OK, so I was in a rush this weekend to get to my friend's place. In my blinding stupidity, I allowed my passenger to put his 85lbs black lab in my backseat without putting anything down between the dog and the seats. Long story short, I now have a noticeable (but not extremely deep) scratch on my middle seat.

How can I fix this? I've tried using leather cleaner/conditioner (Zaino) and olive oil so far. What about using shoe polish? I'd be worried that the colors would be off, but I'd also think it'd be easier to match black leather than any other color...

 

IMO i dont think anything can get those out..... My parents MDX has dog scratches and they appear perma.

 

Your screwed man! Learn to live with it

 

Hard to mend a damage like that. Im afraid your stuck with it....Its a little after the fact, but now would be a good time to cover em up!

 

Stop into your local neighborhood shoe shop and see what they say ..

 

As Jess stated, you could "cover" it up with an ointment from a shoe shop, but fixing? Im not sure.....

 

a) Is it a leather (uncovered) hide that is scratched?
b) The polyurathene covering (covered leather)

a) Leather Master's; Leather Scratch/ Scuff Remover
b) Abrade the surface until the surface is level (dependant upon how 'deep' the scratch is) if necessary 'fill in' with a clear coat spray / paint

 

I had a similiar problem with a female however she had brimestones on her pants right on her ass and she scratched my seats up i went to a leather shop and got some colorant to cover most of it up but later got a number of a guy who does leather repair what he does is wet sands the leather and recolors it to factory look he said he would charge me 65 bucks a seat and he's good i've seen his work and i know this may be of no help but maybe there's some1 in ur area that does the same

 

I found these scratches in my front Passenger seat after a busy weekend and I was just sick. I couldn't decide who to blame as I had 3 different people in that seat in three days. The bolster was scratched and the plastic piece on the door pillar was too.


I called Dr. Vinyl and met the guy before work one afternoon. 45 minutes and $60 later, I can't see that anything ever happened. As long as its not on the perforated (sp?) part, you should be able to get it fixed. Check with the upholstery shops. Surely theres someone near you. I hate to pay for fixes, but sometimes the damage just drives me nuts and its well worth it to get it fixed.

 

those are deep :X

got any after shots?

 

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Surface fissure (cracks) - 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 colorant 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. To repair use a reputable leather dye that will restore the surface to recreate a new seemingly original finish

This kit allows you to recolor worn and faded leather easily. The colour coat provided is a water based material that is designed to be highly compatible with leather. Restores and renews the colour and finish of covered or protected automotive upholstery leather

Leather Magic (leather dye) –
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