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Hi I have a leather issue with a 2009 Toyota Rav4 Limited that I hope you can help me out with. The leather wasn't trashed by any means, but it did have some areas where various dye transfers were very difficult to remove. I used various common leather cleaning products to start with... Meguiar's, Mother's, and Lexol which did very little to nothing with the dye transfer. So I bumped it up with a steamer which helped, but to my surprise still wasn't dong the job to my satisfaction. I then used some Meguiar's APC Plus at 10:1 with my trusty Swissvax brush (http://www.swissvax.us/product/SE1043590.html *Link supplied only for materials reference in case someone thinks this thing is not good to use) and this was working and I incorporated the steam along with the APC Plus and I had 1 area that got funny on me. I don't know if it was the steam or APC or a combo of both or if this area was "stressed" and reacted poorly to this, but I have an issue. There is some discolored spots in one section. The leather dye or the leather itself came off? Keep in mind the APC was applied uniformly. I say this area may have been stressed because one little tiny area that clearly was worn down (scuffed) had the same reaction and discolored/spotted. What can I do to correct this? Is there a dye or some other method I could use to get this back to normal and match? Can a replacement section be purchased from the factory and sewn in? What would a leather pro charge to do this as this is not something I have ever done and I may seek out someone else to do it. The area looks worse and appears to be a much larger area in the pictures... in person it's not such a large area. Thank you for the help.
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