It often happens that clothes, shoes, leather furniture upholstery wear out over time and lose their original appearance. Or even a completely new expensive thing accidentally breaks off with something sharp or a scratch appears for quite a few reasons. Did it happen to you? Liquid Leather comes to your aid.
Description
Most likely, you saw how the guys from car dealerships with the help of a "special" composition bring back leather seats to life, reconstruct places damaged by cigarette butts? This composition is liquid skin.
This tool can be used not only for the repair of genuine leather products, but also for dermantine, eco-leather, and vinyl. It is possible to process the tool with other materials, but only minor defects will be fixed.
Composition
Liquid Leather Liquid Leather is a polymer mixture based on alcohol, water, sticky rubber resin. Thanks to this, the mixture is firmly fixed, having an elastic consistency.
It is necessary to wait until complete drying, otherwise the seams will separate, and the composition will not take the form and properties of the material.
Also an important and integral element of the composition of the mixture is the dye. The set of liquid leather Liquid Leather includes a universal range of colors and an empty jar, which is designed to mix, if necessary, so that the reconstructed area is less noticeable. After all, the point is to completely hide the damaged areas on the product and make them as inconspicuous as possible.
As well as the rainbow, which consists of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, in the set of liquid leather Liquid Leather - 7 colors.
Specifications
The minimum volume of the tube is 125 ml, if you buy one, or 20 ml each, if you choose a set of seven tubes.
The kit also includes an empty jar for mixing colors to get the perfect shade. That is why buying a kit is much more profitable and more appropriate.
Appointment and reviews
Liquid Leather Liquid Leather is designed for the repair and reconstruction of leather products of various types. This can be genuine leather, which at times is better suited to this type of treatment, or artificial. Helps with the appearance of scuffs, cuts, cracks, tears.
About liquid skin Liquid Leather reviews most often leave positive. All negative opinions and articles on this topic relate to the improper use of the product, so the following is a step-by-step instruction for using the mixture and safety precautions.
Be sure to read how to apply the product before use!
Application features
Reconstruction of leather products is not a very complicated process, but it requires high concentration and accuracy.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Strip the area to be treated from the fibers and bring the edges of the gap as close as possible.
- Hem the crack pointwise in several places.
- If the gap is large, then glue the hole from the inside with a piece of material.
- Degrease the surface with alcohol or dishwashing detergent.
- Dry the product.
- Choose the color of liquid leather Liquid Leather or do it yourself 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 the product, apply the mixture with a thick brush for drawing or a piece of foam rubber (if possible, it is better to use foam rubber).
- Try to level the layer of the product as much as possible with a spatula, plastic credit card or ruler. But do not make the layer very thin.
- Before the mixture has completely dried, exclude any objects and living organisms from contacting this place. The full drying time depends on the thickness of the layer. About two to eight hours.
- In order for the surface to become the same texture as leather, 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 corresponding texture will turn out 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 towel. How to do it? It is very simple: apply a layer of the mixture on its surface and apply it to the undamaged place of the product in order to take an imprint of the relief, then dry the template obtained in this way and use as well as an identical piece of product material.
There are also application features and subtleties of using two primary colors. These include:
- Liquid Leather Black is the least visible when processing material. Therefore, the darker the product, the easier it is to restore using such a mixture. Any dark things will easily lend themselves to processing and reconstruction.
- Liquid Leather White leather may vary greatly from the shade of the product. Therefore, most often yellow or black paint is mixed into it to obtain the desired shade. Only this must be done especially carefully.
Benefits
The tool has a number of positive qualities.
Some of them are indicated below:
- Just apply to the damaged area of the product: 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 for the selection of color and shade. Also during this time, you can wash off the wrong mixture or product that is mistakenly applied to another part of the product.
- The layer of this mixture is characterized by high strength, durability and elasticity. The restored material is able to restore shape after deformation.
- The unique composition and manufacturing formula can ensure perfect penetration into the structure of the material from which the thing is made, and eliminates the chance of delamination and the appearance of ugly and untidy pieces of the dried mixture in this place.
- A rather 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.
- Particularly long aging and longevity. Use in natural conditions is possible up to 35 years.
- The product does not contain harmful substances and is absolutely safe for health.
- The mixture can restore even small through tears of the leather material.
Safety requirements when working with the tool
Firstly, you must definitely wait for the product to completely dry, otherwise it will be smeared, it will look very messy and unattractive.
Secondly, pay attention and responsibly to the selection of color and shade. Try to get the most similar combination.
Thirdly, do not save, there are places where you can order very cheap liquid skin, but it will not provide quality, but only spoil the product completely.
And finally, take care of your health: wear gloves, open windows and doors (if the whole procedure is done in the garage). The room must be aired after repairs.
conclusions
Liquid skin 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 during the expiration date and according to the instructions. Otherwise, you just completely ruin and discard the product.