Leatherique

[Brian Crump]

Leatherique has a new distributor in Australia and they are again stocking the crack filler and dyes again.They are;
Permanent Painted Coatings Pty Ltd
1/4 Prosperity Parade
Warriewood Sydney NSW 2102
Phone: 1 800 643 229
Fax: (02) 9999-0394
I figured this is something 116ers might want to know, as the crack filler and dyes were out of stock for a while.
Regards,
BC

[Brian Crump]

Just an update on Leatherique.
The dash pad on the RR is black leather and refused to accept Leatherique oil - it just sat on the surface. I emailed Leatherique in the USA and they advised that I clean it with ISP alcohol to remove any silicone spray (and use 1000 grit paper if necessary) and then to keep feeding it with oil until it was saturated. I did. It's a job only for the brave though - I used metho which removed layers and layers of black gunk (some sort of after market colouring agent ? Maybe boot polish?) and the result was horrible. The black kept washing out until the leather looked dark grey and hard. It looked like I had completely ruined the leather  To say nothing about ruining my day, month, life 
After 2 days of feeding it with oil it has come up a soft, healthy black colour like it should be. PHEW!!!!
I have found the guys at Leatherique keen to help and obvioulsy know how their product works.
I did NOT use the sandpaper and I don't think I would unless the leather was rough or damaged.
End result is a dash pad like new.
BC

[Brian Crump]

For about 24 hours my heart was around my ankles.........
However, the result was worth the angst.
How much would a new dash pad be? ARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
anyway - 
BC

[Grant V]

Brian,

This was actually a question that I was going to post here: Is there any way one can preserve a dashboard, or is it destined to crack? I have always been under the assumption that plastics cannot be fed, unlike natural products such as leather, but it seems I am wrong about that.
So you recommend a Leatherique product to feed the dash and to prevent it from  crackling?

Grant

[Brian Crump]

Grant - I'm not too sure about the answer to your question. My RR dash pad is leather. However, I understand that Leatherique is useful in preserving synthetic dash pads. My suggestion would be to go to www.leatherique.com and email them a question - I have found them happy to answer all sorts of questions. I use Leatherique on my 450SE dash pad but of course it does not soak into the synthetic. Someone else may have more information on this than I do.
Regards,
BC

[Mforcer]

I am going to give this a try some time soon. Haven't seen much of my car lately