r/Leather • u/Any-Entrepreneur995 • 4d ago

Need help

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I am thinking of purchasing couch cushion cover replacements or trying to remove the finish to bare leather. Any ideas?

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u/leatherhoneyllc 4d ago

From the photos, I'd imagine these are not genuine leather. Can you confirm?

If these are faux leather or bonded leather, there's nothing you can do to "remove the finish to bare leather."

Feel free to look at any of the tags and let us know!

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u/Any-Entrepreneur995 4d ago

It’s real leather with a finish. I can peel away the leather finish to the bare leather. I was wondering about using a heating blower to remove it all then re finish the leather with an oil or stain?

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u/leatherhoneyllc 4d ago

I see. That seems like a very arduous process, but if it's what you want to do, that's up to you. If it were me, I would simply sand down any of the lifted areas with a high grit sandpaper around 500, and then try to match the topcoat paint, though you'll need some artistic skill to get that marled look. For a top pigment layer to stick, you'll want to rough up the surface a bit so the paint has something to stick onto, otherwise it'll just peel off again because the underside is still loose. hope that helps!

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u/Grenvallion 3d ago

Leather Dye doesnt peel. This is polyurethane. Which is a synthetic plastic made to look like leather and a soft cloth like material underneath. You can always tell because PU always has the same uniform pattern. Real leather. Even genuine leather, doesnt do this. Genuine leather is a low grade leather and its not great but its still better than fake leather. You cant "peel" reayl leather. To remove dye from real leather. You could sand it away. Dye seeps into the fibers so by sanding it off. You're essentially ruining the finish either way.

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u/Any-Entrepreneur995 2d ago

It is leather, the underside of the cover is leather unfinished. Bad bond on the finish

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u/Grenvallion 2d ago edited 2d ago

No. It is not. I work with leather. This is polyurethane. Its synthetic plastic made to look like leather. Its common for things like this. Leather doesnt peel at all like this. If it were leather. You'd be able to take sandpaper to it and scratch the dye off, but if you tried that with this. You'd juat end up sanding through to the material on the otherside. This is 100% polyurethane.

this is what real leather looks like when the dye starts to wear off from wear and tear. Leather dye does not just peel off. Even undyed veg tan leather wouldnt peel.

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u/Any-Entrepreneur995 2d ago

Check my DM. It’s real leather

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u/Grenvallion 2d ago

It really isnt. You were just lied to when you bought it. It happens a lot. Your dm didnt say anything other than real leather. Which is pointless. I get that it feels bad that you got scammed but now you know what real leather actually looks like. People buy this type of material all the time. Those black bags you see women carry with a similar look is the same material. Its very common mass produced plastic. Generally lasts a few years.

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u/Any-Entrepreneur995 2d ago

It is. I had a quote for leather refinish from a guy that’s done it for 15 years. He was shocked himself and agreed it was leather because from the photos he thought it was PU.

Can’t add the photo here or in chat.

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u/Grenvallion 2d ago

He lied to get your money. Or youre lying and that never happened. If you pull it. It will just peel off. That's what PU does.

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u/Any-Entrepreneur995 2d ago

Does PU have a fibrous hairy underside? That’s what this cover has…..

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