Jon on bought his BMW 7 series, which was in great condition, apart from some wear on the seats and drivers armrest. The previous owner / dealer had done some shoddy dye tough up to hide some cracking on the seats and drivers armrest.
The first job was to use the Leatherique Rejuvenator rubbing in well and leaving to soak in and Prestine Clean to clean it all over the leather. These two parts were 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.
Colours in the photos vary due to the different light in the photography
These following pics who the arm rests before and after. See the difference in the dye and the cracking caused from sweaty arm.
The first job was to strip off the old, poor dye job, with GP tinners 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 pictures show the old bad dye coming off.
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. 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 felt he got a better final finish.
The Second state was the Drivers Seat:
The next stage was the drivers seat which had some scuffing and splits in the drivers swab and again a poor touch up job.
Once he did the cleaning off of the old re-dye job with GP thinners it showed up more damage.
Third Stage - The back seat
The back seat was in a pretty good shage but with a few scratches (Golf bag?).
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.
The back seat now dyed and looking like new.
