New leather project
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:14 pm
I thought I would share my latest project using leather with everyone. After redoing my personal truck interior last winter I decided I wanted to upgrade the seat to leather but didn’t want to have to redo the entire interior so it would all match. I got samples from several different suppliers and finally found one that was close in color and texture from leatherhidestore.com. They weren’t really my first choice, but they had a hide that would work for $300. The other that was close in color was from Moore & Giles but they were $600 per hide. So I thought I’d give the cheaper one a try being that it’s for my person truck, If it ends up not being a great product at least I’ll be the one testing it. So far it seems like nice stuff tho. Most of the hide was usable with no weird spots. Definitely takes a little more planning where you will cut from compared to just using vinyl off a roll. But overall I’m happy with it. Normally when I put a vinyl cover on the seat I steam the back and front side to soften it up and then steam it again after it’s on to make it all look nice. But with the leather I never even had to hit it with steam or a heat gun, just handles much nicer and is very nice to the touch. I’m really starting to prefer leather.
