OT: Paint on my leather

[Grant Richter]

If you use any kind of solvent, it will dissolve the oil out of the leather
also. It will then dry and crack. Soap also removes oil.

If you clean it with any solvent then treat the leather immediately with
Mink Oil or other reconditioner.

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>From: patchell <patchell at silcom.com>
>To: tomg <efm3 at mediaone.net>
>Cc: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: Re: OT: Paint on my leather
>Date: Sun, Aug 20, 2000, 12:26 PM
>

>     That depends on what kind of paint it is and what it did.  If it
> soaked in, I think you are hosed.
>
>     My experience has been that latex water based paints are the easiest
> to remove.  But I have never removed any kind of paint from leather.  If
> you want to experiment, I would get a very similar peice of lether and
> put the same kind of paint on it.
>
>     The only thing I can suggest you might try is the chemical stripper
> you can get at your hardware store.  But I would think that all this is
> going to do is cause the paint to soak into the leather even more.
>
>     -Jim
>
> tomg wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the OT post....but...... does anybody know
>> of a way to get paint off fine leather without screwing
>> the leather up? I guess it could be useful DIY info if
>> you built your console with a leather rest...;-)
>>
>> Tom
>
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