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Scratched patent leather

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Anya Sat 08-Oct-16 12:10:50

While there's a thread about leather can anyone help,with this. I have a perfectly good, leather 3-seater sofa which is solid and comfortable and has that lovely lived-in look (a bit like myself)

ONLY one of the seat is starting to show signs of wear and tear, while the rest is fine. Now you cannot detach the seat cushion (I don't think) but is there any way this could be recovered? Has anyone had this done?

grannypiper Sat 08-Oct-16 11:12:27

Shaving foam works wonders

ninathenana Sun 25-Sept-16 19:08:58

That's what I was going to say J52 mum always used Vaseline

J52 Sun 25-Sept-16 18:37:06

Years ago I was told to rub Vasaline into patent leather to keep the sine. It might disguise the scratch.

Mary594 Sun 25-Sept-16 13:02:43

Thanks I think I will try the crayons which is a very good idea or live with it. I know it seems trivial in the schemeof things but I waited a long time to track these down.I wouldn't mind as much if I had been wearing them for a while n. Thanks to you all this is a great place for help

DaphneBroon Sun 25-Sept-16 10:03:31

Have you tried furniture polish? I know blush it works on superficial car scratches. If the scratch shows white, how about the wax crayon idea, sounds good to me (make sure it is dark enough)
Otherwise I would say live with it. Remedial action may cause different damage and ruin the shoe.

Elegran Sun 25-Sept-16 09:56:15

I wouldn't use nail polish, you would get a different shine from the way leather polishes up and it would look obvious. Wax crayons do seem the way to go, as shoe polish has carnauba wax in it and will polish up similarly to the wax - you could use blue crayon on it first and then add a very ittle black at a time until you get a shade to match.

MaggieMay60 Sun 25-Sept-16 09:51:26

you could try wax crayons, they would be cheap and they would not harm the leather. I think that the chemicals in the nail polish might affect the leather. not sure as I have never used it on anything other than nails.

Mary594 Sun 25-Sept-16 09:36:50

I have a beautiful pair of Orla Kiely Navy patent leather shoes I have only worn them once yesterday I opened the box and found a large scratch on one of them I have tried Clarks but they only do Black scruff coat. I haven't tried the shoe repair shop I don't think they are properly trained anymore. The only thing I can think of is nail polish which I am a bit scared to use. I don't know if there are different shades of Navy if there is you can't buy it online. I would really appreciate any help you can give.