Seat Touch Up - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

secondchance · 08-28-2006

I have a 94 blk/blk with sport seat. As is common, entry side side bolsters we worn and cracked areas showed thru due to black finish having cracked off.
I found interior leather/carpet spray manufactured by Duplicolor and tryed the product. I used satin black spray.
After masking off at the seams and covering center console area w/ old sheet, I sprayed the area with multiple thin coats.
Result was excellent. Color and shininess matched perfect.

ffvetteman · 08-29-2006

Thanks for the info!!

I may have to try that as there is a spot worn off about the size of a dime on my bolster and it bothers me.

We Gone · 08-29-2006

Black shoe polish applied with a Q-tip

WB9MCW · 08-29-2006

WG...would that not just rub back on to your clothes?

We Gone · 08-30-2006

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Originally Posted by WB9MCW

WG...would that not just rub back on to your clothes?

Use the liquid kind the one with the little sponge on top when dry it wonâ€™t rub off (NOT the paste type in the can)

Lcvette · 08-31-2006

pictures please!!! my Collectors Edition is showing signs of wear on the drivers side bolster.. the rest of the seats are 100% perfect and spending almost 1000 bones for new leather seats isn't worth it to me.. I would like to give this a try.. is there a product that actually fills the cracks? or what do ya think an upholstery shop would charge to replace the bolster leather?

thanks in advance!

Chris

secondchance · 08-31-2006

Unless crack is so severe on the verge of split, sign of wear comes from black pigment having fallen off the crack. Touch up with super-fine brush or spray takes care of this.
Not with ZR-1 but my old BMW, when crack was on the verge of split, I used clear epoxy, filled and feathered the edge best I can, then brushed on grey touch up paint. Toghest part was mixing the grey w/ other colors to match the exact color.
As for replacing a part of upholstery, the best solution by far, I have no idea what the charge would be.

Corvette95 · 09-09-2006

If you will contact your local high line car dealer ...even upscale Chevy dealers, ask them who their mobile interior repair person is, they come around and fix their lot cars interior and if you find a good one they do a GREAT job, better than any do it yourself kit. It is money well spent, I know of what I speak.

08-28-2006	#1
secondchance Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: McLean, VA Posts: 3,723	Seat Touch Up I have a 94 blk/blk with sport seat. As is common, entry side side bolsters we worn and cracked areas showed thru due to black finish having cracked off. I found interior leather/carpet spray manufactured by Duplicolor and tryed the product. I used satin black spray. After masking off at the seams and covering center console area w/ old sheet, I sprayed the area with multiple thin coats. Result was excellent. Color and shininess matched perfect.

08-29-2006	#2
ffvetteman Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Berlin WI Posts: 247	Re: Seat Touch Up Thanks for the info!! I may have to try that as there is a spot worn off about the size of a dime on my bolster and it bothers me.

08-29-2006	#3
We Gone Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ATL. GA. Posts: 2,170	Re: Seat Touch Up Black shoe polish applied with a Q-tip __________________ Steve 1990 Steel Blue/Black #2355 1990 Red/Red #1473 1991 Quasar /Black #118 Sold 1991 Turquoise/Black #766 Parted Out 1993 Yellow/White #179 Sold 1990 Black/Gray #1361 Headers/4:10s Sold

08-29-2006	#4
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Seat Touch Up WG...would that not just rub back on to your clothes? __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

08-31-2006	#6
Lcvette Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	Re: Seat Touch Up pictures please!!! my Collectors Edition is showing signs of wear on the drivers side bolster.. the rest of the seats are 100% perfect and spending almost 1000 bones for new leather seats isn't worth it to me.. I would like to give this a try.. is there a product that actually fills the cracks? or what do ya think an upholstery shop would charge to replace the bolster leather? thanks in advance! Chris

08-31-2006	#7
secondchance Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: McLean, VA Posts: 3,723	Re: Seat Touch Up Unless crack is so severe on the verge of split, sign of wear comes from black pigment having fallen off the crack. Touch up with super-fine brush or spray takes care of this. Not with ZR-1 but my old BMW, when crack was on the verge of split, I used clear epoxy, filled and feathered the edge best I can, then brushed on grey touch up paint. Toghest part was mixing the grey w/ other colors to match the exact color. As for replacing a part of upholstery, the best solution by far, I have no idea what the charge would be.

09-09-2006	#8
Corvette95 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 1,119	Re: Seat Touch Up If you will contact your local high line car dealer ...even upscale Chevy dealers, ask them who their mobile interior repair person is, they come around and fix their lot cars interior and if you find a good one they do a GREAT job, better than any do it yourself kit. It is money well spent, I know of what I speak. __________________ Corvette95 Registry and Forum (*************) 1989 C4 Conv Wht/Gry Auto Hardtop Top Flight SOLD 1995 C4 Coupe Purple/Blk 6 Speed 1989 C4 Conv Wht/Red Auto SOLD 1996 C4 Conv Black/Tan Auto SOLD 1994 C4 Coupe Wht/Blk SOLD 1995 C4 ZR-1 White/Gry #278 Dual Dunn Head SOLD 1986 C4 Coupe Black/Red 4+3 SOLD 1990 C4 ZR-1 Red/Red #0454