Need help with these leather seats

Jazee said:
I've got Honda (Acura) leather seats in a grey taupe (2010 with 39k miles). Interior is immaculate except driver seat (getting most of the use) has some of the color coming off in places on the outside bolsters (this is the first place you see wear in most any car.) The Honda leather finish is sort of an eggshell, not glossy. I was going to try to match the color and rub it on the side of the bolster where you don't sit as a trial. Whether I do that or not, can someone recommend a product to help protect the color abrating further that isn't going to leave a glossy finish? I'm guessing this leather isn't "coated" due to the matte finish?
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It's coated. Obviously they don't make gray cows, but I have three Acuras in my garage, one with the taupe leather so I know what you are talking about. If there is color transfer then the coating is breaking down. You would need to do a leather dye.

Meguiars has a leather sealer. In terms of dyeing the leather, your side bolsters are vinyl. Acura uses very little actual leather in their cars. Just about the only things I know are leather are the center panels on the seat, shifter knob, and steering wheel. I do not know, however, if the process would be different for vinyl vs leather.
 
Actually now that I've looked closer now that we've finally got some sun in Seattle today, what appears to be the case is I'm guessing the leather got stained and someone applied a dye and didn't match the color very well. The taupe on this model is closer to a beige than a grey but it's not the parchment color. Looks like a grey was applied without tinting it to match the stock color as I can see the beige peaking through in a few areas the grey is starting to wear off.

So I guess it needs to be re-dyed with a better matching tint essentially killing two birds with one stone (the wear and the color mismatch)

What I'm going to need to do now is try to find the best dye that the finish will match stock having that almost matte finish and not glossy. I figure I can test on the side of the seat for color match, durability, etc before I do the bottom. It looks like the stain or whatever they were trying to cover up was on the bottom as they essentially faded the color in about halfway up the back of the seat so if you are looking at the top half of the seat it is still the stock color.

Kind of a little p
eaved the joker who did this wasn't smart enough to tint the color properly but these days it's rare to find people that take pride in their work and do a 100% job.

I guess another option is to take it to a leather repair/upholstry shop but if applying the dye is simply rubbing it on with a cloth and I match the colors right, then doesn't sound like rocket science. I think the key is going to be properly cleaning the seat so the dye adheres well and getting a high quality dye/coating.
 
conman1395 said:
It's coated. Obviously they don't make gray cows
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That's pretty funny. I was unclear if some leather is just dyed where as other leather is dyed and then some sort of clear protective coating applied - hence 'coated' I've seen other threads where people were saying some of the leather products weren't effective on 'coated' leather because it won't absorb the conditioner or what not.

I've yet to see a "natural" cowhide leather interior (lol) so by your definition, pretty much all leather is 'coated.' It seems there may be a difference in semantics compared to other threads using this 'coated' terminology as I suspect maybe they are meaning is it 'sealed' or something like that. I'm obviously no leather expert.
 
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