by barry | Jan 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the biggest challenges with classic and vintage cars is keeping the natural charm and character that develops through the ageing process. To put a new interior into an old car can look out of place and may actually ruin the appeal of the vehicle. When we are...
by barry | Jan 8, 2015 | sofa restoration, Uncategorized
We’ve had a couple of these very elegant sofas in recently… They are extremely well built, and really look the part, but both of the examples we’ve had have been very faded by the sun and general wear and tear. The restoration process for these was...
by barry | Dec 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here at The Leather Surgeons we restore and repair the interiors of all manner of cars… Our customers have asked us to help with vehicles ranging from a 1929 Bentley or a 1935 Morris 10 right up to a Ferrari 599 GTO or the latest Range Rover. Every vehicle is...
by barry | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
We had never seen one of these in the flesh until a couple of weeks ago, and now we have been asked to restore 3 of them! This one just needed a bit of tlc to the cushions and straps… The next two are tan in colour and require repairs, new latex foam cushions...
by barry | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
This sofa has been sitting in a conservatory… Aniline leather is unsealed, and thus unprotected from UV damage, it fades extremely quickly in sunlight. Re-colouring it is notoriously difficult to get right as the leather was originally dyed in trays rather than...
