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Click here to jump ahead to the repair options. What are bonded and faux leather? Bonded leather (also called blended or reconstituted leather) is a composite material made of 10-20% ground scrap leather coated with a polyurethane ‘skin’. DuraBlend® and EnviroBlend® are US trademarked...
Furniture guide shows how to tell fakes from real thingAnne Gilbert
Cleaning polyurethane leather Polyurethane (PU) leather is a coating often used on furniture and bags. It’s relatively easy to clean and care for: ✦ For general cleaning, use a damp cloth to wipe down the PU. ✦ To remove stains, use an (unscented) soap – simply rub some into ...
Faux leather is a popular material for creating affordable leather-look products, but due to its multi-layer construction, and can peel and flake off over time.
What is Laminate Furniture? Laminate furniture is essentially fake wood. Much of what you buy at places like IKEA or Target is made of laminate. It’s a veneer generally made of synthetic material that’s bonded to layers of particleboard to create a wood look. It typically can’t be dir...
There is no way I would paint this amazing leather but only applied a bit of dark wax with only the slightest touch. I am sure that the hardware, locks, hinges are solid brass and it still function without repair. You can tell by the handle that it was well travelled. ...
From doing the construction work yourself, to giving furniture pieces completely new functions, here are different ways to renovate interiors on a budget.
I repurposed and upcycled the bed slats off my son’s old bed. We’d tried several times to repair the bed without much success. The frame was split and warped. It was time for it to go to the dump. I wasn’t comfortable with this, as I ordinarily rescue stuff from the dump rath...
bags that do not work: those made of fragile “pleather” (fake, “plastic leather”) and those that are very rigid, since you want the part of the bag that will rest against your side to have some degree of “give” so that it will somewhat conform to the slight curve of your ...