The distressing of my washed lamb Wested Indy has been a patient and subtle affair but today, while moving the bins, I thought I'd see what effect would be caused by lightly rubbing the front of the jacket against the wall. Unfortunately, the effect was to cause a single area of harsh distressing on the front of one side which looks a bit ragged. It's not a big area, about the size of a thumb-print, but it's catching my eye.
Is there any way to tone down distressing without the use of acetone (I'd struggle to find it in the UK)? I was thinking of treating the jacket to the lightest treatment of Pecards.
Toning down distressing
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Or maybe shoe polish.
BTW you can get acetone in the UK, it's the main ingredient in a lot of nail polish removers. So you can get it in chemists. If you really get the bug then go to a beauty therapists outlet store they will sell it to you by the litre bottle, they sell pure acetone without the moisturisers that nail polish remover has in it. Or see if you can chat up one of the ladies in those nail bars to decant you of a little bottle.
PS I wouldn't use acetone to try and blend in this scuff personally.
BTW you can get acetone in the UK, it's the main ingredient in a lot of nail polish removers. So you can get it in chemists. If you really get the bug then go to a beauty therapists outlet store they will sell it to you by the litre bottle, they sell pure acetone without the moisturisers that nail polish remover has in it. Or see if you can chat up one of the ladies in those nail bars to decant you of a little bottle.
PS I wouldn't use acetone to try and blend in this scuff personally.
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Neutral(no colour) shoe polish has really worked well for me-lightly rubbed over the distressing.I recently sold a Vanson jacket I had distressed with sand-paper, but I had gone too deep in some areas.I used the neutral polish and when it was done you couldn't tell it had been distressed at all..worked on my Wested as well(almost too well-it looked pretty much new again after the polish!).
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oh man, some people would pay good money to get distressing like that!
but seriously, in my opinion, that's hardly noticeable. of course it may look different in person but from where i sit, doesn't look bad at all.
if anything, a light dab of shoe polish would blend that right in.
nice jacket by the way
but seriously, in my opinion, that's hardly noticeable. of course it may look different in person but from where i sit, doesn't look bad at all.
if anything, a light dab of shoe polish would blend that right in.
nice jacket by the way
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I'd suggest you go with the original reply of the brown Pecards. At least that can be blended in, where if you go too heavy with the shoe polish, you'll play hob trying to even it out.
Pecards brown is NOT a dye, and was made specificially for this type situation. Start light, then add as needed to make it match the area around it. I've used it before in exactly the same situation, and it's the product for the problem shown here.
That said, if you want to play chemist, though....have fun.
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Pecards brown is NOT a dye, and was made specificially for this type situation. Start light, then add as needed to make it match the area around it. I've used it before in exactly the same situation, and it's the product for the problem shown here.
That said, if you want to play chemist, though....have fun.
Regards! Michaelson
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