[Mike Halliday]

did a seat repair today, I was'nt looking forward to it because it was on a DIY  repair done by the customer. it looked ok but when you ran you hand across the repair it was badly rippled.

they just wouldn't pay to have it done right, so I did my best, but it looked crap

the ripples were so bad that sanding it down removed the grain-pattern. I should have walked away from  it, but he was happy to have it just looking better.

I think I'll get a bit more training on repairs before I do another.

[Mike Halliday]

PS; they pay a fortune for a car like this, then scrimp on doing a job right :

[Ryan Smyth]

that repair looks spot on Mike

Ryan

[daysdeepclean]

Impressive Mike, can't believe they tried to fix it themselves, tight buggers!

[LTT Leathercare]

Mike considering the damage had been repaired so badly in the first place the work you have done looks great.  

Sanding will always remove the grain pattern which is why it is best avoided if at all possible.

[Mike Halliday]

thanks Ryan but it's not, the grain pattern has gone and the repair is still slightly visible I had to remove the grain further down so it looked worn, with the surrounding grain intact the repair stood out a mile.

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[Mike Halliday]

A funny thing about it was it actually looked better before i started spraying the last coat of pigment, I did a first coat with a cloth & roller it looked slightly mottled and matched better.

[derek west]

i hope you told them, "if they had come to you first instead of a botch up, you'd of got it better than that"
derek

[LTT Leathercare]

Mike this is sometimes the case and often over application of product causes a real problem.  If it looks good after the hand wiped coat then spraying is often not required.  This is the beauty of a system applied by hand. Spraying product applies too much and often caused adhesion problems.

Always stop if you feel that it looks good!!!!