Get some dye fropm Leatherique or Hirsch Auto in NJ. On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:30 PM MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> From a long time ago, Dye will soak into the > leather because it has a lot of light > volatiles to carry the color into the leather > but shoe polish has a lot of wax that holds > the color on top where with little > penetration into the leather it will come off > on your clothes. > > Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > > The SL600 has a bit of wear on the driver bolster where you slide in and > > out, getting kinda white. I was thinking that some liquid black shoe > > polish might touch it up. > > > > The vinyl door top part where you rest your arm is also a bit worn, was > > thinking that the shoe polish would probably work on that too. > > > > I looked up leather dye, not sure how it would be radically different > > from the shoe polish. Plus a small bottle is $7 and I have some of the > > shoe polish I think. The shoe stuff probably would not be a "perfect" > > match but it would probably not be particularly noticeable. I guess I > > could try a dab with a swab to see how it works and looks. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
