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Hi all,

Just after some advise, I’ve notice a very small ‘nik’ on my dashboard leather, nothing serious but as the leather is ‘Buscuit In colour’ the nik has broken the surface, leaving a small black are underneath.

If I carefully scrape the leather the black mark is less visible, but still noticeable.

Has anyone successfully used a leather restoring balm or know of any product that is better suited?

Many thanks

Welcome papa.

It might be easier if you provided a couple of photo's ?

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I do not know where you are based but a few people have used some leather specialists who might be able to guide you easily.

PeterJ found a good one in the Hampshire - TrimLizzie. https://www.facebook.com/people/Trim-Lizzie/100063439974639/

Leather can be worked well, but needs practice. If the nick has left a hollow, you can use leather filler, and then recolour the area, and apply a varnish, which must be mixed to get the right balance of shine or silk finish.

If this is in a high vis area, you could make it worse. I've done this three times successfully, but on black leather. The first was a badly worn patch on the seat backrest, which recoloured and varnished invisibly. The second was a sticky patch on the inner sill cover. In the end I had to sand this down using white spirit, and fine emery paper, then recolour & varnish to match. The third was more serious where a damaged rivet on my jeans put a sawtooth groove in the seat backrest. That took filler, sanding recolour and varnish to get right. Black is very forgiving. Colours not so easy.

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/leather-care-products/leather-repair

I’ve used Furniture Clinic products. Very good. They have videos of how to do repairs and their kits are good too. I sent a sample of leather to them for a colour match.
The process is basically similar to repairing paint defects on bodywork.
They can supply an airbrush as a part of a kit for minor repairs. Don’t forget the final sealer coat that protects the colour coat. It extends the life.
Think a bit about the finish though. Is your leather matt/satin/gloss? The final sealer comes in choices of each. Test on a less visible area.

As Sospan says, beat me to it.

Furniture Clinic’s products are superb.

Send them a sample,(maybe a piece from under the seat) and they’ll match it to perfection

Thanks all so much for the helpful advise, if my fat fingers have managed to complete the above, there should be an image appear of the dash.

It’s quite pathetic really… honestly the photo doesn’t do the mark any justice! Especially if caught in the right light, this is the best I’ve seen it! Using Timberlands Leather cleaner yesterday has definitely reduced some of the black, although if I lightly scrape my nail across the surface, it opens up again and looks like a small cut in the leather 🙄

As mentioned, it’s noting horrendous, just annoying and once you see it, you can’t un-see it and drawn to it every time. I guess as the rest of the dash is perfect, it stands out more.

Try teasing the fold on the right with a fine needle. It looks to me like it could be improved just by some close work.

Then try a massage with conditioner. In that position, anything else is likely to look worse, although a leather expert might be able to improve it.

In 1978 I inflicted a similar small damage to the driver's side (it was LHD) of the TVR I had recently bought new. I had only had the car a week when I inadvertently sat in the driver's leather seat with a small screwdriver in the back pocket of my jeans....that was a painful lesson, and although I followed the car through various subsequent owners, the one thing that always jumped out at me was that stupid gouge. So I say live with it and DON'T make it worse !

Thanks again all… I’m not sure how I’d of felt about the screwdriver incident ‘Lordoftherings’ 😬.

it’s strange how when I came back into the garage last night, it appears to have changed again to a darker and more noticeable mark!

I’m sure time in time, I will just forget about it… although for now a real annoyance and the first thing I notice when getting in the car 🙄

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