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Old 23rd March 2014, 18:36
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Well I finally cracked! I just could not wait, I had to colour the seats.

As I had not ordered any leather dye, I did a bit of experimenting on the leather seat bits I had spare.

I decided to use a spray paint made by a company called "Tetrosyl"

As I said earlier, with leather colour change, the preparation is everything.
I spent two hours preparing the seats.

I sprayed the paint into the seams first, and then worked it in with a toothbrush, The same deal for all the creases and cracks, then several thin coats over the finished surface.

I was not actually "painting" the leather, but rather using the paint as a dye and colourant.

I chose red because it contrasts so nicely with bare aluminium, it also is a colour that Jaguar used a lot with BRG cars.

I am pleased with the results,and it looks as gpod as the expensive colouring agents I have used before, except this time the can cost me £5.99 and there is enough left to do a lot more!![IMG][/IMG]

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