What To Use As A Stripper

[KAYAK45]

What do you use to take off whatever topcoats and finishes to get as low back to the leather?

I then want to recolor, probably with a paint by airbrush. Or..any other suggestions?

[TwinOaks]

deglazer or denatured alcohol, possibly acetone.

[Clay B]

deglazer or denatured alcohol, possibly acetone.

I've used deglazer to remove top coats and some water based dyes. But, have had limited degree of sucess removing oil or spirit based dyes.

Deglazer smells kind of like my wife's nail polish remover (acetone). I think acetone could be the main part of the solution in the Deglazer formula (?).

[Art]

Deglazer is probably a lot of Ethyl Acetate, a common industrial ester. Nothing will have much of an effect on the aniline dyes, except maybe a bleach (hypochlorite ion), which will have a negative effect on the leather. The best bet is to dye again with a darker color.

Art

I've used deglazer to remove top coats and some water based dyes. But, have had limited degree of sucess removing oil or spirit based dyes.

Deglazer smells kind of like my wife's nail polish remover (acetone). I think acetone could be the main part of the solution in the Deglazer formula (?).