Corvette is a Trash

I have a c3 vette dash I want to replace the stitches only.. not rewrap. I use a punch tool and it looks good but is easy to pull out.

What is the brand of soldering iron you’re using with the iron attachment?

Wow! Great video. Ill be trying this on my seat tear this weekend

Left over COVID 19 Hand Gel is about 70% Ethanol and does a great job.

My weiman table is perfect but leather is scratched any suggestions Do you havr a shop

Great workmanship, amazing result.

Great Job!!! looks as good as new!!

Excellent. Soothing background music. I'm betting you composed that, or arranged a tune or parts of another one. Talent in different spectrums!

Where are you located ? I want to bring my car to you

I have the same issue with my door panel. Can you fix it if I bring my door panels to you ?

Where can I get the sponge for steering wheel renewal?

I've looked thru all of your videos and searched many others... however, I haven't been able to find a repair similar to my need. I love how you did a perforated leather car seat repair. You made temporary stitches and pulled the leather edges closed. I'm not sure this is possible with my dilemma. Do you have any videos or suggestions?

45K car and they couldn’t add an extra step to keep this from happening 🤦🏽‍♂️ like you said sir not too difficult surprisingly dodge would dare to say add the staple package for 2.5 k more

The paint should be UV resistant?

Do you use a different spray gun for every step, for example, primer, color and topcoat?

Nice. Nitro cellulose is my jam -I didn’t realize that’s what was on all these antique leather pieces

What size of staples did you use ??? I need to do this to mine on both doors and center console too. And my driver door arm rest 😭😭

Thank you a lot!

Should we do painting by heat necessarily, if we going to apply paint on top?

Thanks for sharing, now I know how to fix those pesky Lexus dashes, just cover them in Ozite carpet, well there they fixed it! I don't think I could do that but it is "something".

Thank you, this is what I've been looking for. You do great work.

Such a gem of a channel. The best regarding repairs, car interior repairs, plastics etc.

Every time that door swung open, I would cringe, thinking it would whack that truck. Great video sir!

That is so amazing. I just ordered a Ford leather repair kit. I believe I will be able to use your approach, especially using thread, to get a nice repair. Thanks. great video.

Great video, well done. This door panel is one of the worst designs I've ever seen, the inner one is even worse to remove when you have to replace the lock actuator. the inner panel clips to the window!!... horrible design.

Is the door panel separation a problem for the 2020 and beyond models?

Thank you for this video. I have turned down several leather table top jobs over the years and ended up taking one recently. I was stressed about using contact cement and having little to no margin for error or time. Using Bondo instead of wood filler is a very helpful suggestion and wall paper paste is a real game changer!

You're a genius

Well, that's one way to color match a small repair, respray the whole panel, no doubt it looks nice. Good for trying to sell the car? Because I bet it doesn't look that nice after a year or two of sun, heat & cold cycles.

Excellent work. Thank you for sharing this!

Absolutely excellent. Thank you so much you’re the man.

You are my hero. I was so freaked out. My daughter put two straight line gashes in my brand new Sportage leather perforated drivers seat. My heart can rest easy now that I know it can be repaired. From 😢 to 😊. Thank you!!!

That first WTF console image you showed and said you'd never seen one like that is exactly what our 2015 Charger looks like now. Other than that, the interior is pristine. That car doesn't look 9 years old. 😅

What is the little iron called?

Can you provide where you are located. I am in need of your services

Such a shame that the stitching doesn't tuck in.

Fantastic information Rick! This is the type of knowledge that furthers our industry. We cannot express enough how much we appreciate your tutelage and wisdom. From all of us at MARS Nation....Thank you!

Gracias

I've got a '23 charger. Looks like this has been an issue since around '14. Does anyone know if they addressed this issue in the newer models? If not I guess I'll be buying an pneumatic stapler in a few years. This was a good video. Thanks for posting!

I think that people must interesting how to identify real leather and eco/vegan one

Rick that was a very good explanation of some of the various issues that we are running into more and more these days. I recently did a repair on a Mercedes outer bottom bolster, like your sofa, the more I worked with it the worse it got. I finally got to a point where I felt I had done all I could do. Sadly I had informed the customer on the front end that the seat cover needed to have at least that section replaced, but he just wanted a "cheap" fix. So I gave him what he wanted, and with NO warranty! I've seen and replaced seats and other trim that must have been PU not PVC, in those cases the material was just disintegrating. in RVs and airplanes too. And it really is a shame to see that type material used in expensive vehicles and airplanes. I figured that the typical delamination was caused by exposure to sweat body oil etc but the fact that just body heat can cause that make sense too. I can''t tell you how many times we have had customers come in to get their leather seats or trim repaired / recovered, and they get very upset when I let them know that the parts that are bad are not leather. Many years ago Nissan was sued because the window sticker said "leather seats" when in fact the seats were made leather seating surface and vinyl trim. As I recall the outcome was that Nissan offered the affected customers $2000 off the purchase of a new vehicle, so that was not much of a win there for the consumer. Despite knowing how the materials are made some techs are still doing repairs on delaminated interior parts. Yes in some cases a repair tech can make it "better", I see some videos online frequently where they are very proud of that type repair. But we know that in the long run those repairs will NOT hold up. But that's another story of the mindset of making fast money vs doing quality work. I'm looking forward to seeing more about this in future videos, as always thank you so much for all that you do in sharing this information!

I wish I knew where to get this, my normal suppliers don’t seem to have it.

I have been an interior repair technician running my own business for 16 years now in New york State in the Central New York Erea (Hollywood interior repair) and for the first time it's been a struggle trying apologize and to explain to customers on how there seats were made and manufactured I'll refer them to this video! Thanks Rick for all the years of knowledge and inside tips on everything and anything a repair technician may come across! I have become 10x better at what I do for a living watching and applying these techniques!! Thank you!!

Thanks for another great video, Rick. I was told by a supplier at MTE once that a similar law was passed in Germany several years ago, in particular with reference to "vegan leather". He explained that one manufacturer was using pineapple fibers as a base for the material, which was causing premature breakdown. I naively assumed there was already a similar law in the states to protect consumers here. (It's been decades since I've bought a new vehicle with any form of leather or leather look alike material). Shamefully, it's obvious from your research that manufacturers are intentionally keeping people in the dark. It's not easy sometimes being the person that has to inform a customer that what they thought to be leather is, in fact, synthetic. I've had at least two people in the short amount of time that I've been doing this work that were completely unable to accept that fact. It seems like the newer the vehicle is, the more likely it is to have PU. By the way, knowing that you also become frustrated and dissatisfied with the results of a repair and reach a point that you just have to call it done is somehow comforting.

Here's a link to the referenced article: www.leathermag.com/analysis/material-clarity-for-vehicle-interiors/

95% of all my work is RV interiors. These materials are so bad and I feel horrible for the customers. I fix this peeling furniture all the time, but I let everyone know that there is no warranty and it will continue to peel in the future. I have post a bunch of videos of all the peeling furniture I have done on these.

Rick I’ve tried to call but your listed number is disconnected. You don’t give a way for customers to call or email in your videos. Are you no longer for hire?

Dodge is a pos. I have a Charger. Poor workmanship!