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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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Scratched leatherette...help!

Somehow I had scratched/scuffed the leatherette on my left side-bolster. Don't know how it happened, but I know it's gonna bother me. Anybody out there have any recommendations on how to fix it??

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Old May 1, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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From my experience so far, if you abrade (like little tears in the surface) the leather you will have to live with it.
 
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Old May 1, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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scratches in leather/ette are equivalent to scars in your skin. will be there forever. best thing to do is keep it clean and conditioned.
 
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Old May 13, 2006 | 07:00 AM
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My daughter recently scraped open a tiny flap on my rear leather seats. I used a tiny tiny drop of elmer's glue to adhere the flap back and then conditioned it and it is hardly noticeable now. Not sure if elmer's is the best choice but it typically works great with anything porous.

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Old May 13, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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Try on of the leather DIY re-dye kits. I used one (cant't remember which one) a couple of years ago on my 4Runner's taupe leather seats and it looked like new.

http://www.leathermagic.com/Pages/recolorkits.htm

or

http://www.leatherworldtech.com/

Good luck!
 
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