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The least pleasing part of my car interior is the ivory leather seats, and I guess I'm not alone in this. The car has done 90k miles and while there are no horrible tears or similar, and the rear seats are of course gorgeous, the creasing to the driver's seat in particular is very noticeable. There is also considerable scuffing where the seat belt has rubbed the surface off the lateral support cushion.

I've treated the worst with Gliptone Scuff Master/Liquid Leather but it's my first shot and I was possibly a little cautious and need further goes at this.

Am I on the right track? What do people getting their cars into concours condition do? Getting new or re-covered seats is out of the question on economic grounds by the way!

All advice gratefully received.

Nigel

Nigel

you can have your seat ' refinished ' , it will look as good as new,

the process is done by a mobile man with a van, and should take about four hours, but it depends on how good the seat is to start with

cost is around £150 a seat, and they do it in the car,

i would however remove the seat myself so a better job can be done

bear in mind that only the seat facing is leather along with the bolsters,... the sides, under base and back are all ambla ( vinyl )

there is a post over in the XJS forum on this site recommending a certain outfit for the job

BB

Nigel stop what you are doing................
if the seats are the Autolux leather, dont use any leather cleaner ,feeder,or any other products that could discolour the surface.
I have just been into this item myself, evidently the Autolux leather has a sprayed on coating, so any blemishes ,scuffs,or marks should initially have a gentle circular brush with a soft soapy nail brush. (The actual leather is under the coating)
Then wiped off with a soft damp cloth.
It will seem as though there are a slight shadow under the top colour, dont try and get it out it wont come out.
The way im told is to contact a local leather specialist or the Jaguar main dealer who will have a contact for this problem who have mobile units that come out and respray the seat area, or the seat swab after they treat it, just like you would prepare an outside panel for painting.
Its supposed to be a specialized job and they all have a range of colours to match your particular car. I now use a foam cleaner that doesnt soak the seat called Instant Valet...........that seems to clean it somewhat but the shadow is there all the time.........i do have a scrape (due to the previous owner having keys on his belt) which has got worse as i didnt know about using feeders and cleaners, it was just scraping the top surface off . Tony Ridge the club concourse guy put me wide to this Autolux leather......its not as good as its made out to be..........Joe

Autolux leather is the soft leather put in Daimlers....still leather but treated differently.
Gliptone "Scuffmaster" dye together with the cleaner and leather restorer will do the job.
The instructions need to be followed with care and patience is needed.
It can be done !!
I fixed some chips in the oatmeal leather surface colour coating on my drivers seat bolster and its as good as new.