The other day I was asked to re-connollise a leather seat on an expensive motor (it only costs £77,000). Easy, I thought, till I saw the seat. It had different colour stitching around all seams. And there were a lot!

I looked at the seat for a while and had an idea how I could mask the stitches.

I will continue the tradition of this forum and will post what I've done later

What do you do to mask different colour stitching when you re-colour a leather seat?

Ruth

Hey Ruth,

Good question...I use colored pencils when I come across stitching that is a different color than the dye.

I'm just guessing......narrow flexible pinstriping tape? Would imagine that you don't want to press the edges down completely so that you don't get a hard edge, but more of a feathered one when spraying.

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Ruth

Wire, wired coat hanger, tin foil, dry strand of spaghetti noodle

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Hey...the spaghetti noodle is not a bad idea

How about a piece of twine or rope just slighty wider than the thread. Use push pins to hold string in place, the holes are already there at the seam.

Spaghetti noodle - very funny - probably best cooked and held into place by ColorTech's pins.

Furniture Repair Newbie nearly got it. I used fine line masking tape. I remembered that I had it in my van somewhere. So the search began. I found it burried under a few bits and pieces. It was rather dried out after being in the van for four years but after unrolling a meter or so it was sticky enough to stick to the stitching.

I was worried about a hard edge but it seemed fine. I had oversprayed the stitching in one tiny little bit and I used a coloured pencil to re-colour the stitching. Though the pencil was a bit too thick and left a little mark on the leather. It's probably best to sharpen the pencil before trying to do this

Cheers,

Ruth

Try using silicone to cover the threads. Use a very small opening on the tip of a squeeze tube. Dispense just enough to cover threads running a continuous bead. Let dry, then color area as desired. After completion, you can pull the silicone string off leaving the contrasting thread untouched.

If the squeeze tube technique doesn't work too well, then maybe putting the silicone in a dispensing syringe may be a better way to apply a very fine and accurate bead. The syringes can be found at Lee Valley stores or at woodworking supply vendors. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx ... ,110,42967