John, I did use n'foot as you advised previously, but the passenger seat is differently treated by the PO. The n'ft simply wouldn't go past the toplayer. I'll have to strip it with a renovator. It worked a treat on the rest though. Per
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Per Eie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Steve Prince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; jensen listen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:15 AM Subject: Re: SV: Connolly Leather > My advice would be to soften the seat with neats foot oil, until it is > really soft. Warm sun helps penetration, but don't over do it. Then use > Woolies several MONTHS after. > > The leather should be stronger after applying the neats foot too. Somthing > about long natural polymers in the oil holding the leather together. > > After neats foot, the leather gets that nice feel, and takes on a warm > used look, which you need to leave for 6 months before tarting up with > woolies. The colour of light leather may be affected by the oil... > > John > > On Thu, 2 May 2002, Per Eie wrote: > > > The passenger seat of the FF was redone by the PO in woolies (they said). Not much >to recommend it, the surface is unbelievably hard/brittle, no penetration of the >colour. Any better available? > > > > Per > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Steve Prince > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:37 PM > > Subject: Connolly Leather > > > > > > I posted a while back that Connolly Bros. were in financial difficulty. The >latest information I have is that they have just declared bankruptcy. They certainly >deserved it selling rubbish and trying to live off the reputation of decades gone >past. Whatever foreign interest takes it over will, I am sure, make some great >changes. > > > > Now there's no excuse not to buy the good stuff to trim your car. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > John Wild, FF 119/011. ****** Please note NEW FF page URL: ****** > FF home page: http://www.geocities.com/jensenff/ > New/Updated sections: Trivia, Carter Carbs, Advance curve... > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ Courtesy the Jensen-cars mailing list. Subscribe and unsubscribe info at: <http://www.british-steel.org/faq/jensen-cars.html>.
