ANYTHING stronger than acetone?
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ANYTHING stronger than acetone?
I just recieved a new jacket, well more of a coat from Wested. Its black leather and very thick. Ive hit it with acetone 3x now, and Ive got nothing. Sandpaper takes ALOt of elbow grease to see any results....What else has anyone used? Paint thinner? battery acid?
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Methanol, toluene, and xylene are solvents that might be stronger than acetone. Keep in mind those substances are extremely harmful to your health. Before using them, familiarize yourself with the Material Safety Data Sheet, which a vendor must give you upon request. Paint stores likeSherwin Williams carry solvents.
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IndianaJames,I just recieved a new jacket, well more of a coat from Wested. Its black leather and very thick. Ive hit it with acetone 3x now, and Ive got nothing.
When you say "nothing" do you mean no distressing or no color is coming off. These are two difference things. If there is color coming off, but the jacket doesn't look distressed, it may be only a matter of time before you "hit bottom." If no color is coming off, it is a different story all together.
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I'd be careful about taking these caustic chemicals to your jacket. Anything stronger than acetone is probably going to do more harm then good, and then you're going to end up with a $300 piece of dried out, washed out, chemical burned leather. Why not wear it for a month and see if natural wear and tear helps it's look at all?
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Flattery was not far off. After asking the goofball at the hardware store what chemicals were stronger than acetone, (and getting an unintelligible answer) I decided to switch back to sand paper. I broke out the Craftsman "mouse" electric polisher/sander. You would be suprised, using 180 grit, it still took 15 minutes on each panel to get some distressing.
Rick, I do mean, nothing. Some color was coming off onto the cotton, and paper towels, but no distressing was occuring. This is the thickest leather I have ever seen. Its impervious to almost everything! Im not even sure I like how it looks.
Ideally I would have liked to have some of the predistressed cowhide, only in black. Apparently it is hard to come by, also for some reason Wested could not make the coat in Lamb. Gerry said because the hides they had were too small.
Blues, its a custom coat I had Wested make. I drew sketches and sent some pictures, and they cut patterns. You can see the coat here:
http://public.fotki.com/jamesravenwood/
Look familiar to anyone? During one of the many phone conversations we had about the coat, Gerry said that I actually own the patterns. Wested cannot make a copy of this coat without my say....kinda cool. Course I would never know if they did anyways.
Ah well, thanks for the info guys, Im still looking for something to give the leather an even distressed look to it. The sanding isnt very uniform, just kind of patchy. The coat is in the dryer right now getting beaten up even more.
Best regards
INdy J
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