| Liquid Leather's claimed innovation is that it fixes torn | | | | indistinguishable repair. Is it really all that easy? Here's |
| leather for car upholstery. It's been around for | | | | the downside. |
| decades in one form or another. The original product | | | | - Even with your best efforts and if you follow the |
| was invented in the 1960s and called Minute Mender. | | | | directions very carefully, you may not get a color |
| To use Liquid Leather, all you need is to apply a little | | | | tone that matches exactly. You'll be looking at a |
| dab of the correct color, then apply heat and you're | | | | slightly off-color patch on your car, couch or jacket |
| upholstery looks like new again. Well it would be nice | | | | for years to come. |
| if it was that simple. | | | | - If you get the colors to match when the mix is |
| Liquid Leather isn't actually leather. It's actually a | | | | wet, the color changes somewhat when it dries. |
| urethane compound. It solidifies into leather like | | | | - The finished repair looks worse than the original |
| pliancy when it's heated. According to the directions, | | | | damaged area. |
| you first clean the leather with soap and warm | | | | - The tear may be in a curved area like a couch |
| water. Then you simply spread it over the afflicted | | | | cushion, so applying heat might be a challenge. |
| area. You then use a piece of grain paper to impress | | | | - It's really messy to work with. |
| a leather pattern into the urethane. Then apply heat | | | | - Even if you do repair it and it looks half decent the |
| for two minutes and remove the paper. There you | | | | fixed area will start to crumble and pull apart because |
| have it! You have a perfectly matched, | | | | it's not flexible material. |