How to choose a good skin paint and what is important to remember when using it?

Leather items look expensive, serve their owners for a long time, but eventually become cracked and fade. To return to products an impeccable look will help skin paint, which can be purchased at a large distribution network, shoe store or ordered online.

Types of paints

Depending on the form of release, several types of paints are distinguished.

Aerosols

The most convenient to use. The substance is sprayed from the can at a distance of 20 centimeters from the surface of the skin. You easily control the degree of coloring: first apply a thin layer, and then see if you need to process the material again. Leather items dry quickly.

If you want to paint your suede with your own hands, buy aerosols because they contain little moisture.

Examples of good aerosols:

• Motip. This paint is designed specifically for the treatment of the leather interior of a car. Hides cracks and returns shine to the material. Available in black, gray, beige, beige gray and beige brown. It costs about 460 rubles.
• Spray paint Sitil. It is used for processing clothes made of smooth genuine leather. The basis is water. Not only paints over scuffs, but also returns softness to the material. The price of the spray can is about 150 rubles.
• Saphir Tenax. An expensive product for 650 rubles, which is suitable for dyeing clothes, shoes and accessories (bags, wallets, gloves) made of genuine and artificial leather. Returns a fresh look even to old, "zadubyvanny" products.

Creams

They are sold in tubes, usually with a foam tip or with a sponge in the kit. Only suitable for smooth skin. Typically, such products are used for painting shoes, because they are applied pointwise, do not spread and create a thick water-repellent film on the surface.

Examples of good creams:

• Wetter Schutz by Salamander. The paint contains fluorine, silicone oils and beeswax, thanks to which it protects smooth leather shoes from moisture, dirt, reagents. A tube costs an average of 195 rubles.
• Juvacuir Saphir. The tool restores the color of leather shoes, clothing, returns gloss and softness to the material. Widely used as furniture paint. The selection of colors is huge. In addition to the traditional black and brown there are blue, burgundy, green, red, red, beige. And with the help of white paint you can reanimate sneakers. The price of the tool is about 900 rubles.

Liquid paints

Commonly used by professionals. Suitable not only for superficial, but also for deep (full) coloring, drawing patterns on the skin.

Sometimes such paints need to be additionally diluted with water. They have better decorative properties compared to aerosols and creams, they can give the skin a matte or glossy look. Available in a variety of colors: classic, bright, mother-of-pearl, with a metallic effect. Are expensive.

Examples of good liquid paints:

• Liquid Leather. It is used for painting natural and artificial leather, leatherette and dermatin. It masks cracks, scratches and even burns. The product in undiluted form is applied to the foam sponge, and with it - on the product. One bottle costs at least 700 rubles.
• Tarrago Penetrating Dye. The composition includes resins and solvent. A special brush with an applicator is included. The paint is suitable for coloring clothes and shoes made of genuine, synthetic and even patent leather. It has high abrasion resistance. The cost of the bottle is 450 rubles.

How to use skin paint?

Whatever tool you choose, for starters, we recommend checking it on an invisible area of ​​the skin. Especially capricious materials are suede and vinyl. Then you can start staining.

Follow these guidelines:

1. Clean the item before painting from dirt, dust, grease stains.
2. Spread bends and creases. If you are going to dye your clothes, hang them on a mannequin and push towels into the sleeves.
3. When using solvent-based paints, use rubber gloves and a respirator mask.
4. Avoid open flames. Work in a well-ventilated area.
5. Seal the locks and accessories on clothing (shoes, accessories) with tape or sticky paper.
6. Before applying the paint, degrease the surface of the skin with a special store product, alcohol, acetone or regular vodka.
7. Apply paint to the most worn areas first.
8. If you are going to apply a new layer, wait until the previous one dries (10-15 minutes for aerosols, 20-30 minutes for liquid paints and creams).
9. At the end, wipe the skin with a fixing agent or a solution of vinegar (1 cup per liter of water).

Using skin paint is easy. It is important not to be lazy and read the instructions, because each agent (depending on the form, base, active components) is applied to the surface in different ways. You can start using the product no earlier than 24 hours.