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Can I sand my leather shoes to remove scratches?

Bertrand

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Well guys, I had a stain due to some light damage in my shoes that I couldn't undo properly using aceton as all efforts to re-dye the shoes were in vain due to the leather absorbing the dye differently in different places. If the differences would have been small it wouldn't have bothered me but alas, that was not the case.

So I decided to acquaint them to sandpaper; results below.

PLEASE NOTE- I would not recommend anyone doing this unless it is your very last resort.

How they were when i got them


After sanding


After dyeing


After some polishing


Hi it’s nicely done! Good job !
How much time was needed to sand them down with sandpaper? I wanna try on my own too

thanks!
 

Crat

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Hi it’s nicely done! Good job !
How much time was needed to sand them down with sandpaper? I wanna try on my own too

thanks!
uuf.... 9 years ago. I'm not not sure... an hour or so with the sandpaper? more with dying and repolishing. I would only do this if you have shoes with some damage.
 

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