Leather World interior touchup

So I couldn't sleep early this morning which tends to be the story of my life. Anyway I have had a leather world touch up kit sitting on my work bench for a little over a month. I just have not had time with kids, and home reno's etc... Today I decided to get up and just give it a little go. Sorry for no before / after pics but I will say if you have a black interior their 917 die is bang on perfect. Dries to the perfect finish and really fixes up even your scuffed up door sills in one coat. I am totally blown away by how well it works, even my seat back had some scuffs on the corner from sliding stuff into the back of my car (I use it as a DD and a pickup truck sometimes) and this stuff fixed it perfectly. I can only imagine after it cures and I can wipe another coat on to fill it more it will get even better. Just figured I would plug these guys because I learned about them here in another post and have to say their stuff is bang on.

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Just out to take a peek after about 1 1\2 hours of curing time. Absolutely amazing how this stuff covers up scuffs and scrapes. Should have some pics up later today.

Does it do a good job on the soft touch plastic? I am thinking of repainting the inner door sill with the memory buttons.

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Yes that is what I purchased it for.

So this is good for plastic and leather touch up?

Yes it's excellent!

I have sand beige interior and did my shifter and e-brake leathers recently with a kit from some other mfr and it turned out very nice, but only because they are discrete from their surroundings was the match acceptible. The lighter colors tend to either fade or darken with time and wear. My driver's seat looks like it comes from a different car than the passenger seat, and that in turn looks different from the rear seats which have never been used. And the door panels are slightly different still. I'll be looking for black interior if I ever get another Pcar.

Are you guys using the stain - low gloss or the semi gloss? Is this the right kit? Or did you only need the dye to do the repair? http://www.leatherworldtech.com/Delu...Kit-p/dlrk.htm

I got the whole kit when I did mine (Large tear/hole in left drivers side bolster). So far I've done the entire left side of my drivers seat, 2 steering wheels (the original 4 spoke as well as the 3 spoke with airbag that was tan as opposed to Savanna Beige), my shift ****/boot, and e-brake handle as well as several assorted touch ups. Each repair/refinish took several (3 or 4) coats, and I've still got maybe a 1/2 to 1oz. of dye left... the stuff goes a long way. As for the filler, cleaner and conditioner, I've barely put a dent in any of them. I've probably got enough left for 2 or three more bottles (8oz.) of dye. There's a thread around here somewhere which documents the repairs...If you search leatherworld it'll come up. Good luck

Got my dye from leatherrepairkits.com .

^They're^ a little less expensive than Leatherworld, but the color charts look nothing like the actual colors and they use a different numbering system than most of the other companies (who all seem to have the same color #'s... when I was doing my search for products, this scared me off. Obviously, if your repair looks good, that's all that really matters.

So how exactly are you guys using this kit to touch up the soft touch paint? Fill in the "chip" and then apply the dye to the filler material?

I did NOT use it on the "soft touch" areas in my car - because mine are all that grey/black color and they are in very good shape. The rest of the interior is "full leather" Savanna Beige. RE: The color match. It's pretty obvious that new dye is not going match perfectly with an interior that's 15 yrs. old and been exposed to air, smoke (oh the horror!), sun- light etc. That being said, it's awfully close - so close in fact that I don't think anyone who didn't know that areas were refinished would be able to tell.

Just layering the dye on mine.

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I have the "low gloss" dye from Leather World and, to me, it looks way too flat when touching up a spot. The original leather has a slight sheen to it. Leather World explains that low gloss is typically how they come from the factory, but it isn't unusual for the leather to have a sheen years later due to the use of conditioning products over time. For my car (Savanna Beige), I don't feel low gloss was a good match and I will definitely order semi gloss next time for touch up. If you are redoing all of the leather, rather than touching up, then maybe low gloss is a good choice.

The low gloss/flat finish becomes burnished over time and gets a sheen of it's own. If you want to speed the process, I'm sure you could. I did my steering wheel shift boot/**** and e-brake handle as well as the seat,s and after a few months, they're just about a perfect match both color and finish wise. If you're worried about the "sheen" being right immediately, I suppose the medium gloss would get you there soon - I worried about it getting too shiny over time though...