Leather Upholstery Videos
I got an email here a while back from a gentleman by the name of Cesar Alexander Chavez Flores in Mexico a local upholstery professional asking some advice on leather restoration,what leather dyes to use and how to apply them ect. We passed emails back and forth for while on different stuff . Well a few months went by and I then got an email from another gentleman from the same area asking for advice an my training program and had found my site from a link from YouTube on some videos that Cesar had made. I guess my point here is I had no idea he had videos, and he had a link coming back here (by the way Thank You Cesar)! And I’m here to tell you, some really nice ones too.
A couple of ones caught my eye, both of which have to do with leather wrapped steering wheels. One of which is the recovering of a leather steering wheel. I have looked high and low for someone do this, and do it right. Cesar makes it look easy, and wow talk about some nice work, he is so meticulous in his work. Every stitch is perfect and with different design patterns too, which I thought was quite unique. He also shows how to use different type of materials to wrap them with like ostrich or even alligator. If your looking to for multi color or a design, he does that too.
Call me fan I guess but I love to see someone take pride in what they work and take the time to make the outcome look perfect. His user name on YouTube is CECHAFLO by the way 
The other video that caught my eye was on restitching a leather steering wheel. He does this with a small piece of leather and wraps a small pole so you can really see what how do this process from start to finish, just in a smaller scale… great stuff! Every once in a while as an upholstery repair professional I have come across a few leather steering wheels that I’ve had to restitch due to some accidental cutting of the tread that holds the leather around the wheel. It was nice to see I had had at least done it right.
Well anyways here’s one of Cesar Chavez’s videos on how to do a basic cross-stitch on a leather steering wheel. Enjoy guys and let me know what you think. And to those of you with a need for a steering wheel to be redone don’t hesitate to get a hold of Cesar, he really does do amazing work.
UPDATE:
looks like Cesar has taken the video I was going to show you on cross – stitching a leather steering wheel down for now. He contacted me yesterday through an email and said he was working on a complete series of videos for sale soon that will give you a better look at how to do these great techniques. When that happens you will be able to get those great videos right here!
Talk to ya soon,
Mike – The Interior Guy
Automotive Interior Professional
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