In article <sbi7n2tsklco0qh7pcjh7638ef3tbthor6 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
Peter Hill <peter.usenet1 (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote:
It's the sort of thing an upholsterer should be able to do. So try phoning
some local ones. This lot say they do most trim repairs.

http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/repair/dentsaway.asp

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In article <4e8fe6859edave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News)
says...

the top that has a kind of rubbery texture. Downside is that it
eventually starts coming off.


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Doki wrote:

Yes, so long as you haven't gone at it first with patent nostrums in a
bottle (except Connolly's, which does work). Put some synthetic crap
lacquer on there beforehand and it's a nightmare to remove before you
start real work.

Also pale leather is always a pain to work with. If something is
useful, chances are that it will also darken the hide.

As a general starter, and for cracking, then use the full-blown
Connolly kit. Yes it's expensive. Yes it's a pain having to colour
match the kit before you order it. No the cheapie bottle of
Corsa-like-new from Halfrauds isn't the same stuff.

The trick though is to start with quality leather. An XM is restorable
for years afterwards (I have a pair of armchairs from my old XM), but a
Jag of recent years is crappy leather (and many panels are vinyl too).
This becomes an issue when you have surface abrasion to deal with too.
Ideally you leave that to a specialist - it _is_ possible to sand the
surface down past the scuffs, then re-surface it with potions. However
this needs thickish leather to work with and some skill and practice
to do well. You can DIY it, but practice on old leather first.
Otherwise have a cobbler fix your seats for you.

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:01:42 -0000, Doki wrote:

If it's conolly leather it's a piece of cake to repair, it just needs a new
coat of paint. No, I'm not kidding. The stuff used to be sold by Gliptone,
the difficult bit is mixing the paint to the correct shade. The next most
difficult part is applying it without brushmarks or streaks.

I can't see anything on the Gliptone site, but here are some alternatives:

http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Lea...ZREgoddwheR Q
http://www.leatherfixuk.com/autoleat...toleather.html

Since the £ is high against the dollar, there's also this:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...atalogId=10101

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote

Is it all Conolly leather in the jags or did they fit different grades? IIRC
it's an X308.

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:32:12 GMT, Doki wrote:

AFAIK they only ever use Conolly leather, the difficult thing is they used
two different finishes, a gloss and a matte. All of the Daimlers I have had
have had used a matte finish which IMO is the better of the two, so did the
XJR. IIRC the Conolly repair kit provided a matte finish and there was an
extra coating to apply to give the gloss surface.