It's been 5 years since you made this video. If you still have the couch, fail or not, a follow up video sounds like a good idea. Either way, you could celebrate how well it held up or share a "this is what I learned" experience.
You matched that color so well! I have two (free) faux leather couches and I did this very same thing however, I added fabric softener to the paint to make it stretchy. After 3 years, one couch held up great and the other...well, not so much. I'm going to order the acrylic this time and see if this does the trick! Thanks for the tip! Also! If anyone is taking off a significant amount of the peeling, a hair dryer and a table knife makes it come off like butter! Heat up that vinyl and it nearly slides off with the knife!
PRO TIP: peel, sand with fine grit, spray with artist matt clear, spray paint (not brush) to exact color, spray over with gloss leather polish for shoes. It will last much longer and will not crack. Painting may look good but another six months of body heat, shifting while sitting, etc and you have the same problem but now it's cracking under the varnish you painted on. Spraying with leather coat will keep the spray color perfect for a long time and the underspray will stop the continued peeling.
I used this method. Went to local Lowe's. Spend $20 total. It came out decent. I will buy a protector. I had insurance, so Living spaces refunded my money, and they said keep the couch! Thanks
Great video. A few points tho. Don’t use leather wipes to clean. They have moisturizer In them to hydrate leather and those same things will stop the glue or dye or finisher from properly bonding. Wash that area with acetone. The bond should last years.
I'm impressed with you. I admire people that can do things themselves. I'm 81 and I'm amazed at how helpless so many young people are now. OK, now my ideas to help this go easier and faster. Use a 2-3 inch brush when covering a large area like you had to do. Also on this job if you'd laid the couch down on its back the paint wouldn't have run down toward the seat nearly as much. You did a great job but you spent way more time on it than was necessary. The couch looks great and my computer chair is jealous so I'll be doing it. Cheers, Neill
You know what?! You did a pretty darn good job! I honestly would have never even thought of this as an option, so thank you very much. I think it turned out great! 😉
Thank you!! It lasted another year and even still that part didn’t start peeling again. There were other new areas that started to peel on the couch and I finally gave it away at that point
Hi! So I am doing this patch right now and I have some notes! The paint you found works great but I could only find it in small bottles so I had to figure out how to make it last. Mix the right color, add a layer or two, then do the top coat (I found a satin varnish that is pretty spot on for matching a leather sheen) then keep painting to build it up! I found that the fabric absorbs the paint a lot and makes it hard to build up an even surface. My couch is looking so much better now though!
I have that same question. How much paint did you finally buy? I want to redo a handbag in bronze but I only saw the bottles in one ounce sizes and I have no idea if that will be enough for a handbag . I guess I'll buy 2 bottles and if there's any left over I'll use it on shoes or something.
I see you haven't posted in two years but I hope you see this. Thank you so much for this. Amazon still carries all the products you use and I have already ordered them. Your couch looks great and I finally feel like I can repair the places my cats have made on my couch. Hope all is well
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I think lightly sand the peeling edge. Also, I'd use a small foam roller for the final coats of paint and acrylic. Gonna give it a try! Thanks for the video
Thank you so very much. I took your advice and peeled away all of the material first. Must admit, I'm totally surprised. I wish I knew how to upload pics. I am shooketh. LOL
Thank you for this. I have a huge headboard that was cracking and peeling. This saved me alot. It doesn't look perfect but it beats having it reupolstered.
You did a GREAT job in your video. I actually just came back home from buying me a used faux leather recliner for only $75. The leather is doing the same as your video shows so I'm going to do just what you did. This recliner doesn't have as much damage as the one you repaired but still can use some repairing. Thanks for providing the video.
I hope it works just as well for you! Only thing I might do different is use a bigger paint brush to make the job go faster! Also some people in the comments recommended trying sandpaper instead of peeling it by hand. Good luck!
I am going to be trying this. I looked at all the patches but my peeling couch is too big for them. So I did a google search and here you are. Very helpful!
Somebody need to do a class action suit for all these defective fake "bonded leather" couches. Plastic more Durable-- car seats don't peel as much as a fake leather couch. National disgrace !!! Nice try but you shouldn't have to paint your couch.
Real leather is so much nicer, I agree! But this couch set was actually given to us and we didn't have to pay anything for it, so I am grateful to have it, even if I have to fix it up a bit every now and then :) It really helped us have enough seating for all the family since we're just starting out. Thanks for watching and commenting and sharing your opinion. One day we'll get to upgrade to a better quality couch and that will be very nice! :)
So excited to do this! I just bought a new couch and I was moving it into my apartment , it was super heavy and I peeled the side of it on the brick wall of the apartment 😤 so I really hope this will work
I was honestly just considering buying a new couch cushion (that’s the only part that’s peeling bad) but this is sooo much cheaper. I’m definitely gonna have to try this. I’m tired of having leather pieces follow me wherever I go!
Wow you did an amazing job 👍I have a small peel my couch is dark black so it's hard for someone to notice it but I do so I'm going to get right on this. Thank you so much I feel a lot better since watching your video your the best
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the first video I've watched. I am now satisfied to start my diy. Awesome 👌!! I wanted to throw my couch and love seat away. You changed my mind.
thanks, alot ! it looks really good! for everyone that needs quick cash, go to all the offices in your home town and tell them that you will remove any old leather chairs for them for free. most time these offices throw away really good chairs all they need is to paint the leather over and that some quick cash in your pocket.
Thank you very much for this valuable information. My wife wants to buy new couches and I want to show her we can save a lot by just reviving our it ourselves and keep them...their only 4 years old. I'm all for dyi instead of throwing money at stores. 👍🏿
@@SimpleMomming One question. I did everything you said. It looks great, but the the painted area isn't as soft as the rest of the couch. It's pretty ruff in that area. Any ideas on how to smooth it out? Thanks.
Fight The Bully! Yeah, like I mentioned in the video it doesn’t take it back to brand new but it does look pretty good. Mine was also a little rough because it’s fabric underneath the paint. One person suggested that I might have gotten a smoother result if I would’ve used some sand paper to smooth it out first. I’m not sure if that would have helped but I thought that was a good idea. The only thing I can think of is if there is something you could paint over the area first, like to give it a thicker foundation (it would need to be thicker than paint) and then paint on top of that once there’s a smooth texture. I’m not sure if a product like that exists and being a little rough hasn’t bothered me personally, but I know everyone’s couch is probably a little different. I’m sorry it turned out rough :( I wish I knew of a product you could just coat on prior to painting that would give it a smoother base. If you find anything that works, you’ll definitely have to come back and share it with everyone here! I’ll let you know if I hear of anything too!
@@SimpleMomming Ok. Thanks for the reply and will do. I will try to buy cuts of the same fabric or something similar and stitch it to the piece I cut out and blend it in with the paint. Yeah, I understand it won't be perfect but my wife's a tough critic. Lol I'll definitely updated you on the outcome. Once again thanks for your help.
Excellent job we were thinking about buying a new couch and loveseat but now I’m gonna do what you did. Thank you so so much for saving us some money ours is peeling just like yours was ours is black and it’s Matt so I’m going to try to do exactly what you did. Thank you so so much. Again🙏🏽❤️🥰
Thank you so much for this. 1,000 pound chair almost ruined some cleaning spray caught a gust of wind within days the seat the arms and some of the back looked like a flame thrower had hit it. been covered with fabric cover but it looks awful. 100% be trying this I cant throw a £1,000 chair, thank you
I used the dull corner of a 5 in 1 tool and the peeling came off pretty quick and instead of a brush I used a sponge. Nice work!! Thanks for the video and idea!!
Great video, very informative. I have a 4 yr sofa and love seat that's in good condition still, but the damn faux leather is peeling horribly! Will definitely try the products/tips to repair them. Thanks for posting this!
Looks a lot better et the end! I saw another repair video a while back and they sanded and even used leather filler to even out the surface before painting
Absolutely brilliant! I watched your video and ordered the exact paints and the Black to mix my brown with as well as the acrylic (white liquid) for the finish. It looks fantastic! Thankyou. Mine was as bad as the one in your video and I bought two bottles of dark brown and 1 black. I have five sections to the suite and the paint was enough. I used approx 5 coats overall and it's amazing. Thanks again.
Nice transformation. I have a human touch massaging chair recliner. Bought it about 7 yrs ago. Dark grey leather like. It’s peeling in thigh and calf area and arms. Looks terrible. Paid well over $3k. Very disappointed with human touch. Thought to get it reupholstered but it cost about $1,200 plus fabric! This repair might be an option. Thanks!
I was just about to throw away two $1000 leather couches tomorrow, but then I saw your video. I am going to give your method a try! Only concern is matching the color. Is there a service that will take a couch sample and tell you the colors you need to buy and mix to make the color you need?
Thank you so much, this is exactly what I'm needing to do. I just brought a leather recliner sofa for $20 AUD with the same pilling issue but on the top back of the head rest cushion. I was sure I could fix it, if not 20 bucks was pretty good, but now I know I can :-)
You make this look so easy. You matched the color perfectly. I have a dress coat with mixed wool and leather. The arms are peeling 😫 and I've only worn the coat about 5 times. It says in the closet on its original hanger and covered with the store bag it came home with. I don't understand why it's peeling. I have thought about bedazzling the arms, its only the under part that is leather and peeling. The side panels under the arms have some cracks trying to peel. After seeing your video I'm thinking about leather paint instead 🤔
I have 3 other leather coats in the same closet with zero issues. Two of them are at least 3 sizes to big for me. So I'm thinking another option might be to pay a seamstress to use one of them to repair my dress coat🙄
Fake leather? All leather is dyed or painted is it's not in it's raw state. Bonded leather isn't fake, but it's not regular leather either. When you buy furniture there are several different types of leather furniture. The most economical and probably best way to buy it is what they call leather touch. That means every where your body touches is leather and the sides and the back are vinyl. I've got a really nice electric reclining sofa and cuddle chair. It's not as big as the chair and a half but pretty big and my sofa reclines on both ends and they're as big as the cuddle chair so there's no middle piece when both sides are recline the entire sofa is reclined. However since getting this furniture I've gotten two pit bulls oh, and I don't make them stay off the furniture. I've always been the type of person that my dogs are part of the family and I don't keep family off the furniture. My sofa is BONDED leather. That's where they take scraps of leather grind it all up and you some kind of glue or something to stick it all back together and make a material that they can call leather or bonded leather and it almost always has a nylon type backing. A lot of people will peel all the poly pipe coating on the front and it'll be almost hairy LOL and looks like suede. Then you can repaint it with chalk paint and wax the crap out of it to seal it and it really does look like leather again but it is very very very labor-intensive and mine is not breaking up like the one in the video mine is just wearing off really badly. I've got a few burn holes in the arm and a cut in one of the arms that you can repair with a little kit that's basically a bunch of ground up leather and some glue. There's a company called heritage something that sells a really nice kid that you paint the entire thing with this white flu like stuff and let it completely dry and sand it all off, and then you paint it whatever color you want to paint it. Usually it's best to paint at the exact same color because you would have to work really hard and spend a lot of money to cover the entire piece of furniture with that glue. I have seen pieces of furniture that look like it needed to be in the dump turn out to look like nearly brand-new furniture. I seen videos on UA-cam I'm sure they can be found. I do know heritage is the first part of the name of the company. What she is doing I did and it didn't work for me for very long, BUT, I didn't use the acrylic sealer. I'm sure it was the reason! I'm excited to get some of that and try it again!
I hope this method works for you! Be sure to check the comments for more great suggestions that viewers added which may improve the method that I used.
after watching this, I decided to strip a stool completely, I used my finger nails , its taken almost 3 days ,and it looks great, instead of being black leather, its now a grey material, saves buying a new stool.
you did a great job!! ok, now I'm going to go for it - seriously I think I have exactly the same couch! my peeling is nearly alll of the two seats though and foot rests - about how many tubs of the 4oz black and brown colors did you go through for your project please?? Thanks again so much!
If I remember correctly, I think I might of used around 2 of the brown and maybe half of 1 of the black... 🤔 I hope it works out for you! Some people in the comments suggested sanding it first to make a smoother surface which I think may have worked even better than what I did :) Good luck!
@@SimpleMomming hi again! I’m ordering now- if I use your link I hope you get a little credit- I would NEVER have found it except for your video! QUESTION: so if you used about 2 and a half bottles of the Paint should I also get two and a half bottles of the Top Coat? Or maybe less because only one layer? Thanks!
That was better than most videos. How is the couch doing now 2 and a half year later? Maybe one could carefully disolve 1-2 mm of the rim of the repair -spot with acetone and a brush a few hours before painting to get more even transition. - Just an idea and might ruin the job. I especially like that you didnt make an overly long video. All the best and keep them coming :)
I think this is a great idea! I was wondering would some kind of latex filler for the edges. I was thinking hair glue as I'm unfamiliar with the latex options out there. I researched and the paint will stick to the latex. Also, maybe a drop of red to better match the couch; it has a red undertone.
Great job 👌🏽 thank you for sharing. I have a really nice vest and some of the trim has faux leather I need to do this process on. I'm excited now thank you
What a great fix! I have a couch that has this problem. Upholsterer wants $1200 to redo it. Yikes! How long does this last before it needs to be painted again?
Nice job, You might want to add a step with some very, very fine sandpaper at the transitions from the skin to the underlayment. You could start more coarse to ultra-fine. You might start with 400 grit and ending with 1000, just need to play with your leather. We have a 10 yr old office chair that just started shedding its skin like a bad sunburn. May give this a try.
It's been 5 years since you made this video. If you still have the couch, fail or not, a follow up video sounds like a good idea.
Either way, you could celebrate how well it held up or share a "this is what I learned" experience.
You matched that color so well! I have two (free) faux leather couches and I did this very same thing however, I added fabric softener to the paint to make it stretchy. After 3 years, one couch held up great and the other...well, not so much. I'm going to order the acrylic this time and see if this does the trick! Thanks for the tip! Also! If anyone is taking off a significant amount of the peeling, a hair dryer and a table knife makes it come off like butter! Heat up that vinyl and it nearly slides off with the knife!
PRO TIP: peel, sand with fine grit, spray with artist matt clear, spray paint (not brush) to exact color, spray over with gloss leather polish for shoes. It will last much longer and will not crack. Painting may look good but another six months of body heat, shifting while sitting, etc and you have the same problem but now it's cracking under the varnish you painted on. Spraying with leather coat will keep the spray color perfect for a long time and the underspray will stop the continued peeling.
WOW thank you
Just ordered stuff to do this! Thanks for the suggestions, very much appreciated!
Thank you!!!
could you post a link to the specific recomended supplies
@@coriannelee Did you try it, and did it work?
I used this method. Went to local Lowe's. Spend $20 total. It came out decent. I will buy a protector. I had insurance, so Living spaces refunded my money, and they said keep the couch! Thanks
Great video. A few points tho. Don’t use leather wipes to clean. They have moisturizer In them to hydrate leather and those same things will stop the glue or dye or finisher from properly bonding. Wash that area with acetone. The bond should last years.
adding more points, a bit of light sanding might help too.
I'm impressed with you. I admire people that can do things themselves. I'm 81 and I'm amazed at how helpless so many young people are now. OK, now my ideas to help this go easier and faster. Use a 2-3 inch brush when covering a large area like you had to do. Also on this job if you'd laid the couch down on its back the paint wouldn't have run down toward the seat nearly as much. You did a great job but you spent way more time on it than was necessary. The couch looks great and my computer chair is jealous so I'll be doing it.
Cheers, Neill
Looks amazing!!! , so tired of vacuuming up peeled leather bits or covering it with blanket throws - thanks heaps for great tips n help
I’m thoroughly impressed. I’m glad you came up in my google search results and will definitely be trying this here in the next couple of days
It’s not perfect??? You did such a good job!!! Was actually surprised! :D
Well thank you!! I am pretty happy with the results! ☺️
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You know what?! You did a pretty darn good job! I honestly would have never even thought of this as an option, so thank you very much. I think it turned out great! 😉
Thank you!! It lasted another year and even still that part didn’t start peeling again. There were other new areas that started to peel on the couch and I finally gave it away at that point
2 👍🏽👍🏽 I think it looks way better than before, this is an option to keep in mind !
I'm gonna try this with my couch. It was given to me like yours. Your couch looks great!! Thanks for the video
What happened? Did yours turn out as good as the video?
Thanks!
Use a light sand paper before starting and cleanup with a cloth or wipe.. good mix, there is also leather spray paint
Hi! So I am doing this patch right now and I have some notes! The paint you found works great but I could only find it in small bottles so I had to figure out how to make it last. Mix the right color, add a layer or two, then do the top coat (I found a satin varnish that is pretty spot on for matching a leather sheen) then keep painting to build it up! I found that the fabric absorbs the paint a lot and makes it hard to build up an even surface. My couch is looking so much better now though!
I have that same question. How much paint did you finally buy? I want to redo a handbag in bronze but I only saw the bottles in one ounce sizes and I have no idea if that will be enough for a handbag . I guess I'll buy 2 bottles and if there's any left over I'll use it on shoes or something.
Thank you - your video saved me bothering to waste any money on similar products, and to just concede it's new couch time :)
I see you haven't posted in two years but I hope you see this. Thank you so much for this. Amazon still carries all the products you use and I have already ordered them. Your couch looks great and I finally feel like I can repair the places my cats have made on my couch. Hope all is well
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How long do you let it dry between coats?
I think lightly sand the peeling edge. Also, I'd use a small foam roller for the final coats of paint and acrylic. Gonna give it a try! Thanks for the video
Thanks - my two chairs are just starting to peel ... I'm going to do this ... extend their lives a bit ... they are still beautiful!
Thank you so very much. I took your advice and peeled away all of the material first. Must admit, I'm totally surprised. I wish I knew how to upload pics. I am shooketh. LOL
Bought a peeling leather couch for 50 dollars for my first place. Totally feel like I made the right decision after seeing this
Thank you so so much. I was about to buy new couches. My real leather couch is back like crazy new looking. God Bless you... I saved a lot right now.
Holy cow!!! She could sell me almost anything!!!
She purrrdy!!!!!
And talented!!!
Definitely caught me off guard.
This is the first video where an American isn’t screaming at me. Thank you for being soft spoken.
That's really incredible. I did not imagine that painting your couch can actually work quite decent
Thank you for this. I have a huge headboard that was cracking and peeling. This saved me alot. It doesn't look perfect but it beats having it reupolstered.
You did a GREAT job in your video. I actually just came back home from buying me a used faux leather recliner for only $75. The leather is doing the same as your video shows so I'm going to do just what you did. This recliner doesn't have as much damage as the one you repaired but still can use some repairing. Thanks for providing the video.
I hope it works just as well for you! Only thing I might do different is use a bigger paint brush to make the job go faster! Also some people in the comments recommended trying sandpaper instead of peeling it by hand. Good luck!
@@SimpleMomming yes, you can also just packing tape because it sticks really good and then just pull the tape off.. Thanks again for video.
Oh good idea!!
I’m so glad I found this video. My sectional couch looks just like this and I’m going to try using this paint. Thank you!
wow; that came out better than i thought when i first began watching. I am very impressed.
I am going to be trying this. I looked at all the patches but my peeling couch is too big for them. So I did a google search and here you are. Very helpful!
Somebody need to do a class action suit for all these defective fake "bonded leather" couches. Plastic more Durable-- car seats don't peel as much as a fake leather couch. National disgrace !!! Nice try but you shouldn't have to paint your couch.
Real leather is so much nicer, I agree! But this couch set was actually given to us and we didn't have to pay anything for it, so I am grateful to have it, even if I have to fix it up a bit every now and then :) It really helped us have enough seating for all the family since we're just starting out. Thanks for watching and commenting and sharing your opinion. One day we'll get to upgrade to a better quality couch and that will be very nice! :)
@@SimpleMomming You did a great job with a defective couch, no doubt. God bless you.
Thank you!!
king johnny I’m with you bro 👍
I’m with you bro 👍
So excited to do this! I just bought a new couch and I was moving it into my apartment , it was super heavy and I peeled the side of it on the brick wall of the apartment 😤 so I really hope this will work
heyy did it work?
Did it work?? We waiting for an answer for over a year now
👀 did it work lol
Brick wall 1 >Couch 0
Great it looks so beautiful it looks like real me and my son are definitely going to do this for our leather chair that has started peeling
This video is a life saver! I wish I could post my pictures! Thanks so much
Great work. I am impressed with your intelligence.
I was honestly just considering buying a new couch cushion (that’s the only part that’s peeling bad) but this is sooo much cheaper. I’m definitely gonna have to try this. I’m tired of having leather pieces follow me wherever I go!
Very creative! Great job! Was checking to see if I can repair my bedframe. Thank you!
Wish I could show you the outcome of my couch but much like yours. I’m so happy!
Wow you did an amazing job 👍I have a small peel my couch is dark black so it's hard for someone to notice it but I do so I'm going to get right on this. Thank you so much I feel a lot better since watching your video your the best
This is amazing I'm so glad I found your video, just purchased a sectional from the thrift store
WOW Christy. You did a fantastic job. Matched the colour so well. Well done 👌👏👏
Thank you!!
Thanks, followed your steps and was able to salvage the couch... probably added 2-3 more years to it.. !
Thank you for this great idea! Especially when times are hard right now to purchase a new sectional!😃
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the first video I've watched. I am now satisfied to start my diy. Awesome 👌!! I wanted to throw my couch and love seat away. You changed my mind.
Thank you Christy for this informative video. I can’t wait to get the materials and rescue my leather chair.
thanks, alot ! it looks really good! for everyone that needs quick cash, go to all the offices in your home town and tell them that you will remove any old leather chairs for them for free. most time these offices throw away really good chairs all they need is to paint the leather over and that some quick cash in your pocket.
Thank you so much for your video. Followed your steps and my damaged leather dining chairs look almost new.
I can’t wait to try this on my peeling recliners this weekend!!!
Thank you very much for this valuable information. My wife wants to buy new couches and I want to show her we can save a lot by just reviving our it ourselves and keep them...their only 4 years old. I'm all for dyi instead of throwing money at stores. 👍🏿
You’re very welcome! I hope this diy trick works great for you as well!!
@@SimpleMomming One question. I did everything you said. It looks great, but the the painted area isn't as soft as the rest of the couch. It's pretty ruff in that area. Any ideas on how to smooth it out? Thanks.
Fight The Bully! Yeah, like I mentioned in the video it doesn’t take it back to brand new but it does look pretty good. Mine was also a little rough because it’s fabric underneath the paint. One person suggested that I might have gotten a smoother result if I would’ve used some sand paper to smooth it out first. I’m not sure if that would have helped but I thought that was a good idea. The only thing I can think of is if there is something you could paint over the area first, like to give it a thicker foundation (it would need to be thicker than paint) and then paint on top of that once there’s a smooth texture. I’m not sure if a product like that exists and being a little rough hasn’t bothered me personally, but I know everyone’s couch is probably a little different. I’m sorry it turned out rough :( I wish I knew of a product you could just coat on prior to painting that would give it a smoother base. If you find anything that works, you’ll definitely have to come back and share it with everyone here! I’ll let you know if I hear of anything too!
@@SimpleMomming Ok. Thanks for the reply and will do. I will try to buy cuts of the same fabric or something similar and stitch it to the piece I cut out and blend it in with the paint. Yeah, I understand it won't be perfect but my wife's a tough critic. Lol I'll definitely updated you on the outcome. Once again thanks for your help.
Excellent job we were thinking about buying a new couch and loveseat but now I’m gonna do what you did. Thank you so so much for saving us some money ours is peeling just like yours was ours is black and it’s Matt so I’m going to try to do exactly what you did. Thank you so so
much. Again🙏🏽❤️🥰
Thank you for sharing this! My great grandson was picking at the arm of our couch and it looks terrible. Definitely going to try this!!!
I hope it works well for you too! :)
Wow!! Very well done!! I am wondering if this would work on my peeling purse. I may just try it. :)
Before painting you can use a leather filler. This should help give you a much smoother finish.
Great idea! I wish I’d have known about that before! Thanks for sharing :)
Nicholas Logan what filler is recommended
Video Ramblings of Matthew Hi am not sure if this is the exact video that l watched but it’s in my history. ua-cam.com/video/Doa0gzfpQCw/v-deo.html
Thank you, my sofa is the same exact color. This video is Truly helpful
Thank you for your video. The painting technique makes the most sense to repair vinyl.
Thank you so much for this.
1,000 pound chair almost ruined some cleaning spray caught a gust of wind
within days the seat the arms and some of the back looked like a flame thrower had hit it.
been covered with fabric cover but it looks awful. 100% be trying this I cant throw a £1,000 chair, thank you
Great video! You just saved me $1500, thanks.
I used the dull corner of a 5 in 1 tool and the peeling came off pretty quick and instead of a brush I used a sponge. Nice work!! Thanks for the video and idea!!
Omg! I must try this. Thank you so much for the tutorial
What do you mean! It looks so perfect to me. You did a great job
Thanks so much, I am in the process of using this on my chairs I am really excited about how it is turning out. You saved my chairs!
Thanks so much for this video. I just bought a used ottoman and it's peeling
Will be trying this next week. Thank you.
After alot of do's & Redo's; best fix
I got on here to find help with the peeling of my recliners, So thanks so much!!! I subscribed :)
this is very talented and skilled work that requires a lot of patience....
Amazing skill here. Thank you very much for sharing this and for the effort of publishing it.
Looks great. I have the same couch and was searching for a repair option. Yours was the first video I found.
Great video, very informative. I have a 4 yr sofa and love seat that's in good condition still, but the damn faux leather is peeling horribly! Will definitely try the products/tips to repair them. Thanks for posting this!
Looks a lot better et the end!
I saw another repair video a while back and they sanded and even used leather filler to even out the surface before painting
Can you link that video? I’m about to repair my couch.
Great job 🥰
Absolutely brilliant! I watched your video and ordered the exact paints and the Black to mix my brown with as well as the acrylic (white liquid) for the finish. It looks fantastic! Thankyou. Mine was as bad as the one in your video and I bought two bottles of dark brown and 1 black. I have five sections to the suite and the paint was enough. I used approx 5 coats overall and it's amazing. Thanks again.
Oh I’m so glad to hear this!!! Thank you for coming back and updating how it went!!! :)
How did it hold up so far? Did it peel again?
Nice transformation.
I have a human touch massaging chair recliner. Bought it about 7 yrs ago. Dark grey leather like. It’s peeling in thigh and calf area and arms. Looks terrible. Paid well over $3k. Very disappointed with human touch. Thought to get it reupholstered but it cost about $1,200 plus fabric!
This repair might be an option. Thanks!
I hope it works for you!
I was just about to throw away two $1000 leather couches tomorrow, but then I saw your video. I am going to give your method a try! Only concern is matching the color. Is there a service that will take a couch sample and tell you the colors you need to buy and mix to make the color you need?
Thank you so much, this is exactly what I'm needing to do. I just brought a leather recliner sofa for $20 AUD with the same pilling issue but on the top back of the head rest cushion. I was sure I could fix it, if not 20 bucks was pretty good, but now I know I can :-)
You make this look so easy. You matched the color perfectly. I have a dress coat with mixed wool and leather. The arms are peeling 😫 and I've only worn the coat about 5 times. It says in the closet on its original hanger and covered with the store bag it came home with. I don't understand why it's peeling.
I have thought about bedazzling the arms, its only the under part that is leather and peeling. The side panels under the arms have some cracks trying to peel.
After seeing your video I'm thinking about leather paint instead 🤔
I have 3 other leather coats in the same closet with zero issues. Two of them are at least 3 sizes to big for me. So I'm thinking another option might be to pay a seamstress to use one of them to repair my dress coat🙄
Just bought the paints ! So excited to give my couches a face lift very much needed lol !!
did it work?
Lmao
Woww!! This was very helpful. I have a fake leather sectional that I purchased in 2016, and it's starting to peel. Is that normal?
A REAL leather couch won’t peak like that, stay away from the fake leather. You did a nice job with the repair.
True! I’d love to upgrade to real leather someday but this one was gifted to us 😘
Fake leather? All leather is dyed or painted is it's not in it's raw state. Bonded leather isn't fake, but it's not regular leather either. When you buy furniture there are several different types of leather furniture. The most economical and probably best way to buy it is what they call leather touch. That means every where your body touches is leather and the sides and the back are vinyl. I've got a really nice electric reclining sofa and cuddle chair. It's not as big as the chair and a half but pretty big and my sofa reclines on both ends and they're as big as the cuddle chair so there's no middle piece when both sides are recline the entire sofa is reclined. However since getting this furniture I've gotten two pit bulls oh, and I don't make them stay off the furniture. I've always been the type of person that my dogs are part of the family and I don't keep family off the furniture. My sofa is BONDED leather. That's where they take scraps of leather grind it all up and you some kind of glue or something to stick it all back together and make a material that they can call leather or bonded leather and it almost always has a nylon type backing. A lot of people will peel all the poly pipe coating on the front and it'll be almost hairy LOL and looks like suede. Then you can repaint it with chalk paint and wax the crap out of it to seal it and it really does look like leather again but it is very very very labor-intensive and mine is not breaking up like the one in the video mine is just wearing off really badly. I've got a few burn holes in the arm and a cut in one of the arms that you can repair with a little kit that's basically a bunch of ground up leather and some glue. There's a company called heritage something that sells a really nice kid that you paint the entire thing with this white flu like stuff and let it completely dry and sand it all off, and then you paint it whatever color you want to paint it. Usually it's best to paint at the exact same color because you would have to work really hard and spend a lot of money to cover the entire piece of furniture with that glue. I have seen pieces of furniture that look like it needed to be in the dump turn out to look like nearly brand-new furniture. I seen videos on UA-cam I'm sure they can be found. I do know heritage is the first part of the name of the company. What she is doing I did and it didn't work for me for very long, BUT, I didn't use the acrylic sealer. I'm sure it was the reason! I'm excited to get some of that and try it again!
New subscriber! 😊great job. I never knew you could paint a leather couch. I need to do this, my couch has started to peel too!
I hope this method works for you! Be sure to check the comments for more great suggestions that viewers added which may improve the method that I used.
Brava, Christy, I really like what you did. That repair looks great, and thank you for the video.
Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful :)
after watching this, I decided to strip a stool completely, I used my finger nails , its taken almost 3 days ,and it looks great, instead of being black leather, its now a grey material, saves buying a new stool.
Thank you! I just purchased everything on your list from amazon!
Well I hope it works out great for you! A few people in the comments suggested sanding the surface before painting it for a smoother surface.
oh wow didn't know that this is even doable. thanks for the tips.
Wow!! Great job 👍
Going to do this with my black leather love seat. Thnx😁
Hi @Christy Lyn, good great! How much paint did you used for the chair? and do you feel any stickiness from the paint?? Thank you.
Cool! 👍
Gonna use this for repairing shoes 😅
you did a great job!! ok, now I'm going to go for it - seriously I think I have exactly the same couch! my peeling is nearly alll of the two seats though and foot rests - about how many tubs of the 4oz black and brown colors did you go through for your project please?? Thanks again so much!
If I remember correctly, I think I might of used around 2 of the brown and maybe half of 1 of the black... 🤔 I hope it works out for you! Some people in the comments suggested sanding it first to make a smoother surface which I think may have worked even better than what I did :) Good luck!
@@SimpleMomming omg thanks so much for the speedy reply!!
You’re very welcome! ☺️
@@SimpleMomming hi again! I’m ordering now- if I use your link I hope you get a little credit- I would NEVER have found it except for your video! QUESTION: so if you used about 2 and a half bottles of the Paint should I also get two and a half bottles of the Top Coat? Or maybe less because only one layer? Thanks!
@@NYENERGIZERFAVES I don’t remember exactly, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t use as much of the clear coat as I did the color paint... 🤔 Good luck!!
That was better than most videos. How is the couch doing now 2 and a half year later? Maybe one could carefully disolve 1-2 mm of the rim of the repair -spot with acetone and a brush a few hours before painting to get more even transition. - Just an idea and might ruin the job. I especially like that you didnt make an overly long video. All the best and keep them coming :)
I saw now that it was still fine after one year when you changed it
I think this is a great idea! I was wondering would some kind of latex filler for the edges. I was thinking hair glue as I'm unfamiliar with the latex options out there. I researched and the paint will stick to the latex. Also, maybe a drop of red to better match the couch; it has a red undertone.
Great job 👌🏽 thank you for sharing. I have a really nice vest and some of the trim has faux leather I need to do this process on. I'm excited now thank you
This is exactly what I was looking for. I have a bronze handbag that I want to repair.
Thanks for your help...
It looks so good. Thanks a bunch. Good job.
Great job. Looks good. Can this be used on a purse. And does it come in color.
What a great fix! I have a couch that has this problem. Upholsterer wants $1200 to redo it. Yikes! How long does this last before it needs to be painted again?
Actually looks really good.
Nice job, You might want to add a step with some very, very fine sandpaper at the transitions from the skin to the underlayment. You could start more coarse to ultra-fine. You might start with 400 grit and ending with 1000, just need to play with your leather. We have a 10 yr old office chair that just started shedding its skin like a bad sunburn. May give this a try.
Such a good idea! Thanks!!
You did a great job! (Do u think though you could have used a bigger brush?)
Did u do everything over 2 days?
Thank u!
Can you please share the link for these products you use. Thank you