17 June 2025 | Leather Expert Advice
Can faux leather be repaired? Sometimes, and it depends a great deal on what kind of faux leather you have and how it has failed. A small cut or scuff in a good quality PU or vinyl sofa can often be repaired so it is barely visible. Widespread peeling and flaking, on...
10 June 2025 | Leather Reupholstery & Cushions
Can you recover a leather sofa? Yes. A leather sofa with a sound frame can be recovered in new leather, or in fabric if you fancy a change, and the result is effectively a new sofa built on the bones of one you already know is comfortable. It is a bigger job than a...
3 June 2025 | Car & Aircraft Leather
Motorhome and caravan leather seats can be repaired, and in most cases they can be repaired in situ on your drive, at the storage yard or on the pitch, without stripping the vehicle. Cracked driver’s seat bolsters, faded lounge cushions, cat scratches on the...
27 May 2025 | leather repair advice
A cigarette burn on a leather sofa is small, dark, hard-edged and impossible to stop looking at, but it is also one of the most satisfying repairs we do, because a burn that has not gone through the hide can usually be made to disappear completely. A hot ash mark on a...
20 May 2025 | leather recolouring advice
Can you paint a leather sofa? Technically, yes. There are leather paints, chalk paints, acrylics and spray kits that will all go onto a sofa and change its colour for a while. The problem is what happens afterwards. Paint sits on top of leather, and leather moves....
