Leather Color Refinishing Kit SA7.cl

Leather Color Refinishing Kit SA7.cl by Leather Doctor degreases, rinses, hydrates, softens, adhesion coats, color coats, top coats, and protects leather.

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People Also Ask:

1: Why Leather Color Refinishing?
2: What is a Holistic Leather Color Refinishing System?
3: How to Strip Existing Deteriorating Finishes?
4: How to Degrease?
5: How to Rinse and pH Balance?
6: How to Rinse Penetrated Body Soiling by Reverse Transfer?
7: How to Relax Stiff Leather?
8: How to Fatliquor?
9: How to Remove Fatliquor 5.0 Sticky Residue?
10: How to Dry Prep?
11: How to Repair?
12: How to Adhesion Coat?
13: How to Color Coat?
14: How to Topcoat?
15: How to Apply Protector?
16: How to Color Match?

1: Why Leather Color Refinishing?

1.1: Most color repairs may range from peeling, and missing finishes to abrading damages.

1.2: Some exposed areas may be contaminated with foreign soiling including conditioners, protectors, body oil, grease, sweat, or alkaline overexposure from harmful cleaners.

1.3: A comprehensive long-term lasting repair solution will require a holistic approach to deal with the exposed structure and surface finishes.

1.4: The practical softness and functional strength of the leather's average thickness between 0.9 to 1.2mm determine its usefulness from stiffness to cracking.

1.5: The aesthetic aspect of the leather finishes averages 0.02mm (or 20 microns) in thickness for practical compressing and flexing to reduce cracking.

2: What is a Holistic Leather Color Refinishing System?

2.1: A holistic leather color refinishing system works in a progressive sequence dovetailing to the desired result with these 7 steps:

2.2: 1st Step - Stripping:

2.3: Stripping of deteriorating finishes to even the overall appearance with Stripper 2.3 and rinse with Rinse 3.0 is the first step, otherwise, skip to degreasing.

2.4: 2nd Step - Degreasing:

2.5: Degreasing with Degreaser 2.2 followed by Acidifier 2.0 is mandatory to remove accumulated oily, greasy, sweaty soiling, and aging conditioners for an overall even appearance.

2.6: 3rd Step - Hydrating and Fatliquoring:

2.7: Hydrator 3.3 followed by Fatliquor 5.0 rejuvenates leather for its renewed softness and strength.

2.8: 4th Step - Adhesion Coating:

2.9: Adhesor 73 is a compact primer resin that ensures proper smoothing, sealing, and promotion of adhesion to the leather before color coating.

2.10: 5th Step - Color Coating:

2.11: Micro 54 is a fine micro pigment water-based compact resin blend with high UV fade resistance to provide the desired color.

2.12: 6th Step - Top Coating:

2.13: Topcoat 54 seals Micro 54 has excellent flow, and forms a flexible, tough film in gloss, satin, or matte.

2.14: 7th Step - Protection:

Protector B is a non-stick, rub-resistant protection conditioner that cuts friction noise and imparts a soft buttery feel on smooth leather. Protector B Plus is the leather scent version.

3: How to Strip Existing Deteriorating Finishes?

3.1: Stripper 2.3 is applied and unwanted finishes are removed with tools like Strip Brush 9, Eraser 4, Razor 60, sandpaper feathering out seamlessly, and towel extract for an even appearance.

4: How to Degrease?

4.1: Degreaser 2.2 is swirled for up to 5 minutes for the separation to build up above 75% of coagulation, then given a vigorous shake to gel for ease of application.

4. 2: Degreaser 2.2 is transferred to leather Brush 1 or Eraser 4; agitate to saturate the body stain, and feather out to the entire section.

4. 3: Suspended soiling is towel extracted until the towel shows clean.

5: How to Rinse and pH Balance?

5.1: Acidifier 2.0 is applied, brushed, and suspended soiling is rinsed with towel extraction until the towel shows clean to a healthy squeak.

5.2: Existing brightening streaks, or tackiness if any, are pH balanced with a dwelling soak and brushing to remove suspended foreign contamination to a healthy squeak with finger testing.

6: How to Rinse Penetrated Body Soiling by Reverse Transfer?

6.1: Hydrator 3.3 is applied saturating the stain area and feathering out for an even appearance.

6. 2: Hydrator 3.3 soaked Towel 5 is placed over the stain area without airspace to trap suspended soiling particulates instead of remaining on the leather surface as it dries.

6. 3: Towel 5 when crispy dry is peeled off and Eraser 4 is used to erase surface residue before fatliquoring.

7: How to Relax Stiff Leather?

7. 1: Hydrator 3.3 is applied and brushed to the entire panel for a darkening appearance without a drying edge.

7. 2: Hydrator 3.3 relaxing effect is further worked out with stretching and massaging to eliminate leather stiffness to satisfaction.

7.3: A towel extraction follows until the towel is clean and ready for immediate fatliquoring.

8: How to Fatliquor?

8. 1: Fatliquor 5.0 is applied to the entire panel with a darkening appearance without a drying edge.

8. 2: Fatliquor 5.0 application is repeated each time the water contents evaporate until fully saturated.

8. 3: Fatliquored leather is left to a slow natural drying.

9: How to Remove Fatliquor 5.0 Sticky Residue?

9.1: Hydrator 3.3 is applied to the sticky surface and brushed with Brush 1 driving the remaining surface remnants free of milky fat and oil until it turns clear.

9.2: The non-sticky surface is given a final towel wipe and is left to dry again for natural drying.

9. 3: The almost dry leather is given a stretching or massaging until dry for an extra softness.

10: How to Dry Prep?

10.1: Dry prep is the preparation with various tools like a tablespoon to stretch out any darkening effect, Eraser 4 to erase surface wick-up residue, and sanding to smooth deteriorating finishes.

11: How to Repair?

11.1: Refer to Leather Repair Kit A7.r for the various types of repair accordingly.

12: How to Adhesion Coat?

12. 1: Adhesor 73 is scrubbed with a 3M white pad to remove some deteriorating finishes and lint-free towel extract until the towel shows clean to promote an even adhesion coating for further coating.

13: How to Color Coat?

13.1: Micro 54 concentrate has to be mixed with distilled water before application.

13.2: The mixing ratio may vary from a ratio mix of 1: 0.5 to 1 with less distilled water to retain its viscosity to control streaking on a vertical panel when coating by airbrushing.

13.3: First coating is recommended with padding using folding Towel 5 to rub in for better surface bonding and subsequent coating with soft varnishing brush to reduce streaking or airbrushing to produce professional results.

13.4: Fine dry atomize dispersion with more air is achieved with 80 to 100psi of air pressure.

13.5: Recommend a light spray for easy blow dry in-between coating building up the color in the process.

14: How to Topcoat?

14. 1: Topcoat 54 is applied by a soft varnishing brush to reduce marks and streaks or airbrushing for professional results.

14. 2: Use a lint-free paper towel to blot out any drips or streaks.

14. 3: Speed dries between coats with the help of a hair dryer.

14. 4: 2000-grit sanding may be applied to improve touch and appearance.

15: How to Apply Protector?

15. 1: Protector B is applied and redistributed with a foam brush or lint-free white towel and ready for use when dry.

16: How to Color Match?

16.1: Color matching is created from the basic color in parts based on weight from these examples.