Leather items are versatile, stylish and comfortable. Such products are in demand in modern fashion due to their qualities and properties. If a leather jacket does not fit, is small, or tight, this is not a reason to throw it away. Leather items can be stretched. In this article we will figure out how to do this at home.
Preliminary procedures
IMPORTANT make sure whether the jacket is made of genuine leather or not. If the material is artificial, it may not withstand various modifications: stretch marks, stains will appear, the item may simply tear.
Determine the required degree of stretch: 1.2 sizes or more. Pay attention to the color and thickness of the leather. All these factors must be taken into account. Depending on them, choose a method.
Try increasing the size without special procedures. They may not be needed. Put on several warm sweaters, then a jacket, and walk around like this for several hours. Soft skin is quickly stretched, the procedure will take about an hour.For thick, dense skin, it may take more time and repeated repetitions. If it doesn’t help, use auxiliary means.
If the jacket is more than a size too small, find someone who will fit it. If a person wears a lot of warm clothes under the product and spends several hours in it, the natural material will stretch.
Spray or foam
The products are sold in any shoe stores; they are intended for stretching leather shoes. Take the item you want and carefully spray the outside of it. If there is no lining, pay attention to the inner one. Throw on a few warm layers to add extra volume, then put on a jacket. Leave it like this for about an hour, remove it and let it dry. Repeat several times if necessary.
IMPORTANT: for hard, dense types, you must first allow the product to absorb: leave the product for half an hour.
Soap
Take soap without fragrances/dyes, warm water. Mix them in a ratio of 1:4. Add the resulting mixture to a spray bottle and moisten the product generously. If you need to stretch the item greatly, process both sides: the outer and inner.
Put on a thick sweater, a jacket over it, and spend about 40 minutes in it. After removing, re-treat, put on and stay in it until the soap dries completely. Then remove the residue with a damp cloth.
REFERENCE: This method is not suitable for products made of thick leather: soap will not saturate the material.
Vegetable oil
Pour the required amount of oil into the pan and wait until it boils. Treat the surface of the jacket with oil (be careful!). For convenience, use a cloth or thick napkin. Put the product on and spend several hours in it.Try to bend your arms as little as possible to avoid the “extended elbows” effect. Periodically lubricate the areas that hurt the most with oil. After completing the procedure, rinse thoroughly with warm water and dry.
Soaking + glycerin
Take a container of a suitable size and pour hot water into it.
REFERENCE: the temperature should not exceed 60 degrees, otherwise the product will deteriorate. Place the required item in the container so that it is completely submerged in water.
Wait about 2 hours: during this time the material will be saturated with water, soften, and its color will become more uniform.
“Stuffing”: take the required number of things, place them in bags. Remove the jacket from the container and hang it on a hanger. Fasten the product, stuff it tightly and thoroughly with the prepared material. Take it out into the fresh air and let it dry completely (about 5 hours).
REFERENCE: It is better to choose those periods of the day when the sun is not very bright. Avoid direct sunlight on the material, they will negatively affect its structure.
After drying, thoroughly treat the entire surface of the item with glycerin. For convenience, moisten a cloth, napkin or sponge with the substance. The procedure removes residual moisture from the material and gives it shine and its usual luster. Then take the jacket out into the fresh air again: it will take about 6 hours for the glycerin to absorb. Only after complete drying is it necessary to remove the stuffing from the product.
Laundry soap
First, soak the product in hot water.
IMPORTANT Constantly maintain a high temperature, but do not allow it to rise to 60 degrees - this threatens to deform the surface.
Take half a liter of water at the same temperature and dissolve a piece of laundry soap in it.Mix thoroughly and pour the liquid into a spray bottle. Take out the jacket, hang it on hangers and moisten it generously with the resulting solution: both outside and inside. After treatment, dry it for 5 hours in the fresh air. After drying, stuff it tightly with various soft rags or clothes and leave in this position for 24 hours. Then remove the stuffing and thoroughly rinse off the remaining soap from the material, and dry it again in fresh air.
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