How To Correctly Repair Damaged & Cracked Car Leather Seats

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  @CarCraftAutoDetailing · 6 years ago · pinned

  Hey guys, just to answer a few questions in the comments: This was a junkyard seat used for a demonstration video firstly showing a full repair for the bottom part of the seat and then a blend repair on the top part of the seat as a comparison to show and explain both these processes. As mentioned, this is a repair of leather itself, not a replacement or reupholstering of leather, and how long it will last will depend on many factors including how well the repair was undertaken, how bad the damage is to start with, how well the seat is maintained and how it is used, so it could be a matter of months or years to a lifetime depending on those factors. I’m not affiliated with any leather repair system, I don’t sell these products or profit from their sale, it was a pure and simple demonstration video that I hope many of you enjoy! Lastly, if the leather is perforated, it is possible to use this process but you will have to use a thin sharp tool to recreate the perforations at the end.

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  @L4ND.SH4RK · 7 years ago

  In my area so many people think of detailing as a maid service.  Proper detailing is more like magic.

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• CA

  @cahsahhhhhhhn · 6 years ago

  The way he was talking in the beginning did not prepare me for how incredible it would turn out. talk about a perfectionist

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• CR

  @craigcooper75 · 7 years ago

  Anyone else watch this even though never going to do it? Lol

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• LU

  @lucmaximilien5630 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a easel painting restorer with 40 years of work.<br>Some improvements that I can suggest<br>- Do the job outside in natural light, but not direct sunlight , cabrio cars will show the leather colors in natural light , shop lights are not natural light.<br>- Do the filling phase adding some color to the fill material so it will match the more the seat colors, if not after you&apos;ll need to use more paint to cover the fill color.<br>- All &nbsp;the resins of these products are acrylic resin, the resin can be diluted in solvents or be emulsionated with water, so water based products are still acrylic.<br>- To find the right mix of colors use the &quot;color wheel&quot; of substractive color system , if a paint is to much red add green, if too yellow add violet, too blue add orange and so on <br>- The spot area color test showed in the video is too &nbsp;small and the screen &nbsp;should have an irregular shape or your eye will tend to identify the paint spot created .

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• BE

  @BeMayNoMore · 5 years ago

  Thorough. Skillful. Tactful. Honest. Who could ask for more?

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• DO

  @donjamieson6708 · 6 years ago

  probably the &nbsp;most open honest comprehensive demonstration of leather repair Iv ever seen.

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• SJ

  @SJtrey · 5 years ago

  I don’t know why I watched this, but it was pretty satisfying.

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• DO

  @donaldreeder2542 · 4 years ago

  What a professional! Absolutely could not stop watching this amazing transformation.

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• RO

  @robertculbreth694 · 2 years ago

  This looks amazing! I have to say though, the right bolster that was untouched really stands out now.

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• BR

  @brentHayes-y2e · 8 days ago

  Very good video and honest repair

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  @shesparkled · 7 years ago

  Nicely done, but not finishing the left side will haunt me forever...😜

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