OT: Paint on my leather

[Rob]

Hrm, for some reason, i thought this originally was one of those unsolicited
sex ads and deleted it.. hehe..

Leather is pretty tough to get paint out *unless* you treated it properly to
begin with, which would usually prevent it from soaking in..

First thing I would say would be saddlesoap.. Otherwise, maybe a very small
bit of paint thinner on a rag, then saddlesoap, then some conditioner to put
oil back into the leather..


Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: patchell <patchell at silcom.com>
To: tomg <efm3 at mediaone.net>
Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Paint on my leather


>     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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