2006 Passat - Water and Sun Dried Damaged Leather Seats
Hi,
I have a 2006 Passat, with leather seats.
Yes, we left sunroof open, rained, and seats had a puddle of water on them.
I dried them off, and did a big mistake.
I sun dried them.
Now instead of leather I have a shrunken cardboard seat.
Do you have any solution for this?
I was able to obtain the same sets from a salvage yard, but these also must have gotten wet, and dried wrong.
I took some pictures of three different seats.
2 of which are in the car, and the other one is the one I bought in a salvage yard.
To each set of pictures I will explain what happened to get them that way.
If you could tell me which product I should use for what and if any remedy exists in your opinion would be greatly appreciated.
Pictures 1962 & 1963:
This happened using a foam cleaner, I think the foam somehow got in the stitches underneath, and just hardened that part of the leather.
Picture 1965:
Not really sure what happened there, if it was only water, or if it also happened when cleaning the seats with that prior cleaner I used on pics 62&63
Picture 1965:
Is that backrest of the seat that got water soaked, and then dried quickly in sun. Probably did not have direct sunrays shining at it.
Picture 1966 & 1967:
This is the bottom seat, which got soaked. I dried it up with a rag, and put in direct sun light to dry. It got rock hard, do I took it off the seat, and soaked it in water and neatsfoot oil, then I tried to stretch it and let dry in shade. It did loosen it up some, but not much.
Picture 1968:
This is my rear seat, and suddenly this spot appeared, and it seems to have grown. The dark area is hard. I have no idea what that could be.
OK, The following pictures are from the seat I bought at a salvage yard.
Pictures 1969 – 1970
When I was sent pictures of these seats they looked in perfect condition, but when I received the seats they looked like this. They told me initial pictures were taken 6 months ago. I suspect these seats got wet.
Do you also have a dye, I could use to fix the seat in picture 1969?
Any possible help?
Thank you, Nicolas
