Stained/Faded Leather

[gutMD]

Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this.

Small spot on console leather, size of nickel where leather seems to have been damaged and is stained or faded. I wonder if this is bird dropping damage or some sort of spill. Is much more evident after leather is conditioned and slowly fades, not completely, with time.

Is there a color code for crema leather and/or a color matched dye that I could try?

[zilver8]

You might want to give this site a try. I use them whenever I have a detailing question...

http://www.autopia.org/forum/

the "car detailing" forum is probably the best place to ask your question.

[macfly]

I'd guess a bird too, let us know if you find a suitable solution. As a new Crema owner I'd be very keen to know. Norcal has kept his Crema interior looking prefect for many years, so he might have a suggestion on good stuff for it.

[Juergen Wunderlich]

This is the best contact I know for leather care. I tried their products several times and can highly recommend them. It is possible to get all the interiour colours of the Z8.

http://www.lederzentrum.de/international.html

[Norcal]

Good luck with that, and please do keep us posted. While mine has escaped major stains, the minor stuff, of which I have many, is chalked up to "Patina". My mats have taken the biggest beating, but those are easy to replace.

[Scott Pettit]

It looks like the painted area has the same discoloration.

Nes Pa?

Scott

[zilver8]

have you looked at ...

http://www.leatherique.com/products.htm

They have a cleaner. Perhaps a "magic eraser"... but careful with those... try somewhere else first.

[gutMD]

Thanks to all for the input.

The painted console is absolutely perfect. What you are seeing is simply a light reflection.

The car is going in to my local dealer on thursday for new headlights courtesy of Bill Stuart and I am having their "Leather Guy" look at it. He is going to call me with his thoughts before doing anything.

Details to follow.

[gutMD]

The car went in and final result below.

The leather was not only discolored but it felt a bit rough to the touch as if it were pitted.

A bit of leather sanding to smooth out the roughened surface and color matched dying and problem solved.

Very relieved it all worked out.

[Norcal]

Thanks for the post. Looks like great results. With a crema interior myself, I'm happy to see they can fix some problems.

[gutMD]

He did a great job. One that I did not want to experiment with myself on this particular car.