Made-to-order leather matching
When the original cover is no longer available: we source leather for your specific vehicle, matching grain and shade.
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Coming from Toruń
Leather restoration — Toruń
From Toruń we mostly get calls from owners of classics and modern classics — where what counts isn't “like new” but “like original”.
In a classic car restoration has a different aim from an everyday one. The point isn't for the interior to look new, but to look the way it did — keeping the original shade, grain and stitching style. A new, even coating on a seventies seat spoils the car rather than saving it.
Shade and grain
We match the colour to preserved, sun-protected areas — most often from under the rear seat or a side that never saw the sun. We recreate the grain so the repaired section has the same texture as the rest.
Patina
If the car is to keep its patina, we discuss it before work and agree where conservation ends and refurbishment begins. That is the owner's decision, not ours.
Antiquing
On parts we rebuild, we apply an antiqued finish so the new section doesn't shout against the rest of the interior.
What customers from Toruń bring us most often
Each of these services has its own page — with a description, the course of work and photos.
Antiquing and antiqued leather
A finish with deliberately uneven colour — for period-style furniture and interiors where an even coating would look artificial.
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Seat and rear bench restoration
The most common job: a worn driver's seat bolster and a sagging cushion. Cleaning, filling, re-colouring and protecting the whole surface so the colour matches.
More about this serviceSteering wheel re-wrapping
Leather matched to the vehicle, thread in the original colour or contrasting.
More about this serviceLike original, not like new
With a classic, the most important thing is to keep the character of the interior. A seat restored to a high gloss, in a colour that is "almost the same", can spoil a car more than wear does. That's why with older cars we first save the original leather and replace it only when there is really no other way.
Choosing the leather and colour
If part of the cover has to be replaced, we choose leather of the same thickness, grain and finish as the original. We mix the colour to the existing leather, not to a catalogue. Where the interior has a patina, we can gently age the new part so it doesn't stand out from the rest.
Seams and details
We recreate the thread, stitch spacing and shape of the stitching to the original. On steering wheels and gear knobs we keep the factory stitching pattern.
Getting to the workshop from Toruń
The workshop is in Gdańsk, ul. Litewska 12 — Toruń is about 149 km away in a straight line.
- Photos first: we agree on the price and date before you go anywhere.
- Seats, cushions and individual parts can be brought in without the car — removed.
- Larger furniture and visits to the customer are arranged individually.
How it works, step by step
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Photos and a phone call
Send a photo of the whole thing and a close-up of the damage, or just give us a call. From that we tell you whether it can be saved.
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Quote and date
We give you the scope of work and the price. If restoration isn't worth it, we'll say so plainly — it happens, and it's better to hear it before than after.
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Work in the workshop
Cleaning, damage repair, re-colouring, protection. On larger jobs we send you progress photos.
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Collection
We tell you what to care for the leather with and what damages it fastest. That usually decides whether the result lasts for years.