ok, so i went and used meguire to clean the leather and then used Zaino Z-10 Leather in a Bottle and applied it all over the cracks of my seats but the cracks look like they got worse!!!! i think its cuz of that shine it gave.


so my co-worker told me about using a leather dye.

i have that tan-brown interior and my G is a 2003. Where could i buy this dye?? i'm paranoid of buying the wrong color.

 

never mind!


i found this site. http://www.leathermagic.com/Pages/recolorkits.htm


but i need to figure out WHICH color...and i heard its hard to do...

 

Oil-based conditioners -Use of an oil-based leather conditioner and \ or a combination of oil, dirt and friction cause most problems on leather upholstery. Repeated flexing and stretching of the pigmented leather or the acrylic polythene causes the surface coating to wear and crack causing the pigmented leather colouring to become visible, so what appears to be a cracking of the leather surface is in actuality fissure of the pigmentation running in a pattered direction.

Having lost the protection of its covering the exposed hide allows dirt and dust to settle into the cracks making them more visible. If you use a product that contains oils or waxes on cracked leather it may affect the pigments adhesion to the leather, making make further restoration very difficult or impossible.

 

that sucks... so when i cleaned and conditioned it, i just pretty much made the cracks more permanent...great!!

 

So, TOGWT, what do you use to maintain your leather?

 

Well we know now what doesnt work, any ideas on what will work?

 

is it hard to use leather dye???



i heard from one user that its pretty complicated while the site says its fairly easy to use.




maybe i'll just take it to th dealer for them to have it fixed. be awesome if it was under warrnty....

 

http://www.leatherique.com