Hi everyone,
as a hobby I've decided to take on my (natuzzi) leather sofa which had some cracking and some worn patches especially on 2 of the cushions, applied chamberlains milk balm which hid a bit of cracking it had, but those patches were still rough rest of the sofa had this kind of glossy (or so I thought) finish, but 2 of the cushions were feeling rough... so I thought maybe sanding it down to smooth out a bit would help... which kind of did smooth out the leather in those patches, but did nothing to restore that shiny finish, neither did any of the conditioning/buffing... so I thought it needs some finish (which it did, cause some dye was getting transferred to the buffing pad). So I have applied Fiebing's resolene on the sofa and it looked a bit shiny, and on one cushion I felt some roughness so I though, I sand it down and reapply resolene again (since those are the most worn 2 coats would protect them better) and here I am with a blinding sofa... After reading a bit here I saw that people mix it with 50% of water to do less shine, but I think that only would work if you didn't have dried shiny resolene underneath... don't think it would become matte just because I'd add diluted resolene on top...
I googled extensively and saw various suggestions for getting less shiny finish using different kind of finish, though I didn't see much for the correction steps... what to do when it's already in that shiny state... sand it down (what grits 800/1500/3000)? Get Fiebing's deglazer and start from scratch (remove/redye/reapply resolene with 50/50 mix)? Acetone? What's my best option (preferably cost effective, not something like get a new sofa)...
Thanks!
