# Buffalo area leather restoration?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-area-leather-restoration/43604 "2008-02-18T05:25:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-area-leather-restoration/43604/1 "2008-02-18T05:25:15Z")

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Anyone know a good place to get some advice/products to restore my leather seats locally in the Buffalo area?

Just bought these sport seats for my BMW Baur… There’s no cracks but as you can tell, the leather is getting rather worn on the driver seat. Passenger seat looks better, but needs to be conditioned.

![http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh249/csmitho777/88%20325is%20Parts/IMG_0176.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh249/csmitho777/88%20325is%20Parts/IMG_0176.jpg)

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-area-leather-restoration/43604/2 "2008-02-18T05:44:35Z")

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[http://www.mbcoupes.com/repairarticles/leatherrepair/leatheriquetreatment.htm](http://www.mbcoupes.com/repairarticles/leatherrepair/leatheriquetreatment.htm)

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-area-leather-restoration/43604/3 "2008-02-18T06:03:46Z")

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Ironically, I read that this morning. But there’s something about taking sand paper to my seats that makes me a little uneasy. If I have to go to that length, thinking I might have a pro do it…

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-area-leather-restoration/43604/4 "2008-02-18T06:13:53Z")

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ive seen it done in person, there was a very good writeup on an audi forum but i cant find it…

but it comes out fine

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-area-leather-restoration/43604/5 "2008-02-18T06:36:34Z")

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Pat’s tack on Rt 16 souith of Wales. They have Fiebings black latex leather dye. Mine weren’t that bad, but I did have some small white crack lines. I took the black dye on the corner of a paper towel and worked it into the lines. Using a liitle ‘touch’ I was able to blend it in pretty well. I’ve also been working the whole seat with Fiebings NeatsFoot Oil(not NeatsFoot Oil Compound). It softens it very well and cleans it too.

I think for both it was less than $15.

Note: My seats had a pebble finish and at first it was obscured by the dye. But as they dye shrank(a week or two) the pebble finish came back. My seats were ever so slightly a matt black and this has just a bit more gloss, but it still looks great and 1000% better than the wear spots.