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day of rest....well that didn't happen

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:30 am
by Brakebuster
i planned not to do anything car related this weekend, but it didn't last long,

while moving the car to allow my son to get his motorbike out ( CBR500R ) i glanced down and was reminded that the leather needed a clean and a feed.....and so it started

i have some Autoglym leather cleaner and some leather care, the cleaner was sprayed onto the surface of the seat, and with the use of cloths and a soft nail brush was gently worked into the grain of the leather , this grain had gone a dark dirty colour in contrast to the nice red it should be , i did this several times while wiping clean in-between treatments , this lifted the dirt and left the seats looking like new , it did however take four hours yesterday afternoon :shock:

and i still have to add the leather feed , maybe after todays F1 GP

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Re: day of rest....well that didn't happen

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:55 pm
by davidr
That's how it works. My wife knows that if I'm "just popping into the workshop" then I will get distracted by something and disappear for a while.
It's quite satisfying cleaning leather isn't it?
Any before and after pictures?

Re: day of rest....well that didn't happen

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:12 pm
by Brakebuster
not any before pics, but here are the ' afters '


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IMG_2988 by MyPix on Talk Photography

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IMG_2987 by MyPix on Talk Photography

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IMG_2990 by MyPix on Talk Photography

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IMG_2993 by MyPix on Talk Photography

however, this colour ( Mulberry over ' wine red ' carpets ) never photographs very well , and its also a ' marmite ' colour, you either love it or you don't, lol

in my case.........i do :mrgreen: ( how many do you see ? )

also , the ' French stitching ' on the armrest , console and door pulls came up well, all the dirt was removed from between the stitches ,

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