Repairing a scuff

Havana · Post by **Havana** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:57 am

Any advice on repairing a minor scuff? I brushed up against something and took a little bit of the color off of my authetic brown lambskin. The leather isn't damaged at all and I would like to restore the color. I thought of using shoe polish on a rag but I can't seem to find any of comparable color. Any thoughts?

HigHurtenflurst · Post by **HigHurtenflurst** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:14 am

An Indiana Jones style jacket without scuffs?! Why did you get one in the first place?

Shawnkara · Post by **Shawnkara** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:18 am

Try mixing a bit of black and brown together until you match the color you want.

Havana · Post by **Havana** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:27 am

Good question, HigHurtenflurst. I actually have two. This one is suppose to be my "nice" one. The other is well scuffed.

Farnham54 · Post by **Farnham54** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:37 am

Try hitting it with some pecards...it seems to fix everythign leather-related.

In fact, I'm pretty sure if you put a cow into a very large tub of pecards, you can remove it 48 hours later and have a screen accurate wested.

Seriously, it's great stuff

Cheers
Craig

VP · Post by VP » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:24 am

Farnham54 wrote:I'm pretty sure if you put a cow into a very large tub of pecards, you can remove it 48 hours later and have a screen accurate wested.

Like in Jurassic Park?

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:45 pm

Brown Pecards, if regular Pecards doesn't just darken the leather enough. I.e., if you lost the entire dark finish.

pecard.com wrote:Pecard Weatherproof Dressing - Brown Tint

Conditions, weatherproofs smooth leathers. Re-colors minor abrasions and rejuvenates surfaces. Use on leather that needs its original color touched up.

J

P.S....

VP wrote:
Farnham54 wrote:I'm pretty sure if you put a cow into a very large tub of pecards, you can remove it 48 hours later and have a screen accurate wested.
Like in Jurassic Park?

Yeah, but I think he meant the other way around...if I'm following the analogy as written, this would be like putting a DINOSAUR in a tub of Pecards and ending up w/ a mosquito in a piece of amber.

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:50 pm

Indiana Jerry wrote:P.S....
VP wrote:
Farnham54 wrote:I'm pretty sure if you put a cow into a very large tub of pecards, you can remove it 48 hours later and have a screen accurate wested.
Like in Jurassic Park?
Yeah, but I think he meant the other way around...if I'm following the analogy as written, this would be like putting a DINOSAUR in a tub of Pecards and ending up w/ a mosquito in a piece of amber.

Or maybe more like putting a cow in Pecard, removing it 48 hours later and ending up with a cow tick in a piece of bubblegum... oh, I don't know...

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:28 pm

I have fixed several scuffs, some serious, with plain old brown shoe polish. The color match didn't seem to matter; it blended into the jacket. The use of polish gave it a bit of depth and texture.

Most seriously, I caught the bulge my keys made on a wooden railing at Pier 39 in San Francisco. I went to the pharmacy and bought Crazy Glue and brown shoe polish. The Crazy Glue was used to reattach a leather flake the size of a dime that had peeled away and was tenuously attached. A dab of Crazy Glue was an easy fix for that. The polish blended it back in.

Perhaps, like you, I am prolonging the adolescence of my jacket, if you will; it will be old and wrinkled soon enough!

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:04 pm

Scandinavia Jones wrote:Or maybe more like putting a cow in Pecard, removing it 48 hours later and ending up with a cow tick in a piece of bubblegum... oh, I don't know...

I defer to you, Sensei! Your mad science is greater than mine!

Havana · Post by **Havana** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:19 am

Well, I found some brown liquid shoe polish that seemed to do the trick. I applied it with a cloth and was able to cover the scuff and blend the edges of the repair into the jacket with a little bit of buffing. As stated above, the color matching didn't seem to be a big deal as it blended well into the jacket. Thanks.

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:41 am

Be sure to put a good coating of Pecard's over your 'fix', Havana. That will keep the polish from running should you get caught in a downpour, as it sometimes will. Liquid shoe polish is water soluable.

That's why I never use it or advise anyone using it myself.

Regards! Michaelson

Havana · Post by **Havana** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:27 am

Yikes!
I'll be sure and to do that ASAP.

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:59 am

It's not a barn burner...You'll have to get caught in a frog strangler of a rain storm, but it will release. Just put some Pecards on when you get a chance, that's all.

Regards! Michaelson

HigHurtenflurst · Post by **HigHurtenflurst** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:33 pm

Havana wrote:Good question, HigHurtenflurst. I actually have two. This one is suppose to be my "nice" one. The other is well scuffed.

I've been wanting to get another one too, for exactly the same reason. Although, a nagging inner voice tells me that I would probably be too tempted to re-over-distress my original, already distressed one. It was a lot of fun!

astroboy · Post by **astroboy** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:25 am

A Wested without a scuff ?!?? What..that's like unheard of...