Many, buying a leather jacket, simply forget that such products lose their appearance over time. Scuffs appear, and the gloss gradually fades. In any case, the deterioration of the appearance of the product can not be avoided. And this will happen in just a couple of years. After all, factory paint is gradually peeling off. So how to dye a leather jacket at home?
Can I paint?
Every housewife can return the appeal of a leather jacket by dyeing it. There are a lot of options. But there are only two ways. At the moment, the painting of leather jackets is carried out using an aerosol or liquid paint.
However, do not try to change the color of the product. If the jacket is black or gray, then the spray should be used in the same tone. Otherwise, the product will be completely damaged. And you won’t do anything with it.
Special aerosol
So, how to dye a leather jacket at home with spray paint. This method is considered the simplest. To carry out painting, you will need at least several spray cans of the same color. According to the instructions, the composition should be applied to the product in the fresh air, and not indoors. Despite this, it is worth wearing protective equipment, for example, a simple mask or a respirator. This eliminates the possibility of paint in the respiratory tract. In addition, it should be remembered that the composition in the spray can will fall not only on the jacket, but also on everything that is nearby. Therefore, surrounding objects can be covered with film or covered with paper. Ordinary cotton gloves will not be out of place. They protect the skin of the hands.
What to do with the product
Before you start painting, you should prepare a place. It is not very convenient to hold the product in your hands and apply the composition to problem areas. If you put the jacket horizontally, then the paint will be distributed unevenly and will dry out with clearly visible flaws. Therefore, the best option is to hang the product on ordinary coat hanger.
But that is not all. Hang the product so that the folds do not interfere, and the bottom should not touch the floor. Otherwise, the paint will be erased.
How to apply the composition?
Since dyeing a leather jacket at home is not so easy, you should follow some rules. First of all, the product must be cleaned of dirt and, of course, dust. To do this, wipe the surface only with a slightly moistened sponge, but do not wet it. After that, you can spray the contents of the spray can. This should be done at a certain distance from the jacket, about 20 centimeters.
Leather jackets should be painted with extreme care. Apply the composition evenly over the entire surface. In this case, you must ensure that smudges do not appear. If you could not avoid them, then you should remove the excess paint by lightly touching the sponge. When spraying, do not forget about the collar and armpits.
After painting, the product should be left for an hour. In this short period of time, the composition will completely dry. That's all the jacket is ready to use.
How to use powder
So, how to dye a leather jacket at home with powder? In any specialized store, in addition to aerosol, powder is sold. To use it, you must perform a series of actions.
Pour a little warm water into the container and add dye - powder. The resulting mixture should be thoroughly mixed and must be filtered. This will remove all lumps from the coloring composition. Otherwise, dark spots will appear on the painted trigger, which cannot be removed in the future.
Skin paint - black, brown or white - is easy to prepare. After mixing, a few more liters of water must be poured into the container. The dishes with the solution should be boiled and cooled to a temperature of 45 ° C. If the solution is hot, the leather product will shrink, and then lose its strength and elasticity.
How to prepare a jacket?
The product should be placed in water for several hours before painting. The skin should be well saturated. Otherwise, in those places where the product is poorly moistened, almost non-stained areas may remain. If bubbles are released from the pores of the skin, then the product must still be held in water.
How to paint?
So, how you can dye a leather jacket, figured out. It remains to understand the process of applying the composition. The dye should be poured into a sufficiently large container. A leather jacket should be removed from the water and wrung out, and then placed in a solution. When painting, the product must be turned over regularly. So the composition will be distributed more evenly.
At the end of the procedure, the product must be removed from the solution and squeezed, and then thoroughly rinsed. First in warm water, and then in cold. To better fix the paint, the jacket should be treated with vinegar. It is prepared very simply. You need to dissolve a tablespoon of salt in a liter of water and add a glass of vinegar. It is necessary to place the product in the resulting solution, and then squeeze it and lay it upside down on a wooden surface so that the product dries out.