Leather wrinkle removal
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RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Believe it or not, I've had Mequiar's Gold Class leather conditioner take out light wrinkles after liberal application and rubbing. Cracks are a different story...
John
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Believe it or not, I've had Mequiar's Gold Class leather conditioner take out light wrinkles after liberal application and rubbing. Cracks are a different story...
John
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'97 Mark VIII LSC
'96 T-Bird 4.6L
RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Too bad...
I took a tour of a Lear seat plant last year and they talked about putting the freshly finished seats in an oven to tighten up the leather.
I saw the before and after and saw mildly wrinkled seats become tight as a drum. I was hoping for a similar fix for butt creases.
Guess not.
Too bad...
I took a tour of a Lear seat plant last year and they talked about putting the freshly finished seats in an oven to tighten up the leather.
I saw the before and after and saw mildly wrinkled seats become tight as a drum. I was hoping for a similar fix for butt creases.
Guess not.
DOHC MARK VIII
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RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Sounds like you'd need an awfully big oven to try that in.
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Sounds like you'd need an awfully big oven to try that in.
** Bill **
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Sonny Day Out
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RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Max;
There is a relatively cheap solution for shrinking leather ! ! ! It is a combination of water and sunlight ! ! ! I have had some leather shrunk this way that I did not want shrunk ! ! !
Good Luck,
Sonny
TWO PAIR , VII,s and VIII,s !
Max;
There is a relatively cheap solution for shrinking leather ! ! ! It is a combination of water and sunlight ! ! ! I have had some leather shrunk this way that I did not want shrunk ! ! !
Good Luck,
Sonny
TWO PAIR , VII,s and VIII,s !
J
joeychgo
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RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Conditioning the leather will minimize it a little -- but not take it out.
Pretty much anything else you could do is only going to damage the leather...
Conditioning the leather will minimize it a little -- but not take it out.
Pretty much anything else you could do is only going to damage the leather...
RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Wrinkles wouldn't be so bad - it's all the d@mn cracks that get to me!! I bought the car with only 38K miles, and the driver's seat was already seriously cracked all over the place. It must have been kept where direct sunlight was alway shining right on the driver's seat...along with no seat care whatsoever...
John
[link:mark8.org/lodnca|NorCal Chapter Website]
http://mark8.org/users/johnaec/Mark_VIII_s.jpg
'97 Mark VIII LSC
'96 T-Bird 4.6L
Wrinkles wouldn't be so bad - it's all the d@mn cracks that get to me!! I bought the car with only 38K miles, and the driver's seat was already seriously cracked all over the place. It must have been kept where direct sunlight was alway shining right on the driver's seat...along with no seat care whatsoever...
John
[link:mark8.org/lodnca|NorCal Chapter Website]
http://mark8.org/users/johnaec/Mark_VIII_s.jpg
'97 Mark VIII LSC
'96 T-Bird 4.6L
BlackIceLSC
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RE: Leather wrinkle removal
Its simple...hair dryer, and spray bottle. I've been doing it for years. It isnt that tough to find your answers. Call your local upholstery shop. That's how they get their NEW leather seats looking tight when installed.
The other option is to remove the seat, un-clip the covers, and beef up the worn out foam padding underneath. Afterall, thats what made them wrinkle in the first place. Loss of support.
Get a clean rag, and some Hyde-food, or LEXOL. Wipe the seats down with a damp cloth(make it as cold as you can). then apply the LEXOL in LIBERAL amounts. Then wipe it dry. Set your blow dryer on lo-med(not high) Low fan speed/medium heat. Hold it near the back of your hand. When it is just about to burn your hand, thats where you want the setting. warm the wrinkled area until you can smell the LEXOL heat up. then spray some cold water on the seat, and rub the wrinkles tight with the LEXOL soaked cloth.
This process takes about 15-20 mins per panel, but when you're done, your seats should look almost brand new, assuming there are no cracks in the surface of the hyde.
When you are done, wipe the seats down with WARM water, and feed them again with LEXOL or hyde-food. Then, with the doors open, park it in the direct sunlight.
Viola! Your leather should look(and smell) brand new.
This is a very common way for most show car people, and restorers.
My seats are tighter now than they were when I bought the car, and that was 22k miles ago, with my butt sitting in them for an average of 3 hours a day/5 days a week.(and then some).
if anyone thinks I should be a millionaire for using this trick, they need to realize this is the method EVERYBODY is using, and has been for decades.
Its simple...hair dryer, and spray bottle. I've been doing it for years. It isnt that tough to find your answers. Call your local upholstery shop. That's how they get their NEW leather seats looking tight when installed.
The other option is to remove the seat, un-clip the covers, and beef up the worn out foam padding underneath. Afterall, thats what made them wrinkle in the first place. Loss of support.
Get a clean rag, and some Hyde-food, or LEXOL. Wipe the seats down with a damp cloth(make it as cold as you can). then apply the LEXOL in LIBERAL amounts. Then wipe it dry. Set your blow dryer on lo-med(not high) Low fan speed/medium heat. Hold it near the back of your hand. When it is just about to burn your hand, thats where you want the setting. warm the wrinkled area until you can smell the LEXOL heat up. then spray some cold water on the seat, and rub the wrinkles tight with the LEXOL soaked cloth.
This process takes about 15-20 mins per panel, but when you're done, your seats should look almost brand new, assuming there are no cracks in the surface of the hyde.
When you are done, wipe the seats down with WARM water, and feed them again with LEXOL or hyde-food. Then, with the doors open, park it in the direct sunlight.
Viola! Your leather should look(and smell) brand new.
This is a very common way for most show car people, and restorers.
My seats are tighter now than they were when I bought the car, and that was 22k miles ago, with my butt sitting in them for an average of 3 hours a day/5 days a week.(and then some).
if anyone thinks I should be a millionaire for using this trick, they need to realize this is the method EVERYBODY is using, and has been for decades.
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RE: Leather wrinkle removal
you can buy seat cover. not the ones you can buy at autozone, but much nicer ones just dont know where
you can buy seat cover. not the ones you can buy at autozone, but much nicer ones just dont know where