>>>First steps have gone well. Not much was removed during stripping - towels were only lightly soiled upon drying. Overnight hydrating under plastic wrap left glazed areas from contact with plastic, which I remoistened and wiped, then applied thick coat of fat liquor. I sealed in plastic wrap and will replenish later today, maybe twice). Now what? I plan to wipe down and allow to dry all day tomorrow (Monday).
Would like to see how it looks after the fatliquoring if you have pictures.
Steps to be taken after Fatliquor-5.0
1.] Use Eraser-4 to work over the entire bolster.
2.] Wick-up soiling on abraded areas will appears lighter in most cases and the leather is ready for repairs.
Repairs:
1.] It would be good to have a close-up picture of the two holes for repairs.
2.] Patch-4S is cut a quarter inch larger than the holes and inserted with the suede side facing out.
3.] The edges is bond with Bond-3D with a help of Spatula-6 or any other tools to dispense the Bond-3D between suede to suede.
4.] Bond-3D is a very slow dry bond that allows you sufficient time to reposition the Patch-4S neatly.
5.] When in good position a heat blower can be used to speed up the drying.
>>>Then repair holes. The leather you sent me is very light in color. Would it be better to cannibalize some dark leather from inside of old Coach leather purse? I'm not sure air brushing will bring light leather to same final color as incumbent dark grey. I gather for layup of leather patches I should razor-split leather into 3 or 4 thin fibrous layers with only last layer having finished surface.
1.] This Patch-4S becomes the base of the repair for donor suede fibers and Bond-3D to build upon, so it will be hidden beneath the new filling.
2.] The first half of the filling with donor suede fibers is lay and compresses with Bond-3D like manner to a fiberglass fabrication.
3.] Subsequent application for aesthetic is accomplished with addition of Pigment to the repairs and level up.
Abrasion Repairs:
1.] Scaly finishes is smoothen with help of 2000grit sanding.
2.] Impregnator-26 is applied to saturate the abraded weaken areas, tightening up the leather structure and restore a smooth skin to the leather.
We should have to look at the result before the repairs are cover-up with finishing.
Roger Koh
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