Re: IML: Leather Seat Treatment/No Imperial Content

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

I apologize to the group for this. I wrote this thinking I was sending a private reply to DAWIWH.

Paul

In an email dated 22/4/2005 3:05:29 pm GMT Daylight time, RandalPark@xxxxxxx writes:

>Thank you for the information. I am very impressed with the Leatherique leather seat restoration process shown in the OIC pages, done by Kerry Pinkerton on his '64 Imperial.
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>So far, in my many years (like 35+) of owning and driving cars with leather seats, I have never had any seat deteriorate beyond the point it was when I purchased the vehicle. That said, there are several areas in the many car interiors that I have which would greatly benefit from the leatherique process.
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>I think that it is interesting that NO upholstery shops in my area seem to have bought into this process. Rather, they all have quickly discounted any possibility of saving the old upholstery and advise replacing it with new.
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>Your attendance at the Rolls Royce Owner's Club meet would indicate your involvement with a very high standard of auto restoration and care. Most recently I have been "extensively detailing" a 1948 Lincoln Continental Coupe which had been left to rot in a unsecure garage in Texas for the last 40+ years. This detail job has included the replacement of 99.9% of the original upholstery, as well as nearly all of the chrome. I extensively polished the original "touched up" exterior finish, but it really should be repainted. As it is, the car has a pleasent feeling of "faded elegance" that could never be duplicated in a shop.
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>Thanks again for your advice. I plan to look into the Leatherique Process.
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>By the way, I haven't used a product containing silicones for anything myself since the mid 1970's when they seem to have been initially introduced. Even then it was primarily to dress up the sidewalls of tires. I found the products to be inadequete for severl reasons, not the least of which was the artificial smell that seemed to pervade the air.
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>Paul
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>In an email dated 22/4/2005 6:37:52 am GMT Daylight time, DAWIWH@xxxxxxx writes:
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>>Hi Paul,
>> 
>>Several years ago I attended a national meet of the Rolls-Royce Owner's ?
>>Club. ?At the event I signed up for a workshop given by a gentleman who ?owned a 
>>company involved in high dollar auto restorations. ?During ?that workshop he 
>>introduced us to a company named Leatherique (_www.leatherique.com_ 
>>(http://www.leatherique.com) ) that has two products ?that will turn cardboard like 
>>leather back glove soft with a little time and ?patience. ?The two products are 
>>Rejuvinator Oil and Prestine Clean. ?I ?have used their products on all my cars 
>>with leather interiors with unmatched ?results by any other product. ?I would 
>>strongly suggest you give them a ?try. ?The products are all natural. ?If my 
>>memory serves me ?correctly I think we have several list members who have 
>>mentioned their success ?with Leatherique products before.
>>I have a 1967 Lincoln convertible which has an all original leather ?interior 
>>in perfect shape due to these products. ?When I bought the car the ?leather 
>>was very hard, but perfect in every other way. ?I was able to ?rescue the 
>>interior with repeated treatments. ?I have found letting the car ?sit in the sun 
>>with windows rolled up after having applied the Rejuvinator Oil ?will speed up 
>>the softening process. ?This was recommended to me by the ?company's owner, but 
>>I don't think you will find it in their instructions on ?line.
>>You mentioned silicone products. ?Later that same week while I was at ?that 
>>national meet, the fellow who was conducting the workshop I ?mentioned was 
>>having a very detailed conversation with me ?during which he made clear his 
>>distaste for silicone interior ?products. It was his opinion you should NEVER use 
>>silicone on leather or ?vinyl. ?He felt so strongly about it that he had a sign 
>>in his shop which ?read if an employee brought a silicone product into his 
>>shop they would be ?fired.
>> 
>>Take care,
>> 
>>David Whitfield
>>North Carolina
>>dawiwh@xxxxxxx
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>I have tried many different products with varying degrees of success. ?Most 
>>recently, the best results that I have had in softening up OLD leather ?seats 
>>has been with a product called Tannery. They sell a conditioner and a ?
>>cleaner. Following the directions on both containers, I used the cleaner first, ?and 
>>then the conditioner. I also frequently use the McGuire's "leather ?
>>wipes"(these are particularly effective on leather seats that are in good ?condition). 
>>This regimen seems to make a quick and dramatic difference in ?texture and 
>>appearance. The upholstery doesn't look new by any means, but has ?become more 
>>usable, while retaining a pleasent amount of patina. ? ?
>>>
>>>I have always heard/read that when treating leather it is best ?to avoid 
>>products that say they are for "both leather and vinyl" since each is ?totally 
>>different and require special solutions. Also, most seem to agree that ?products 
>>containing silicones are okay for vinyl but should be avoided for ?leather.
>>>
>>>Paul
>>
>>
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