Leather Care Recommendation
 

Hi,

As most of you know, I have a black Sports interior and although it was in fairly good nick, you could see that it had been used a fair bit and so i started searching for a product that would help combat this.

I've used gliptone and liquid leather before and although they are good to keep an existing good set of leather great, they didn't necessarily revive it to the standard that i was hoping.

I bought a leather renovation kit from Woolies Trim

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/images...large/1033.jpg

The cleaning product is very very good - the best i've seen on the market so far and it really brings the leather back to life. The dye is actually very very mild and the cleaning solution does about 80% of the work in this process.

Application is easy and it doesn't stick. I haven't added the last stage yet - the sealer - I am very impressed thus far. My seats look almost brand new again with noticeably fewer creases, tighter wrap around the cushions and enhanced colour. It even feels a lot better and more nourished.

Althought not cheap at 60 quid for 4 seats, the results i have gotten on my rear seats so far are really positive. Take a look at the following before and after pics below taken with my crummy 2MP iPhone camera.

I highly recommend this product and the supplier too....delivery was next day! +++

Rear Passenger-side Seat...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/...c11503caa4.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3304/...c9af94867b.jpg


Rear Middle Seat...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/...e32fe2a2a0.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/...5aa2affdc8.jpg


Rear Drivers-side Seat...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/...f001a7e20c.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2483/...g?v=1244146256

Done the front seats today :)

I'm so impressed by this stuff...it has really brought my seats back to their true glory!

-Oli

Drivers side front seat:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/...454c186155.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/...57e2dd442d.jpg

Passenger side front seat:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2462/...b79afd8ed8.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3372/...7a846b8661.jpg

That is some good gear - thinks I'll have to get some too (when funds permit:()

wow yes looks like great stuff Oli - that drivers seat shot looks like 2 different seats!! amazing stuff

After seeing it today, wow. In fact the whole interior was good. Not an Icefreak myself but nice to see a well thought out install. Yes, chrome knobs are better, fnar.

Bill

Found this on eBay, they get the exact colour match.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Leather-Dy...ht_15305wt_939

The product is called dynamix for when the link becomes inactive and they do the following colours for Audi:


Black
Onyx
Lago
Slate
Anthracite
Saphire
Feather grey
Platinum
Platinum (light)
Aqua
Tango
Shell
Ecrue
Terracota
Travertin
Cognac
Mahassu
Vanilla
Denim Blue
Royal Blue
Atlantis

Found it even cheaper http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-A2-A3-A4-...e#ht_609wt_939

Another thumbs up for Woolies
 

After Oli's recommendation I got a kit from Woolies for Projekt AnA,

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1285513371

After cleaning the front seats I had a very dirty cloth,

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1285513371

One of the front seats after application of the dye,

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1285513371

And after application of the sealing past and a buff up,

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...3&d=1285513347

One of the rear seats,

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...4&d=1285513347

All in all easy to use and while they wern't as worn as Oli's they were different front to back and driver to passenger side. Now they are all the same. +++:)

Nice results there mike - also big thumbs up on the seats...truly unique! +++

Wow that looks great Olie and Mike will have to try out on my drivers seat and compare with the gliptone I've been using+++