Leather Repair

A Question For The Ages… By Doug Snow and Kian Amirkhizi Doug Snow using a heat gun to repair a vinyl restaurant booth. Recently, on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific, while finishing my court-ordered enlistment time in the Foreign Legion, I

No Sledgehammers, Please! By Kian Amirkhizi & Doug Snow It is quite natural for men to use the sledgehammer approach to most things in life, treating every problem with overwhelming horsepower. To put this phenomenon in visual terms, think of an untrained golfer preparing to hit

Getting to Grey, Part Three of Three… By Doug Snow and Kian Amirkhizi   Sean looks down the darkened hallway, the heat from his worried face fogging his tarnished wire-rimmed bifocals. His brow furrowing as he pulls off the glasses. Hastily, he wipes

Color-Matching Principles: Part 2… By Doug Snow and Kian Amirkhizi         Getting to grey does not only refer to the inevitable process of aging. Rather, in the context of leather and vinyl repair, it’s a major game-changing concept in mixing colors. If

Founder and Owner Dean Fitzgerald Reflects on a 40-Year Career… By Ellen McKoy Over the years, thousands of independent businesses have made their mark in the automotive aftermarket. Fitzgerald’s Restoration Products is no exception.  From humble beginnings as a mobile provider of