Cover Scratches On Leather Furniture

Let dry and lightly sand smooth.

Cover scratches on leather furniture.

Find a shade of shoe polish that matches your furniture. To fix scratches on leather couch you are going to need oils like olive oil or orange oil and a soft cloth or a chamois cloth. Luckily it turns out it s not really that difficult or time. I used a soft cloth to rub the olive oil into the leather in circles.

Starting from the center of the damaged area buff the leather in circular motions working. Believe it our not i used regular wall paint and paintable caulk to fix my leather sofas. Continue to rub oil into the leather feathering out to the non affected area. They too will lighten as it dries.

Then rub the shoe polish into the leather and with a clean cloth rub the scratch quickly to buff it. First apply the shoe polish to the scratches with a clean cloth or a cotton swab applicator. Notice how the scratches soak up the oil and appear darker than the rest of the leather. Light barely there scratches buff away easily with a soft cloth dabbed in leather oil or conditioner.

Apply shoe polish to the scratched area. Rub a cotton swab with the oil to an inconspicuous area of the leather upholstery. Apply semi gloss or egg shell latex paint. A leather sofa full of scratches simply doesn t look very nice.

Of course you ve thought about removing those scratches before but you re simply too busy most of the time and fixing the sofa is one of the last things on your mind. Take a look at these before and after shots from mash up chic. I cut off and sanded the rough tags then applied caulk smoothing it with a wet hand until smooth. Leather oil shoe polish baseball glove conditioner baby oil saddle oil and lanolin oil can also be used.