Painting Leather

[benzjarr]

I'm putting 126 seats in my 116. They are gray and my 116 is navy inside. Does any body know a good textile paint and how to prep the 126 seats for the respray? I was going to mount the 126 cushions to the 116 seam frame so it will still adjust manually... I hope or use the power motors if the wirings not to complex just mount the switch to the side of the seat like a Jag or a Caddy 0.o  pro opinion on wich would be simpler
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                             P.S I'll put picks up of my 126/116 hybrid I've fitted many parts to my 450sel U.S spec

[Big_Richard]

pretty sure leather is supposed to be dyed not painted - Wouldn't it be like hard plastic if painted, if paint were even flexible enough to go on anyway.

[1980450sel]

This is a topic I'm keenly interested in as I have black leather seats that are showing their age. They have lots of stress cracks and wear which shows the base leather color (tan-white). How does one go about dyeing the leather?

Scott

[oscar]

haven't tried any of this stuff but there's good photos of before and after using Leatherique in the following thread.

http://forum.w116.org/interiors-and-exteriors/leatherique-restoration-(amg69)-finished!/

VHT does vinyl and plastic dyes which I thought would be good for MBTex and plastic parts but once again, never tried any myself.

http://www.speco.com.au/vht_vinyl.html

[flutes]

Oscar thanks for posting that.  I was quite certain I was going to have to buy new cushions and leather from GAHH this year to fix my front seats but now I'm not so sure.

[1980450sel]

Hi all,

Here's a link I stumbled upon. They even have MB colors.

http://www.leathermagic.com/Pages/recolorkits.htm


Scott