Sunflower49

BDAZ-- zowie! :O) thanks for the alert on Feibings Deglaze, especially considering I have a large area to try to affect change on! I'm anxious to get started on the worst parts where the drips are and on the arms, where the leather was damaged, not reconditioned, and now won't take conditioners. Again, thanks -- and thanks to everyone who has contributed -- I can now think of this as an adventure instead of a doomed quest.

Stosh -- thanks for not stopping typing...and for the Fiebing's deglazer tip. I wouldn't mind if that process lightened the color. In my case, the color is part of the issue. And the idea that this spray paint wizard missed areas and left drips. And the idea that he did exactly the opposite of what I requested. And that I didn't stand guard over him while he worked... Appreciate your response - thanks again

Thanks to everyone!! I will try to reach this person to find out what kind of dye he used. The chair literally feels like it has paint on it -- rough, stiff surface -- and if you put leather conditioner on it, it just lays there-won't absorb. I'm willing to do the work to get at least some of the 'paint' off... I really appreciate all the tips and information. You all have given me a little hope.

This is my last-gasp attempt to find a way to un-do what a poor craftsman did to my chair. I have one of those Danish Modern chairs that once was my dad's, who gave it to my brother, who finally gave it to me. The leather was in poor shape and I decided this sentimental piece deserved a professional cleaning, re-conditioning and possibly boosting the colors. This piece has multiple light tan colors, some with a bit more rust-orange and some nearly light tan, others golden. The proclaimed 35-year veteran of leather work said he could only restore the color to one color, so I said forget it, just clean and re-condition. (I didn't mind the faded color, it reminded me of all the use it had endured by people I love) I went inside as he began working. After 15 minutes, I thought I would check to see how things were going - I was pretty excited. What I encountered was this man using a device that looked like a spray paint gun, spraying a medium brown all over the upper cushions! He announced that he had told me he couldn't do the separate colors, and so was just doing the same color as the back of the chair, a med-brown. Long, horrible story short -- my beautiful, unique chair is now a dull, ugly med-brown. Plus, there a places he missed entirely, like the inside of the arms. And other places where the darker dye dripped down the front of the seat and the foot stool. I did try to stop him, but while he defended his actions, he continued to spray brown stuff that looked just like paint on my chair. In the end, I have a chair that won't take a conditioner (I've spent a lot buying different ones in hopes something would work.) and the leather feels exactly like it has paint on it. Where 75% of the chair was still soft and supple, now 100% of the chair is rough and feels weird. I won't bore anyone with the bull-headed garbage I put up with from this guy, who repeated proclaimed he did the best he could and that was great, after his 35 years of experience! So, he didn't clean or re-condition. The chair won't take any conditioner, as it's like the dye/paint he used simply clogged the leather. I am trying (and have been for months) to find a way to remove some of this 'paint' or to at least find a way to help the leather absorb a conditioner. Can anyone help me? Or...am I just [picture of screw]ed? Many many thanks to anyone who replies...