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YOUR RESEARCHDamaged Leather Question
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Use oils and dyes
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He used oils and dyes to highlight the pics later.
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After you get as much of the mark out by soaking or what have you, check with a local autobody shop to get a referral for a leather / vinyl repair guy.
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After you get as much of the mark out by soaking or what have you, check with a local autobody shop to get a referral for a leather / vinyl repair guy.
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They can fill the zip tie mark with a special filler and die it to match the leather color.
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After you get as much of the mark out by soaking or what have you, check with a local autobody shop to get a referral for a leather / vinyl repair guy.
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Check with a local autobody shop
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After you get as much of the mark out by soaking or what have you, check with a local autobody shop to get a referral for a leather / vinyl repair guy.
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After you get as much of the mark out by soaking or what have you, check with a local autobody shop to get a referral for a leather / vinyl repair guy.
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He would put a warm wet sponge on the leather to soften and swell it then use different shaped, textured tools to emboss the pattern/texture/picture into it.
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Technically, my question is regarding my 986 S but its more generally related to leather pieces than "Boxster specific" and I figured I'd get more visibility on a more frequently visited section of rennlist.
The previous owner of my 986 S had removed the roll bar leather pieces to fit a Brey-Krause roll bar extension and the 3 plastic clips were damaged during removal. I've found the correct part number of the clips to replace them, but the previous owner had zip tied them in place in the mean time.
Unfortunately, I removed the zip ties tonight to check the clip damage, and the zip ties have left their imprint in the leather. Does anyone have any suggestions on massaging these out? I've though about hitting it with light heat, but don't want to risk melting the glue or fading the color.
Thanks!
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One of my dad's hobbies was making embossed leather articles.
He would put a warm wet sponge on the leather to soften and swell it then use different shaped, textured tools to emboss the pattern/texture/picture into it. When he wanted to make mods to the "picture" he would re-soak the leather, it would swell and he could change it. Some details left "shadows" that never completely disappeared.
Your damage looks similar to what some of his tools did. Water did not permanently stain or darken his worked raw leather. He used oils and dyes to highlight the pics later.
Hey, that's a good idea. I've got several indentations on my seats (front and rear). I'll use your Dad's methods. Hopefully the warm sponge will interfere with my heated seat.
Saddle soap softens leather and is gentle. Follow directions like testing an out of the way spot for color effects. I'd stay away from neats foot oil since it could darken or alter color and it's notmally for conditioning undied leather. Neats foot oil is a radical softener and oil for sure.
After you get as much of the mark out by soaking or what have you, check with a local autobody shop to get a referral for a leather / vinyl repair guy. They can fill the zip tie mark with a special filler and die it to match the leather color.
Or, if you want to DIY this, you can purchase filler and dye here:
http://www.leatherique.com/products.html
