Cracked leather sofa

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Cracked leather sofa

Cathoche37 30/04/2016 · 6 replies · 9822 views

Hello, my leather sofa is cracked in some places. I have tried several renovation and maintenance products from the starwarx brand in particular but nothing is working. Thank you in advance for your help.

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Cathuche37 30/04/2016 #

First of all, thank you for taking the time to answer me, I took pictures from a little closer to show you. Because it's not cracked very much but it's full of microcracks. 5 years ago, some parts of my sofa were tarnished by the sun I think and the color was like "past". So I cleaned the leather with a cleaner and then pigmented it and fixed the color. The colour close to the original had returned well but the leather had become dry despite a milk applied regularly. And there recently these small cracks that appeared very quickly, thank you again in advance for your advice because I don't know anything about it.
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SOFOLK SOFOLK Team 30/04/2016 #

The first step in your renovation will be to grease the leather well after a thorough cleaning, wait 8 days for the oil to be well infiltrated, recolour and varnish. Milks do not infiltrate enough to rehydrate the leather well, oil alone is the right product, especially after re-colouring. Before passing the repair paste (if necessary) sand the leather with fine sandpaper (240 bodyworker), with your finger you will feel if the cracks are deep ,pass a first layer of recolouring, if the cracks are still visible, apply a layer of paste after having slightly tinted it with recolouring agent, sand and pass the second layer of recolouring agent.
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Catoche37 30/04/2016 #

Thank you very much for all your explanations.
I'm really happy because I thought my couch was ruined.

You say that first you have to clean thoroughly, then oil and wait a week.
That's what I'm going to do first.
Do you have product names to carry out these first two steps?
Thank you again
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SOFOLK SOFOLK Team 30/04/2016 #

To clean before re-colouring, we recommend acetone. This product dries out the leather a little, compensate by pouring a cap of Edible Oil into a liter of acetone, this is the oil you need.
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Cathoche37 30/04/2016 #

Thank you for all these explanations. I'll try to do that. Thank you again.

**SOFOLK** · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-30T10:17:00

Hello,

However, these cracks, which are no longer a depigmentation, do not pose any problem. It is necessary to apply a small coat of repair paste, sand to smooth the surface of the leather, recolour and varnish.

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