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| Dirty, but has potential! |
One person somewhere on the blogosphere (wish I could find it), painted a leather chair with chalk paint and it looked great. That was all the encouragement I needed. I cleaned the leather with alcohol and got busy...
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Here is what I used...
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| Yellow, Orange and Green |
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| Here it is....I loved it! |
While preparing to wax I noticed a tiny spot where the paint had come off...just a little tiny spot...OH SAY IT ISN'T SO!
It was so....the paint did not adhere to the leather. Aggghhhh! I couldn't have discovered this BEFORE I painstakingly painted tons of little polka dot circles? Of course not! I rationalized that maybe it was just a small area...or maybe it didn't have time to cure, or maybe.....it was just a flop! So, what did I do?.....
Are you one of those people that love to peel? If you are, then you know it...if you are not then you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Well, I am a PWLTP (person who loves to peel), and so I made the best out of my disaster....I peeled ...with only a few tears....
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Did you fail early on or at the end?
What did you do with it?
Share all your failures...and successes. I would love to hear from you.
25 comments:
Thats a shame it looked great ! What if you used something like saddle oil on it or the oil that you use for baceball gloves or leather furniture oil or cleaner that might help protect it and keep paint from peeling and give the leather moister maybe the paint peeled because you used alcohol to clean it, sometimes using alcohol drys things out IE leather or wood ! Have you tryed craft paints for fabrics .I hope it works out for you ! I am not a DIYer Papa here is , a wood worker / handy man not to much flops with him he is very picky and searches info before he starts anything PSSTTT ! A bit to picky if ya ask me lol ! Have a good day !
Try mixing some unsanded grout in with flat paint. I did a leather top drum table and it stuck to it?
I'm so bummed for your flop. I thought it looks so great when you had painted it.
Lori - it looked so great! I totally understand a fail - I am still perplexed at how badly my slipcover for my wing chair turned out - maybe you could slipcover this little poof.....just don't take any sewing tips from me....LOL
Peggy
What a bummer! It was beautiful. At least you were able to have some fun peeling it off, invite me next time, heehee.
Oh wow and it looked great! So sorry it flopped. I am a new follower and love this blog. Btw, I tagged you in blog tag at http://vickisvault.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-tagnow-youre-it.html.
I saw someone use Rub'n Buff on a leather chair. That looked really cool. The puff would be a good project to try it.
Oh dear--it did look great! That must have been frustrating!
Oh, what a bummer! It was looking sooo good! We've all had fails, some recoverable, some not. I just recently painted a table, and put a transfer design on the top. HATED it! All my friends saw the picture of it and loved it (or so they said) But I eventually painted over all of it with a union jack flag, SOLVED!
Oh my gosh! I loved it and then I saw that you were peeling it off and I almost had tears too! It looked so so cute with all the polka dots and everything!
and yes... I am a peeler... lol!
~Lisha
I would love for you to share this post at my Linky party via: www.ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com
Mrs. Delightful
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Such a shame since is was so cute. Love your attitude though, this is how we DIY'ers learn...trial & many errors!
Wags, Niki
Oh Lori! I'm so glad we found each other in the blogosphere! That sounds like something that would happen to ME! It looked beautiful. Will there be a second attempt?!
Hi Lori! Thanks for finding me in blogger land! I loved the pouf, pre-peel! I have a trashed furniture find that I have been trying to figure out for about 2 years now (my first try didn't work either). Thanks for inspiring me to get back to it!
This is just darling!! Absolutely!! Hope you can link this up at my turquoise lovin' party! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com
WOW Lori!! Fabulous idea. And the final product looks fabulous!! Thanks so much for linking up this week :)
Your project looked great so sad that it pealed off! I once tiled the top of a dress it was just plain ugly, sometimes this don't work out like you planned!, Thanks for stopping by will be following you, Laura
I just had a failed project with the top of a table that is leather too! Try again is the only way to have the glory! Good luck Lory!
Awww...that's so sad. You have some great pictures of it! When you get it figured out you can do something similiar. I hope it works out for you.
Thanks for linking up to the Take it on Tuesday blog hop!
Oh man! That's the worst feeling - but at least you got to peel a whole bunch of paint with - I too find this to be strangely stress relieving. Maybe you could make a slip cover from fabric for it??
Oops, Lori, forgot to give you my link so you can see my furniture redo when I get around to it: wholelottalemons.blogspot.com
Thanks again for sharing!
NOOO...it looked so good! hate it when an idea goes wrong!! thanks for linking up to Uncommon!
Bonnie ;)
I love that you are keeping it real and telling it like it is. Such a shame...your pouf looked great! Thanks for sharing at the Rock 'N Share!
Darn. Oh well. You tried and there is another project waiting for you. I'm had a few flops too. Thank you for sharing xo
What A Bummer. Dang. All that work...all those dots. How disappointing! I have a leather chair that is orange and I'm happy with it now but envision growing tired of the orange eventually (craigslist deal) so I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a good leather makeover. Your next project will be twice as good to make up for this one!!!
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