[TR] question about renovating leather seats

[Andrew Mace]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave1massey at cs.com


Go to the experts.  Look for a tack shop or saddle maker and consult with 
them.  In a pinch a local Farm and Fleet or Tractor Supply outlet may have 
something that will work.  Skip the leather care products at the Auto 
Schlepper.  They're bupkis.

==AM==
I couldn't agree more. Any good tack shop or similar that caters to the riding set (be it Western, English,
hunt, dressage, whatever) will have the products that work. Last I knew, Lexol products were still among the
very best, that advice coming from a well-respected tack shop who advised me to use same on leather strapping
for a church tower chime set -- but I digress). Whatever you use, don't expect instant and amazing results; if
it took 40+ years to get where it is, it ain't gonna get back to new -- period -- and it will take some effort
to get it back at all. But it's amazing how well one can bring back leather seating with work and patience.

--Andy Mace

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