Leather cleaning
The starting point for every restoration. On dirty leather no colour or protector will hold.
Services Leather treatments
Damage filling
Holes, worn-through areas and tears filled with compound, with the surrounding leather grain matched.
Damage means any spot where leather is physically missing: worn right through, torn out, a cigarette burn, a key scratch. The repair consists of rebuilding the material with compound and then — and this is the harder part — matching the grain, so the filled area isn't a smooth patch amid grained leather.
We do this on car upholstery, furniture, seats and small leather goods. The technique is the same; only the scale and the precision required differ.
How we do it
- Cleaning the damaged area and trimming frayed edges.
- Backing it from underneath with reinforcement when the hole goes right through.
- Filling with compound in layers — one thick layer looks fine until the first fold.
- Grain matching from the surrounding leather.
- Re-colouring blended into the colour around it, and protection.
What the result depends on
The size, the location and the type of leather. A coin-sized hole on flat, grained leather can be impossible to find after repair. The same hole on a seat fold or on smooth, light leather will be visible against the light — and it's better to know that before than to be disappointed after.
For a quote, a photo with a coin or a ruler next to it is enough.
Leather treatments — other services
Leather softening
Leather exposed to the sun goes stiff — fastest of all in a car. Softening brings back its suppleness before it starts to crack.
Painting and dyeing
Colours matched to the type of leather: one kind for pigmented car upholstery, another for aniline and semi-aniline furniture leather.
Pigmentation and colour correction
Evening out the shade on worn areas, or changing the colour of the whole thing.
Impregnation and protection
Products that protect against UV, water and denim dye transfer — the most common cause of stains on light-coloured seats.
Leather de-glossing
With long use, leather turns shiny where it is touched. De-glossing brings back its factory matt look.