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Customer Review
- Reviewed in Canada on July 13, 2023We had an area that started off as a split, that continued along into a crack that ended with the area where some of the "leather" missing in spots. The area was across the foot rest of a recliner, so not too noticeable when the chair was not reclined but very noticeable when the chair was reclined. The whole area that needed attention was about twelve inches with the very worst area being not more than a quarter of an i ch wide. I did follow the instructions using the rubbing alcohol to clean the spot first and then carefully trim away the loose flaps of "leather" before starting. I worked with the colour match chart that comes with the kit, however, the colours dry noticeably darker then the wet compound, as a result my colour match was too dark. This was not too difficult to deal with, being a crafter and painter, I can colour match paints pretty well once I understand the drying colour. The compound takes some time to dry, the directions state that the repair may take a few hours to a day or more, plan on a day or more... If it was just the split that I was doing the repair on, it was completed after two coats. however, the area I am working on is big, length wise so it will take me most of today as well because the dry time between coats is several hours. I will need to apply one more coat which will be four over the worst area, and the fourth coat is a very light skim coat to the majority of the repair area because each time I make up new repair compound and have to mix the compounds to get the right shade of leather, so need to have it uniform in colour across the entire width of the repair, so have to reapply to the entire repair area..... I did find that mixing the compound in a disposable white paper plate worked better then attempting to mix in the container provided, I also found using the flat fat end of a wooden skewer worked best to mix the colours and to apply the compound. Using the white plate made it easier ti see the true dry colour of the mix which was extremely helpful, and I could bring a larger area of the mixed colour up against the leather for the colour match, also very useful. After I applied each coat I lightly blotted the wet compound with a paper towel to remove some of the excess from around the repair area and to help blend the repair compound into the rest of the leather on the foot rest of the recliner. Using the paper towel to blot the excess was what led me to discover how much darker the compound colour turned when it was dry and drying... For all of the "fixes" I ended up inventing along the way I have not rated the product too high, I am not sure how well the product will "stick" to the leather itself, time will tell. Although it is a simple product to use, mix and apply, unless your colour is black or dark brown the mixing process is not easy and I think some buyers would find it difficult to match batch after batch if you need to reapply several times. I think just gluing the edges and applying different brown coloured pens from my art kit would have been as good a fix, faster and much easier.
