It often happens that clothes, shoes, leather upholstery wear out over time and lose their original appearance. Or even a brand new expensive item will accidentally get torn by something sharp or a scratch will appear for many different reasons. Has this happened to you? Liquid Leather will come to your aid.
Description
Have you probably seen how the guys from car dealerships, with the help of a "special" composition, restore leather seats to life, reconstruct places damaged by cigarette butts? This composition is liquid skin.
This tool can be used not only to repair products made of genuine leather, but also leatherette, eco-leather, vinyl. It is possible to process other materials with the tool, but only small defects will be corrected.
Composition
Liquid Leather Liquid Leather is a polymer blend based onalcohol, water, sticky rubber resin. Thanks to this, the mixture is firmly fixed, having an elastic consistency.
It is imperative to wait until it is completely dry, otherwise the seams will open and the composition will not take on the appearance and properties of the material.
Also, an important and integral element of the composition of the mixture is a dye. The Liquid Leather set comes with a versatile range of colors and an empty jar that is designed to be mixed as needed to make the reconstruction less visible. After all, the point is to completely hide the damaged areas on the product and make them as invisible as possible.
Same as the rainbow, which consists of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, in the Liquid Leather set - 7 colors.
Specifications
Minimum tube size is 125 ml if you buy one, or 20 ml each if you choose a set of seven tubes.
The set also includes an empty jar to mix paints in order to get the perfect shade. That is why it is much more profitable and expedient to buy a set.
Appointment and reviews
Liquid Leather Liquid Leather is designed for the repair and reconstruction of leather products of various types. It can be genuine leather, which lends itself much better to this type of processing, or artificial. Helps with scuffs, cuts, cracks, tears.
About Liquid Leather Liquid Leather reviews more oftenall remain positive. All negative opinions and articles on this topic relate to the misuse of the product, so the following is a step-by-step instruction for using the mixture and precautions.
Be sure to read how to apply before use!
Application features
Reconstruction of leather products is not a very difficult process, but it requires a lot of concentration and accuracy.
Step by step instructions:
- Clean the area to be treated of fibers and bring the edges of the tear as close as possible.
- Sew the crack dotted in several places.
- If the gap is large, then glue the hole from the inside by placing a piece of material.
- Degrease the surface with alcohol or dishwashing detergent.
- Dry item.
- Choose the color of Liquid Leather or make your own by mixing several colors from the kit for maximum compatibility. There are special color tables with which you can determine the color scheme to obtain the desired shade.
- On a previously prepared and dried area of \u200b\u200bthe product, apply the mixture with a thick brush for drawing or a piece of foam rubber (if possible, it is better with foam rubber).
- Try to level the product layer as much as possible with a spatula, plastic credit card or ruler. But don't make the layer very thin.
- Until the mixture is completely dry, exclude contactany objects and living organisms with this place. The time for complete drying depends on the thickness of the layer. Approximately two to eight hours.
- To make the surface the same texture as the skin, you need to attach a piece of leather that is as similar as possible to the surface of the entire product. A porous pattern with the appropriate texture will be obtained if you press a piece of material for just a few seconds.
- If there is no fragment, then you can create a sample with your own hands. For example, using a regular paper napkin. How to do it? Very simple: apply a layer of the mixture on its surface and attach it to the undamaged place of the product to remove the relief imprint, then dry the template obtained in this way and use it in the same way as an identical piece of product material.
There are also features of the application and subtleties of using the two primary colors. These include:
- Black Liquid Leather is the least noticeable when processing the material. Therefore, the darker the product, the easier it is to restore it with such a mixture. Any dark things will be easy to process and reconstruct.
- White Liquid Leather may vary greatly from product shade. Therefore, most often yellow or black paint is mixed with it to obtain the desired shade. Just be especially careful when doing this.
Benefits
The tool has a number of positive qualities.
Some of them are shown below:
- Just apply on the spoiledproduct section: furniture, clothes, shoes.
- The mixture dries in a short time.
- After opening the tube, drying will occur within half an hour, this time is enough to match the color and shade. Also, during this time, you can wash off an inappropriate mixture or a product that is applied by mistake to another area of \u200b\u200bthe product.
- The layer of this mixture is characterized by high strength, durability and elasticity. The restored material is able to recover its shape after deformation.
- The unique composition and manufacturing formula can ensure perfect penetration into the structure of the material from which the item is made, and eliminates the chance of delamination and the appearance of ugly and untidy pieces of the dried mixture in this place.
- Quite high resistance to temperature changes, allows the mixture to maintain its properties in the range from 35 to +70 degrees Celsius.
- Preparation and use of the mixture does not require additional heat treatment.
- Extremely long aging and durability. Use in vivo is possible up to age 35.
- The product does not contain harmful substances and is absolutely safe for he alth.
- The mixture can repair even small through tears in the leather material.
Safety requirements when working with the tool
Firstly, you must definitely wait for the product to dry completely, otherwise it will be smeared, it will look very sloppy and unattractive.
Second, pay attention andResponsibly treat the selection of color and shade. Try to get the most similar combination.
Third, don't save money, there are places where you can order very cheap liquid leather, but it will not provide quality, but will only ruin the product completely.
Finally, take care of your he alth: wear gloves, open windows and doors (if the whole procedure is done in the garage). The room after the repair of things must be ventilated.
Conclusions
Liquid leather is a universal lifesaver for leather products. It copes very well with small violations of the structure of the material. But it retains all its positive qualities only when used strictly within the expiration date and according to the instructions. Otherwise, you will simply ruin and throw away the product.
