bethlewton

Brillant! cheers for the reply, it always helps to get another persons advice!

Thanx for the info, its really helped me! I'm definitely going to try it on a small section first, I would be gutted if I ruined the whole hide.

Brilliant! The lemon and rubbing alcohol sounds good, thanx for the advice. Just to check, using this method, will it 'damage' or weaken the leather as a whole or will it literally on affect the very top surface?

Thanx for the reply, it was so quick! Sorry to keep asking questions but... how exactly will the leather conditioner remove the shine? Will the chemicals eat away at the surface to dull the shine and make it matt? as i never thought a conditioner would work for this!??? but if it will... great!

Hello everyone, I hope some of you can help me with my problem...? I recently did an impulse purchase of a whole cow hide for my university project. (Unfortunately, I am a leather novise so can not describe the exact type of leather.) I love the colour but the problem is the leather has a heavy sheen on the surface. I would like to dull the leather and make it more of a matt surface without damaging the leather! I tried using a medium coarse sandpaper but it left unattarctive marks. Is there a certain technique, process or product that can help solve my predicament? I am open to all suggestions, any help or guidance will help me massively as I really don't want to have to buy another cow hide as my student budget most likely won't stretch that far! Please help me!! Thanx, Beth