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Jon’s BMW 740il,
Armidale Australia 2010 |
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Jon recently bought this
BMW 7 series which was in great condition apart from some
wear on the seats and drivers armrest. The previous owner /
dealer had done a shoddy dye touch up to hide some cracking
on the seats and drivers armrest.
The first job was to use the Leatherique Rejuvinator and
Prestine Clean over all the leather. This was repeated a
couple of times to get the leather back to what it should
be, soft and clean. It’s a bit like washing the car before
polishing it. |
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Colours in the photos
vary due the different light in the photography. |
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These following pics show the
arm rest before. You can see the difference in the dye and
the cracking caused from sweaty arms. |
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The first job was to strip off
the old, poor die job, with GP thinners and then use the
Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil and Prestine Clean to restore and
clean the leather. This is where it takes good nerves. It gets
worse before it gets better. These pics. Show the old bad dye
coming off |
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Jon then decided to pull the
panels off which turned out not to be too much of an issue as
the airbag stayed where it was. |
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The affected area was wet
sanded with the Prepping Agent. The next stage was mixing
the matched dye (supplied by Leatherique in Sydney) with the
crack filler and filling all the cracking and sanding it
flat. This takes a while to get it really looking good.
He then followed this by a
couple of coats of dye applied by wiping it on with a cloth
pad and then a final spray coat as he felt he got a better
final finish. |
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The next three shots are the
completed job. Leave for 48hrs and then buff with a soft cloth
and job done. |
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The second stage was Drivers Seat. |
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The next stage was the driver
seat which had some scuffing and splits in the drivers swab and
again a poor touch up job. |
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Once he did the cleaning off
the old re-dye job with GP thinners it showed up more
damage. |
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After the strip away the slits
can clearly be seen. These were repaired and then crack filled
to bring them up to level again before dying. |
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The seat complete after the
finished dye job. |
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Third Stage the back seat. |
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The back seat was in pretty
good shape but with a few scratches (Golf bag ?) |
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After using the Leatherique
Rejuvinator Oil and Prestine Clean, Jon went to the Prepping
agent and wet sanded. These shots show the results after
sanding. |
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The back seat now dyed and
looking like new. |
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