|
Posted by Joy Hardie on November 14, 2005, 6:44 am
wrote:
>With something as wearable as a jacket you might want to forgo using
>the liquid. Garment leather and furniture leather are 2 different
>types, different thicknesses, different dying techniques and different
>tanning processes. A decent shoe repair place is probably your best
>bet. >
WOW. I would have never thought of a shoe repair place...but now that
you mention it , it makes sense! Thanks.
Joy in Michigan
>>Joy Hardie wrote:
>>> GREAT! I will look for it and give it a try.
>>> Was the repair durable?
>>> Could you easily see the repair or did it blend in nicely?
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Joy in Michigan
>>>
>>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:37:29 GMT, "Bobbie Sews Moore"
>>>
>>>
>>>>A few years ago I had a leather chair that somehow got a hole in it. I saw
>>>>on TV where here was a leather "repair kit" and you could get it at Eckerd's
>>>>Drug store. It's a plastic like liquid in maybe 5 colors and you can blend
>>>>it to get close to the right color. (Looks almost like a paint by number
>>>>paint kit.) Kit includes a "grain like" paper to press over it and dries
>>>>overnight. I was pleased with the results. You might want to think about
>>>>doing this. HTH
>>>>Barbara in SC
>>>>
>>>>>Just got my husband a new leather jacket last year...his old one was
>>>>>decades old (and the sleeves were always a little too short).
>>>>>Somehow he got too close to a clothes rack and punctured a hole.
>>>>>Does anybody know how or if it is possible to repair leather?
>>>>>Joy in Michigan
>>>>
>>>
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap