E30 Zone

Hi guys havent been on for a while, having a really good spruce up of everything before the m52 goes in, thought i take the interior out of for a bit of a clean up as it was starting to look tired and came across gliptone leather care, now purely by chance the place that makes the re-dye kits is based half a mile away from my unit so called in for a 1 litre re-dye kit.

I gave the guy a head res to get a match and picked it up the following day, i wont bore you with the details, i've completed the front door cards and the rears.

Heres a quick before and after of one of the door cards

Before



After a clean, moisturise and 4 coats of dye



I was suprised how easy the process is, and everything needed is provided in the kit, soft brush, cloths, etc.

I used a cheap paint brush but the sponge type not the normal hair type and the dye went on well, put a thicker dab over the really dark parts and dried with a hair dryer before applying a full coat to the door cards

Im just about to start the seats so will ad pics in a few days as and when thy're done

Thanks for looking

Looks like you have made a great transformation! Been looking into this but wondering if it will just leave a shiny finish or leave it to look like new leather?

How far has the 1 litre dye gone Jim? One of them jobs I would like to do on my seats but havent got round to it yet. Door cards look superb

Thanks for the comments

Im really pleased with the results they really have made it look brand new.

The dye does have some gloss in it but its a fairly matt finish, but there is a seperate bottle of gloss that comes with the kit so you can mix it to you own preference.

It smells really good too and theres a large square pad that is suspended under the seat that smells of leather

Jim320i wrote:How far has the 1 litre dye gone Jim? One of them jobs I would like to do on my seats but havent got round to it yet. Door cards look superb

I've done 4 coats on each of the 4 panels and i havent even used half of it yet. Easily enough to do all the seats

anyone have a link to the kit ?

Sorry to be dumb, but are your door cards leather?

Thanks
Ben

magpie wrote:anyone have a link to the kit ?

Here ya go mate, website

http://www.liquidleather.com/


Shop

http://www.liquidleather.com/car-shop.html#flex

BenHar wrote:Sorry to be dumb, but are your door cards leather?

Thanks
Ben

Yes mate its full leather

To be fair i didnt think it looked that bad on the car its only when i started to clean and then dye i realised how much better it was

The interior should look amazing when its done, im even considering doing some carbon fibre hydrographing on some dash parts after recently buying a camo dip kit for one of my rifles

(youtube "hydrographing")

Jim320i wrote:How far has the 1 litre dye gone Jim? One of them jobs I would like to do on my seats but havent got round to it yet. Door cards look superb

Jim you need the real thing

suchy wrote:

Jim320i wrote:How far has the 1 litre dye gone Jim? One of them jobs I would like to do on my seats but havent got round to it yet. Door cards look superb

Jim you need the real thing

You still keeping them warm for me? I think I seen your turd at the German show? If so, the interior looked terrible... Would look much better in my chromie.

Yeah it was there and it does look terrible! Have one seat to recover (have genuine covers!!) and the whole lot needs a good feed- then it will look/feel/smell wonderful

Unless I get bored and PM you

I have used Gliptone products several times and always been delighted with the result.

It is nesessary to follow the instructions to the letter for the best result,paying particular attention to the preperation.

Jim its very nice to see the interior looking fresh again! I know the retrim was done a very long time ago. Nice to see your keeping it well.

jimbob88 wrote:

BenHar wrote:Sorry to be dumb, but are your door cards leather?

Thanks
Ben

Yes mate its full leather

Your seats may be leather but your door cards are VINYL.

Door cards are leather mate. It had a full re-upholster years ago

Gouki wrote:Jim its very nice to see the interior looking fresh again! I know the retrim was done a very long time ago. Nice to see your keeping it well.

Thanks for the comments mate, im just trying to make my mark on it, cant wait to slot thw m52 in

so what came in the kit ?

cleaner,leather feed,dye and an air fresh yeah.

i can only find cleaner and feed treatment kits and an air fresh ??

jimbob88 wrote:Door cards are leather mate. It had a full re-upholster years ago

er no ..you will find that the door cards are not leather but o.e.m vinyl

but looking good either way

dips346 wrote:

jimbob88 wrote:Door cards are leather mate. It had a full re-upholster years ago

er no ..you will find that the door cards are not leather but o.e.m vinyl

jimbob88 wrote:Door cards are leather mate. It had a full re-upholster years ago

Maybe the seats but them door cards look original, hence the vinyl comments.

Turn the door cards over and show the back.

Wow issues anyone?

I know the difference between leather and vinyl, i have spent days cleaning and prepping these, they're LEATHER, the the same leather as the seats, they're the same leather thats on the rear quarter cards

jimbob88 wrote:Wow issues anyone?

I know the difference between leather and vinyl, i have spent days cleaning and prepping these, they're LEATHER, the the same leather as the seats, they're the same leather thats on the rear quarter cards

No issues here, I have lots of OE REAL leather door cards and they are a 2 piece card and completely different to a standard E30 door card.

As your cards are embossed as per the oe vinyl cards , and 'embossing' is not something most trimmers can do , I assume they are vinyl. If you flip one over and peel back one of the edges , the truth will be revealed, post a pic and let us doubters eat our words !

No issues either but I'm with Pete.

Lol i'd much prefer to keep you all guessing and tell everyone they're leather ( which they are )

jimbob88 wrote:Lol i'd much prefer to keep you all guessing and tell everyone they're leather ( which they are )

If they are you wouldn't be able to stop yourself putting pics up to proove everyone wrong then would you

Kedge wrote:

jimbob88 wrote:Lol i'd much prefer to keep you all guessing and tell everyone they're leather ( which they are )

If they are you wouldn't be able to stop yourself putting pics up to proove everyone wrong then would you

Look just give the chap a break guys and just admire the results


Whats the difference if it was vinyl or leather

Jim320i wrote:

jimbob88 wrote:Door cards are leather mate. It had a full re-upholster years ago

the OP never had them trimmed, not did gouki when he owned it

Gliptone is a great product on leather, but it doesn't work so well on vinyl.

On leather it adheres quite well, and will take a lot of movment without cracking or flaking off.

It doesn't adhere so well on vinyl, and even when perfectly clean, the properties of the vinyl tend after a time to reject the painted surface, and it starts to flake off in flexed areas.

Be careful re-fitting the front door cards!

jimbob88 wrote:

After a clean, moisturise and 4 coats of vinyl paint

EFA.

Andyboy wrote:

jimbob88 wrote:

After a clean, moisturise and 4 coats of vinyl paint

EFA.

Lol

lion_yo wrote:

Kedge wrote:

jimbob88 wrote:Lol i'd much prefer to keep you all guessing and tell everyone they're leather ( which they are )

If they are you wouldn't be able to stop yourself putting pics up to proove everyone wrong then would you

Look just give the chap a break guys and just admire the results


Whats the difference if it was vinyl or leather

Its like listening to clucking hens lol. Is it becuase all their door cards are vinyl and mine are leather?

pacerpete wrote:

jimbob88 wrote:Wow issues anyone?

I know the difference between leather and vinyl, i have spent days cleaning and prepping these, they're LEATHER, the the same leather as the seats, they're the same leather thats on the rear quarter cards

If you flip one over and peel back one of the edges , the truth will be revealed, post a pic and let us doubters eat our words !

I dont need to peel the edges back, i can see the edge quite easily as theres a fair bit of spare leather on the rear of the cards