any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

any help would be great...

thanks in advance ady

On 11 Dec 2005 15:17:32 GMT, Huge wrote:

"ady2°°5©" writes:
any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

Super glue sticks leather very effectively, but you get a hard, shiney patch
which you can't do anything about.
a
use rather evostik (or punture repair solution) on a bit of scrap leather
inserted behind the cut.


Press it all down and clean off the residue with finger rubbing and/or a
decent aggressive solvent. Beware though.If te surface is polished it may
remove all the wax..

Huge wrote on 11/12/2005 :
"ady2°°5©" writes:
any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

Super glue sticks leather very effectively, but you get a hard, shiney patch
which you can't do anything about.

Copydex with a patch of material under it?

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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:53:52 GMT, ady2°°5© wrote:

any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the cut
is about 1cm long

Does it go right through?

Did it suddenly appear without anyone doing it? If so, it may be
covered under warranty. We got the man from the factory to try to fix
ours, in the end we got a whole new suite!

Even if not in warranty, how about insurance?

--
Nigel M

"Huge" wrote in message
...
"ady2°°5©" writes:
any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the
cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

Super glue sticks leather very effectively, but you get a hard, shiney
patch
which you can't do anything about.


How about if he puts something (another strip of leather perhaps) inside the
cut, and glues the faces to the patch, rather than trying to glue edges.

I have found super glue to be crap at gluing anything but skin. Luckily
leather is made from skin. It also does good work in hospitals.

Bob

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:53:52 GMT, "ady2°°5©"
wrote:

any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

any help would be great...

thanks in advance ady

You must glue patch from the back.

However with the minute cut you have, superglue,as mentioned may work
fine but it will need very careful application with a small brush and
could fail badly and look bad.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:11:15 -0000, Bob Smith wrote:

I have found super glue to be crap at gluing anything but skin.

According to a recent R1 broadcast, this was what the US designed it
for.
--
Nigel M

In message , Nigel
Molesworth writes
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:11:15 -0000, Bob Smith wrote:

I have found super glue to be crap at gluing anything but skin.

According to a recent R1 broadcast, this was what the US designed it
for.

ISTR that being an urban myth

--
geoff

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:11:15 -0000, Bob Smith wrote:

"Huge" wrote in message
...
"ady2°°5©" writes:
any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the
cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

Super glue sticks leather very effectively, but you get a hard, shiney
patch
which you can't do anything about.


How about if he puts something (another strip of leather perhaps) inside the
cut, and glues the faces to the patch, rather than trying to glue edges.

I have found super glue to be crap at gluing anything but skin. Luckily
leather is made from skin. It also does good work in hospitals.

Bob

Superglue needs certain thigs to set. - moisture and a slightly alkaline or
salty enviromnet IIRC.

Its very good on balsa wood, and crap on ply withiut accelerator.
Its a demon on carbon fibre, for some reason.

A bit of spit on one surface sends it off very fast.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Huge wrote:
"ady2°°5©" writes:
any one know of the cheapest way to repair a cut in a leather sofa ? the cut
is about 1cm long in the arm i was thinking of super glue but not sure if
this would melt the filling ?

Super glue sticks leather very effectively, but you get a hard, shiney patch
which you can't do anything about.

use rather evostik (or punture repair solution) on a bit of scrap leather
inserted behind the cut.

Press it all down and clean off the residue with finger rubbing and/or a
decent aggressive solvent. Beware though.If te surface is polished it may
remove all the wax..

That's probably the best way, but it's best to put some wax on the
surface to stop evo-stik sticking. Coat the patch with evo-stik,
push it through with a pencil, push a little more evo-stik in all
around, and make sure the patch is flat, and hold the slit closed
for 24 hours. Any (small - you should have applied it carefully!)
residue will rub off.

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:06:46 GMT, wrote:

Regularly used in casualty, as Helen (HDV) will probably vouch.

If anyone around really is a medic, they ought to know that medical
superglue is different stuff to DIY superglue. DIY superglue is toxic -
not so that there's much real hazard to it, but enough that it's worth
acquiring the right stuff if you're in the habit of using it to fix
holes in fingers.

As to the sofa, then have it commercially repaired by a visiting leather
repairer. It's possible to DIY it, but it's a fiddly process and you
shouldn't practice your first repair on the best sofa! It's also _much_
easier to do it to a piece of leather on the workbench than it is to the
middle of a squab with no rear access.

The trick to getting a good supple repair is to use an appropriate
backer patch to match the grade of leather in the sofa, and to skive the
rear edges of the torn area to avoid having a ridge around the tear.
Evo-stik 528 is the adhesive of choice. If access is tricky you need to
use this as a true contact adhesive, left to dry tacky and then lightly
hammered to set the joint instantly.

If it's a major load bearing component with a transverse tear, then you
might need to take the cover off and sew a jute (not hessian) tension
web across the back of it all, possibly gluing that in place on the
back.