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How to Repair Torn Leather
Repairing a leather tear can be a little time consuming, but it shouldn’t be excessively difficult if the damage is relatively small. To fix a leather tear, get a leather repair kit with a color compound that matches the color of your leather. To use the kit, slide the special fabric patch under the tear, glue it in place, and fill in the gap with the leather filling solution. This
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How to Get Bad Smells out of Leather
Leather is a material made of tanned animal hide. It is used to make jackets, furniture, shoes, purses, belts and many other products. Although leather is a very durable material, it is more difficult to clean than natural or synthetic fibers. Leather grain can soak up strong smells, such as smoke, food odor, sweat, perfume, mildew or the “new leather smell” from the tanning process.
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How to Restore Suede
Suede is a type of beautiful, soft leather that's often used to make things like shoes, furniture, or clothing items. If you have a suede item that needs a little fixing up, a suede cleaning brush is a great tool to get rid of most dirt. There are other tools you can use to restore your suede, like a suede eraser or cornstarch. After just a few minutes of cleaning, your suede will look
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How to Identify Genuine Leather
Objects made of leather are a class apart from any synthetic fiber due to their natural, rich and elegant finish. Today, many similar looking synthetic materials are available in the market sold at a much cheaper price. There are also products that are made only in part with pure leather but are branded as ‘genuine leather’ or ‘made with genuine leather’. These are ambiguous terms used
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How to Case Leather
Casing leather softens it to make it more pliable and easier to handle when you’re tooling it or adding designs. Mixing an actual casing solution, rather than just wetting the leather with water, ensures that your designs are dark and precise. Casing your leather properly gives your leather the right moisture content and prevents it from stretching. Casing your leather can help your
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21-04-2021, 01:00
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How to Make Leather
Leather is a material made from the skin of an animal using tanning or other similar processes. Leather is not susceptible to bacteria and decay because of the altering of the protein structure in the skin. The process of making leather dates back to ancient civilizations and has evolved into a streamlined process.
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21-03-2021, 05:40
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How to Bark Tan
Bark tanning is the ancient process of creating a durable, water repellent leather by tanning animal hide with the bark from trees. The process takes several months to complete but will result in a finished leather that you can use to create attire, clothing accessories, saddles, wallets, and other leather items. If you create the bark liquor or solution with the right ingredients,
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10-03-2021, 03:50
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How to Stretch Leather
Leather is a material that will naturally stretch over time, but sometimes you want to quicken that process. Whether you want to stretch out your leather shoes, jacket, or accessory, there are several strategies you can follow. There are many ways you can stretch leather, from using a hairdryer to heat up the leather to applying alcohol to areas you'd like to stretch out. You can even
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15-02-2021, 17:30
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How to Cut Suede
Suede is basically a thin, slightly stretchy leather that is easy to cut once you get the hang of it! Like any other type of leather, use a rotary cutter, leather scissors, or a box cutter/utility knife, depending on the type of cut you want to make. Once you've mastered the basic techniques with these tools, work on making more precise cuts with advanced techniques; for instance, you
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21-01-2021, 15:20
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How to Repair Cracked Leather
Cracks often happen when leather dries out or is exposed to sunlight. The fibers in the leather abrade one another. Although the damage is permanent, many cracks are easy to hide by rehydrating the leather with a good conditioner. Deeper cracks need to be filled in or treated with a dye to blend them into the leather’s coloring. With proper treatment, you can revitalize a precious piece