Hey guys, I've got stains on my leather driver's seat from wearing a black leather jacket outside in the rain and then sitting in the seat driving. The black dye must have leaked off onto the seat and I can't get it off. Anyone have any tricks on how to get this cleaned up?

i don't know, but i guess i won't be wearing my leather jacket in my car after the rain anymore.

The problem you have, is the stain from the coat is the exact same type of thing used to color the seats. So its going to be very hard to get the black stain off without removing the coloring as well.

Have you tried any leather cleaner yet? If not I have some in the garage Jim that we can probly know it out with.

Kevin

Thanks, yeah we tried some leather cleaner it did nothing. My thoughts were the same as yours campin, the leather cleaner is probably basically cleaning the coloring that wore off on it too. I'm worried to use anything more abrasive might remove the seat color along with the stain. hmm

The only thing I can think of, which is sort of last ditch effort, is to go ahead and use something strong to remove the stain, and then use a leather dye to try and fill in the spot, and match it as close as possible

well my only hold up on that is that it's not a "spot" per se, it's basically the entire back of the seat.

No offense, but I'd get a new leather coat. I wore a reasonably inexpensive leather coat for years on leather seats, and I've never had this happen.

If the entire seat back is ruined, I might just give up and buy a new set of upholstery from hawks or some place like that. you can get just the cover, so that you don't have to replace the foam or the frame or anything.

A solution that should work for removing die stains is isopropyl alcohol. This product removes ink stains from leather and may be worth a shot on the die. You can get it at most pharmacies. Put some on a clean rag then dampen the area of the leather. Let it soak in for 10 to 15 minutes (apply more if it starts to evaporate). Then gently rub and lift off the stain. It should come right out, or at least improve a lot.
Later when done, treat the are with leather conditioner to replace the leather's natural oils and your done.

Some say hair spray works too, but I'd caution that approach. The active cleaning ingrediant in hair spray is isopropyl alcohol anyway and you don't want all the other possible damaging chemicals.

Good luck.

Not to sound like a smart ***, but how about rain water?

Great idea, thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try and let ya all know how it works.