Leather jacket repair

Leather products can be found in the wardrobe of almost every person. Things made of this material have high wear resistance, have a presentable appearance and are very practical. But sometimes there are situations when inadvertently caught on a carnation or jerked a pocket sharply, and the question immediately becomes relevant, how to repair a leather jacket? In our article, we will describe in detail the methods by which you can easily restore the integrity of things that are dear to you.

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Essential Repair Tools

The easiest and simplest solution is to contact a clothing repair studio. And if you want to restore the product sparingly, you can do it yourself. The whole process will not require you anything that you can not handle. Of course, without a certain repair experience, the result may be less accurate than a professional restoration of a leather jacket. But if you act carefully - everything is in your power.

In order to return a neat and beautiful look to a leather product, you will need several items, the presence of which should be taken care of in advance.

Leather:

• In the case where the tear on the clothes has the shape of a corner, then you will not need patch material.
• If a piece is completely torn out on the jacket, it is necessary to select a flap similar in color, texture and thickness, equal to the size of the hole formed.

Substrate

For the substrate, you can use not only suede and skin. If the tear is small, you can apply a dense fabric.

Important! The only drawback of ordinary matter is that it does not adhere well to a leather base.

Glue

Repairing a leather item with any glue will fail. To seal the gap, use the “Moment” glue, or special glue for the skin. Jacket repair in this case will take less time, and the result will be more reliable.

Important! PVA glue, and especially “Super glue”, should never be used on a jacket made of such material.

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How to repair a leather jacket at home?

There are several ideas for self-repair. We will consider the most popular and simple.

Method number 1

This method is suitable if you need to repair the gap with the corner of the sleeve or other part of the jacket. For additional fixation of the torn piece, you need a little tape.

Repair sequence:

1. To conduct quality work, you need to provide access to the gap from the front and the wrong side. To do this, turn the jacket inside out and spread the lining in the place closest to the hole.

Important! On each sleeve there is a factory seam through which the product was turned at the moment of sewing. It is best to stretch the sleeve along this seam.

2. Fold the clothes face up and carefully place the torn piece in its place. Fix the gap with tape.

Important! Before sticking adhesive tape to your skin, glue it several times to your hand to remove stickiness. Otherwise, sticky traces of adhesive tape may remain on the material.

3. Turn the product on the back side and align the damaged area well. Make sure that no wrinkles form on the jacket.
4. Glue the prepared patch of suede or leather to the gap.
5. Place a load on the treated area for better bonding of the material and smooth out the bonding area as much as possible.

Important! The piece of leather that is glued to the main product should protrude beyond the edges of the tear by at least 1 cm on all sides.

6. Leave the clothes to dry completely. Then turn to the front side and remove the adhesive tape.
7. Gently push apart the joint of the glued piece. Using a toothpick dipped in glue, additionally process the butt joints.

Important! Wipe off excess glue with a lint-free cloth so that things do not leave whitish traces of glue.

8. At the end of the repair, treat the glued area with skin paint or any skin cream to match the color of the product.

Method number 2

You can repair a leather jacket at home using another method. At the same time, restoring a leather jacket will not take much time and will not require much effort on your part. If a piece of skin is completely torn off, use the following steps to fix the hole.

Repair sequence:

1. To restore the integrity of the leather product, it is necessary, as in the first case, to provide access to the damaged section of the jacket. To do this, spacing the production seam on the inside of the sleeve.
2. The inner patch can be of any durable material and a completely different color than the leather used on the front side.

Important! In case of staining the damaged area with liquid skin, you can apply a piece of a different color. When using a cream or other dye for leather material, the color of the patch should match the shade of the product as much as possible.

3. Glue the prepared patch in advance to the place of the gap in the manner described above. Also set the load on the treated area.
4. As soon as the glued skin is completely dry from the wrong side, proceed to repair the front.
5. Cut out from a similar piece of leather a part that completely repeats the size and shape of the hole on the jacket.

Important! Make sure that the patch does not protrude beyond the edges of the damaged area. Do not worry if the edges are loose in some places - such areas can be filled with a small amount of glue.

6. At the end, treat the repaired area with cream or skin paint.

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Now you know what to do if a leather jacket is torn, and how to glue the damaged area so that the gap is not visible. The two methods discussed in this article are very similar to each other and equally lead you to a neat result. During the restoration process, in some cases you will have to be patient. Carry out repairs carefully and slowly, and then your favorite thing will again have an amazing view.