New Leather color....Photoshop help requested

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by Boss Hoss

Gm leather sucks, but mine sucks REALLY bad. My back seat was PEELING and at this point i did not have any kids so it was only sat in a couple of times. It doesnt matter what distnace you are traveling if the leather is peeling and it is very rarely used. !

I have to agree. I've always been a GM man but the leather in my Corvettes, Yukons, Hummers have all taking a beating.

Boss, just in case you don't do the katskinz, you know you can have the leather repaired to get you a few more years, right? This goes for any of ya'll that may not be happy with your seats.

When I was looking for an SUT, I found one I liked until we took it for a test drive and I had a friend drive so I could check out the back.

I then realized that they had taken a spray can and sprayed the back seats to "renew" them.

Guess that was their way of fixing them...

I ended up buying the SUT I have now. The truck was in such perfect shape that I didn't even look at the back seats.

Once I got home, I happened to sit in the back seats and guess what? Yup, someone had attempted to dye the entire back seats. They were a much better job than the guy with the spray bomb but they were all cracked if you looked carefully.

Anyway, the point is I took laquer thinner and stripped the entire back seats and front seats.

I then called the guy that I was going to use to dye your interior parts and had him come over and dye my seats.

If they are done correctly, they are still soft and look perfect.

Obviously, replacing the leather will make them last longer but a couple of hours and a few hundred bucks will give you at least a couple of years.

The trick is to have someone that knows what they are doing and use the right materials. Everyone has seen the cars that the dealers have sold with the hard paint sprayed on the seats that end up cracking and usually dyeing your pants as you sit. Well, if it's done right, they look perfect.

Just a suggestion to anyone else that wants their seats looking better without spending a crapload of money.

Mark

[Boss Hoss]

Proctor Hummer in Tallahassee offerred to do the spray thing to my seats but is easily 2.5 hours from me and I would have to pay for a night or two in a hotel so i decided i would just do it right, ive been wanting to do this anyway.

BTW, you have some cojones for stripping down your seats with Laquer thinner! This may be an idea for me though. I can pay to have this done with my existing leather, then sell them on ebay to recoup some of the expense.

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by Boss Hoss

BTW, you have some cojones for stripping down your seats with Laquer thinner! .

Dude,

Let me tell you something... WHAT A FREAKIN' MESS...

Take a SOPPING wet rag with laquer DRIPPING laquer thinner and move it back between a bucket of fresh laquer and the seats.

I got drip marks EVERYWHERE.

In the end though, it looked perfect. Very happy with it.

Mark

[Boss Hoss]

OK so the ride has been officially pimped. I still have to get the center console finished but ill try to get some pics this weekend.

[xZach]

cant wait to see pictures!

[HummBob]

Originally Posted by xZach

cant wait to see pictures!

I Concur!!!

[Boss Hoss]

Originally Posted by HummBob

I Concur!!!

Ok ok, heres a sneak peak: