Ripped (punctured) leather solutions

[candymanfb]

I have a small rip (puncture) in my rear seat leather. I drove for lunch today and a female co-worker was seated in the back .... but when I placed my laptop bag on the seat after work I saw a puncture - I believe it's from her fingernail. It the size of a dime. What can be done now?

[M4503transporter]

Something similar to your situation happened to me a while back. In the front seat there was a rip about 1 cm in between the leather perforations. It happened because the leather was a cracked at that spot. I just wanted a quick solution to this problem so it wouldn't rip more, so i used crazy glue/super glue and that seemed to fix the problem permanently. The repair was basically unnoticeable to to they eye unless you were staring at it about 6 inches away. I think using crazy glue in my situation was the right thing to do. i know i could have bought a leather patch kit but since the leather is perforated i believe the results wouldn't be as great.

Is the rip in the perforated area of the seat or the non perforated area?
Modified by M4503transporter at 12:39 AM 5/3/2008

[candymanfb]

Thanks M4503transporterI've googled solutions and that tip was one of them. The puncture is in the the perforated area. This one is somewhat noticeable since it appears to be a depression tear ( I think it happened as she was get in or out of the car).I don't want to use any of those leather repair kits I saw online myself. I think I'm going to take it to one of the better leather upholstery shops in my area.It sucks since I've had the car for about 3 weeks now. Now I know why many people are particular about their cars with passengers.... stupid things like this can waste time and money. Femi