Frequently Asked Questions | Leather Care and Repair
Absolutely, we offer professional cleaning for leather car interiors. At The Leather Buff, we use top-quality products and techniques to deep clean your leather, removing dirt from creases, grain valleys, and pores. After cleaning, we treat your leather with a protection cream. Want to try cleaning your leather car interior yourself? Check out our guide on how to clean your leather car interior like a pro.
Yes you can - at The Leather Buff we provide a professional leather cleaning and protection treatment service for leather sofas, suits, armchairs, and car interiors. We use professional products and techniques to give your leather a deep cleaning ensuring dirt is removed from creases, the gain valleys, and the pores. Once fresh and clean we will treat your leather with protection cream.
Want to have a go at cleaning your leather sofa and armchairs like a professional? Check out our article on how to do just that, don't worry the process and technique are the same as for a leather car interior. How to clean your leather car interior - like a professional
Yes, we can repair bolsters on leather car seats. Driver's seats often suffer the most wear and tear, especially on the bolsters, ranging from scuff marks to holes, tears, and splits. Dried-out leather can also crack, leading to splitting. We have techniques and products to repair these issues. Please get in touch with us to discuss your specific bolster issue, and it would be helpful if you could email or message us with some photos.
The cost to repair a leather car seat varies based on the extent and type of damage. Here are some typical ranges: A single bolster or panel repair: £90 - £150 per seat panel. Light wear, discolouration, fading, or staining: £225 - £350 per whole seat. Significant damage like holes, cracking, or splits: £300 - £500 per whole seat. For more details or to discuss your specific leather issue, please get in touch.
Yes, cracked leather can usually be repaired to a satisfactory standard. Often, the cracking is just in the surface layers of the protective lacquer and pigment, which is repairable. In more advanced cases, the cracking may have reached the leather fibers and caused splits. It's best to address cracking early, but even advanced cases can be treated. Our multi-stage process tackles both the cause (often dryness from sun or heat exposure) and the damage itself, restoring strength, flexibility, and a fresh color-matched finish to your leather.
Holes up to approx. 5cm or 2" across can often be successfully repaired and be barely visible after. Larger holes can be repaired but will often result in a more visible repair. Our process will secure the damage to prevent further splitting; provide a foundation; build up the surface to match the surrounding leather; copy or replicate the grain where possible; blend and colour match to the surrounding leather.