Complete Leather Color Restoration & Repair Kit

This product will work miracles if you pay attention, and don't rush.I used the LeatherNu on an interior door panel for my Porsche Cayman S that wasdamaged while it was in storage, having been previously removed while I was painting the car. Believe it or not, the cost of replacing my "door card" (what the leather covered inside door panels are referred to as), was approximately$4000.00 because there were some custom factory options, and it is a special hand sewn part order from Germany.I was absolutely freaked out at the prospect of paying that much for a door card. I couldn't find a matching used door card in good condition for less than $1000.00 on eBay. I found one in the U.K., but it sold before I could buy it. A damaged part in L.A. was listed for sale at $750.00 and I thought that was what I would have to live with, until I began researching leather repair on Google, and decided this product(LeatherNu) had the most potential because it was NOT heat activated, and the dyes were a completely separate component, plus it had a sealer.The product arrived from Amazon very quickly, and I read the instructions twice. Having experience with commercial graphics, HVLP painting, Print advertising photography, and being a life long model maker, I was determined to save this insanely expensive door panel. I used the LeatherNu kit, per instructions, but I could still see the repaired area. The black color match however was exact, and the sheen was also identical to the satin-like Porsche leather's sheen. The texture was actually good as well. I had left the textured paper on the repair material for only an hour, rather than overnight, fearing that it might stick to the repair gel and lift. I had weighted the paper in place with a Ziplock bag filled with #8 lead shot (approximately a pound), for an even application of pressure.Since the the initial issue was that there was a distinct "border," or edge around the repaired area, I had to smooth that edge out. The repaired area was level, asI had filled the damaged area twice before applying the final layer with the texture paper as the instructions advised, but I could still see the feathered edge around the area of the repair in the direct sunlight. Feeling like I had nothing to lose, I decided to try andseal the area of the repair and the entire surrounding area. I applied the sealer with an airbrush. It was very shiny when dry, (overnight) but seemed hard enough to LIGHTLY sand with 800 grit 3M automotive wet sand paper and a little clear water misted with a sprayer. Now it looked smooth, but the gloss was partially scuffed, so I wiped it off one time very lightly with some isopropyl (lightly and quickly). Then I airbrushed the straight black dye lightly and evenly over the entire edge to edge section of the door panel and let that dry again overnight. I did not use the sealer over the final coat of of dye as it is too shiny to match the original leather. Bingo! It now is nearly impossible for me to see the damaged area of the door. No one I've shown it to sees any repair at all. What a great thing! I am very stisfied with this product as it gives you the ability to repair things if you are patient, don't rush, and read instructions. Afterwards I used the other dyes mixed to match my cream colored BMW 550i leather seat that had a scuff on it the size of a dime. I was quoted $200.00 at the dealer for that to be touched up. I mixed the color (patience once again) and it is now invisible. You can't find satisfaction like that for $35 anywhere. LeatherNu is really great stuff.

I uploaded a picture, of my improved Tan Leather Seat back. This worked great to repair a cracked and torn seat back, upper corner, next to a seam, on my Honda Accord leather seats. Here are some tips & tricks. The materials are there, but you must supply a lot of patience and a lot of skill. The instructions are ok as a baseline, but far from good. Another review listed longer more detailed instructions which helped me a lot. I'd add the following. For my cracked seats: First clean the area, then I sanded it with 80 grit, then 400 grit, sand paper. This took off the high spots on the seat. Clean the area again to remove dust. Then use 3-4 layers of the supplied filler material (~glue consistency). Then use a hair dryer to speed up the drying time between coats of the filler material. In fact I used a hair dryer to dry the filler coats, and the paint coats. It really speeds up the whole process. For the paint one reviewer had a brilliant idea to help mix colors. Take one bottle of a color you know you won't use, in my case Green, and rinse it out. I can then use that as a mixing bottle and it preserves the paint from drying out. Here is a new tip for mixing color: I have tan/beige leather seats. To mix the right shade, outside of the car on a bench I filled my empty paint bottle 1/3 with white, then added drops of brown and mixed it with a long carpentry nail. I placed the headrest on the bench and held the nail next to the headrest to match the color. Slowly I added more drops of brown to shade the white to the right tone of tan. The provided instructions are good about telling you how to mix colors, and what base colors to use. I added brown, and a few drops of red to made the right tone of tan. I then applied the paint in a few coats, and dried the paint with a hair dryer to speed the drying. The paint dries a little darker then the wet color. I was happy I used a hair drier to speed the process, and I was able to quickly match the paint after about 4 coats. Each time I added more brown to slowly tint the white darker to match the existing leather seat. The final color match is perfect. Perfect. I used my own small brushes to feather out the color beyond the patched area, and the patched color is invisible. I didn't use the textured paper until the end. As a final coat, now with the perfect paint color, I put on a thin coat of paint and used the texture paper to add some texture to the paint surface. This adds some texture and kind of makes it look like leather again. The repair is not perfect, but it's significantly better than it was. From 6" you can see where the repair was, but from 1' or more, and if I didn't tell you; the repair disappears into the upholstery of the car. Best of luck!