You get perforated leather, so it should be leather. If you are unsure, try heating a small section that’s not visible to the eye, underneath the backseat or somewhere
@@CCDVIDEO well…I know the side pieces are leather but for some reason i suspect the oerf stuff is vinyl? Or did they make perforated leather??? I guess so. (2006 seats)
Excellent advice, just swapped my half leather interior on my Mercedes E Class for full black leather and this process has got rid of the dents in the seats 👍🏻 thanks.
I actually did this last year when I put full Alcantara headliner on my audi, and my mom wanted to save some space in the garage and put the back seats on top of each other and it left some crazy dents on the leather, but managed to get them out, barely can see them, and only because I know where they were
Great video, man. Elbow grease and patience goes a long way. Do you think that would on the car dashboard as well? I made the mistake of putting a suction cup phone holder on my car and now there’s some perma-indents on it.
Thank you bud 🙌🏻 To be honest, I have never tried this method on a dashboard before. Best advise I can give you is to try it on a small inconspicuous spot, maybe at the bottom of the dash to test it out
Be careful with the dash. It’s just a thin layer of vinyl ,and sometimes leather on very high end vehicles, over a hard foam. What happens on the dash, is that foam gets crushed. Which is different from what happens to the leather on the seats, where it gets stretched. Applying heat to a dash could cause it to bubble up instead. While with leather, being an organic material, when you apply heat, it actually shrinks it up. So, like he said in the video don heat up one spot for too long. Best way to do what he did there is to use a steamer, or apply some water on the leather while you use the heat gun. Also, this method doesn’t work on vinyl (vegan leather), since it will stretch out even more. I know it’s a year late, but someone else might want to know this as well.
@@hadyrome5574 Hey! Definitely didn’t expect anyone else to comment on this haha but that’s great information. I couldn’t get the indent to come out because after trial and error I found out that the leather on my dashboard is on top of foam. I didn’t apply too much heat so I didn’t cause further damage. I would stay away from this method on newer cars. I ended up just covering the entire dashboard with a dashmat and have been content with that alternative.
I tried it , with "heat gun" and it's somewhat better. The dent was from a child's car seat, which was very nearly a hole, so it's still visible a little. Any more tips? Thanks again John Turner
@@johnturner6651 the leather will always have imperfections after something like this. You’ll only be able to improve it, depending on the depth of the damage. But it’ll never be a 100% again unless you recover with new leather