[Healeys] Healey 3000 Leatherette/Naugahyde cleaning and restoring

[HealeyRick]

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On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 11:02 AM Jonathan Einhorn <einhornlawoffice at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Many may not realize that Naugahyde comes from Naugatuck, Connecticut. If
> you need to replace it, apparently there are still several bands of
> free-ranging Naugys running throughout Naugatuck. If you are able to catch
> one (they are fast), you might be able to fashion new Naugahyde seat
> covers. While Naugys reportedly come in different colors, some say that
> those variations are due to the latest pollution in the Naugatuck River
> (another reason for the demise of the former home of Peter & Paul Mounds).
>
> jon
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 10:49 AM <rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After working on the mechanical items of my BJ8 I turned my attention to
>> the upholstery.  It is in excellent condition with no tears or scratches,
>> only a little tired, especially the dashboard.  As I have a bottle of
>> angelus leather dye in Jet black for real leather, I put a layer on the
>> dashboard, and it soaked in quite nicely.  After drying over night with a
>> soft terry cloth clean rag I hand rubbed and buffed the surface to a nice
>> shine.  Now if it was real leather, a further layer of black carnauba shoe
>> polish would be applied.  So, I used Esquire rubbing it in to the surface
>> as I would for leather shoes, let dry and rubbed the surface to a nice
>> shine.
>>
>>
>>
>> At the same time, I removed the arm rest from the right-hand door because
>> the Naugahyde had peeled off the frame.  After cleaning off all the hot
>> glue residue and using my handy Craftsman hot glue gun with bonding glue
>> and large binder paper clips to hold the fabric in place after applying the
>> glue the repair was ready for a polishing.  However, I thought I would look
>> up how to restore Naugahyde and was advised to use Mequiar’s natural shine
>> protectant which I will apply to the dashboard also when it comes from
>> Amazon.
>>
>>
>>
>> Meanwhile, what do you members of this group recommend for the treating
>> the leatherette/Naugahyde on our Healey’s for cleaning and restoration.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Begani
>>
>> 67 BJ8
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