A leather jacket can be worn for several decades. With proper care, it is able to maintain an elegant look for a very long time. But even the ideal housewife on the jacket in the end has abrasions, and then there is a need to paint the skin.
Even if the scuffs occupy a small area, the jacket will have to be painted in its entirety. To find a new dye that would fully correspond to the old one is almost impossible. The areas painted with fresh paint will appear patches. In many cases, you can do without painting. For example, a white jacket can be updated with milk, black or brown with coffee grounds wrapped in a piece of gauze.
Should I dye my jacket myself? If you live in a big city, the product can be taken to a specialized workshop. Quite often, dry cleaning services offer such services. It is better if someone from your friends has already used similar services. Ask if he was satisfied with the quality of the service.
Residents of small settlements usually have no choice, so you have to solve such problems yourself. Think about what color you would like to paint the jacket. Do not repaint it radically, especially from dark to light. Shades close to natural are preferable.
Go to the nearest specialized shoe store. Dyes for leather are also sold in retail outlets where they trade products made from this material, as well as in large hardware stores. You will surely find several types of paint. It can be liquid, as well as a paste or aerosol. Salamander dyes are considered the highest quality. Any paint is suitable, but aerosol is more convenient to apply. But working with aerosols is better outdoors. It is advisable to wear a respirator or gauze bandage. Serious precautions are not necessary for working with paste or liquid paint.
Try the paint on matching shoes. Read the instructions carefully. Before painting, clean the product from dust and dirt. Best for this purpose is a slightly damp (in no case wet) foam sponge.
Regardless of which option you choose, hang the jacket on your shoulders so that it does not touch the floor. It is better to cover the floor and surrounding objects with newspapers, unnecessary rags or something like that. As with dyeing shoes, brush your jacket with a damp sponge. Spray the spray so that the paint coats the product evenly. You need to work fast. Wait for the jacket to dry, and then repeat the operation.
Liquid staining is a somewhat more time-consuming process. It requires attention and accuracy. Prepare and hang the jacket in the same way as in the previous case. Apply the paint with a brush in an even layer, let it dry and repeat the procedure.
If you just want to refresh the color, you can use the paste. The jacket in this case is better to lay horizontally. The paste is applied the same way as when cleaning shoes. Get ready for the procedure to be repeated about once a month.
