jbbailey

Hi, first of all thank you for your reply (and apologies for not responding sooner, I decided to take a short trip and only just got back). I'm going to tackle this this weekend coming but hoping to order materials for it in the next day or two. I had a few questions, if anyone had the time to respond to; I'd hugely appreciate it, being a total novice: 1.) I've read a lot on here about Acetone being bad and sometimes making re-dying patchy, but others seem to suggest it would be the best thing to remove this high sheen and white marking this leather has seem to picked up at some point in it's life. Would Oxalic Acid be any better or would this not be strong enough to remove the high shine coating? 2.) What could I re-dye the leather with after being stripped and do I need a finisher after dying? Any help hugely appreciated.

Hi there, I am hoping someone might be able to help. I bought an old 1930s Tanker Desk which has had the original rubber top replaced with an interesting leather top at some point in its life. As you can hopefully see in the attached picture, the leather looks like someone has cleaned it with something and made it go white? I tried using a black cream cleaner and it hasn't restored the colour. The surface is shiny as if the white discolouring has soaked really deep. I was wondering if anyone knew what might have done this, but more importantly, any ideas on the best products to try and restore to a nice black? Thanks