leather to new again.



Can't really think of any other way without damaging the leather.
 
You may also want to try a Magic Eraser too. I know they can take the color out or lighten leather some. Don't rub to hard. I think it may solve your problen.
 
Sorry to hear that. Chances are that you will be able to lighten the stain but it might have soaked into the leather. It might take a redye to bring it back.



Try some Iso alcohol ASAP and see if that works. Let it dwell for 10 seconds and lightly scrub with a cotton towel.
 
Rant time.



I get this all the time when explaining prices to customers "My car has leather, so it should just need a quick wipe". Yet leather is generally harder to clean than cloth seats. Cloth seats after a shampoo usually come out clean and leather is a guessing game to what the stain is and how aggressive one can clean them.



Rant over.
 
You can try a Scotch Brite Delicate Duty pad (the white one) and some cleaner. I would also use a hair dryer to heat the area to soften the residue.
 
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