Faux Leather How to Make My Chair New Again

A Footstep Past Step ON HOW TO Pigment A Simulated LEATHER FINISH ON UPHOLSTERY Material

Do you have an sometime chair that's still in skillful shape but the fabric is super dated? I have the perfect solution! With a little paint, you can plough information technology into a high-end leather [looking] beauty!

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Here'southward what I started with. This floral wingback chair from the '90s. It was my domestic dog's favorite. She used to make clean her confront and dirty paws on information technology like it was her personal face up cloth… can y'all tell?…lol.

Here'due south the painted imitation leather chair now… what do you recall?

If I didn't paint this myself, I near wouldn't believe it was the aforementioned chair!

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SOURCE Listing::

- '90s Material Wing Chair – SALVAGED
- Water + Tissue Paper
- Sanding Pad
- Large Paint Castor
- Terracotta
- Chocolate
- VanDyke Coat
- Brown Wax

HOW TO Paint FABRIC INTO FAUX LEATHER

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Stride 1 Prep Chair For Paint

I started by giving this chair a practiced vacuum. I was going to make clean the upholstery simply then decided the bulk of the dirt was on the skirt which was coming off anyway.

The skirt was held on with staples. I used a screwdriver and pliers to remove them. Once I got into the groove they came out fairly easy which I share in the video. There were a few staples that bankrupt off and were too hard to take out, so I hammered back into the forest. This is of import because the staples are abrupt. They can be dangerous to your pets and/or your legs. Make certain ALL the staples are removed or hammered back in for rubber!

To keep the paint off the legs and underbelly, I masked off the areas with painters record. Well, my sister, Andrea did. I had her aid at the starting time of this project. 🙂

STEP ii Paint Textile

Painting fabric is really like shooting fish in a barrel to exercise. The key is to go your fabric wet plenty to absorb the pigment of the paint. This manner information technology dyes the cloth instead of merely sitting on top of the fabric.

I picked this Terracotta and Chocolate Chalk Mineral Paint to create the base color for the wingback. I mixed approximately a 3:1 ratio which is about 75% Terracotta and 25% Chocolate. Using my big 3″ Wooster brush, I dipped it in a bowl of h2o to get the bristles it nice and wet, and then dipped it into the paint.

Dip Brush in H2o
Dip Brush in Paint
Paint Fabric and Repeat

Some people adopt to use a water mister and spray the material before painting.

I tried both methods on this Granny Chair I painted 4 years ago and I find dipping the brush MUCH easier and faster than spraying the cloth. Information technology's a good idea to try both methods and see which works better for you.

Here's what the chair looked like after the first glaze…

Step 3 Repeat

After the showtime coat was well-nigh dry (still slightly damp) I applied a second glaze. I repeated for a total of three coats to totally embrace the floral pattern.

Second glaze…

Third glaze…

If yous were to stop right there and requite information technology a waxing, the results are still impressive! Merely I idea I'd attempt a faux leather end with a petty more detail on this one.

STEP iv Glaze

Later on my tertiary glaze of pigment was dry, I added some Chocolate to the leftover paint I had in the container along with a piffling VanDyke Chocolate-brown Glaze. I didn't measure simply I'1000 guessing it was effectually 10-15% coat to 85-xc% paint. The glaze was added to give me a piddling more than playtime to create some texture.

I applied a coat of this paint/coat mixture working in sections.

To get the leather texture look, I crumpled up a slice of tissue paper and so laid information technology on the wet paint/glaze mixture.

Using a soft dry castor, I gently brushed the tissue paper onto the wet paint/glaze.

Once all the tissue paper had made contact, I pulled information technology upward correct away. Isn't this amazing?! I was so impressed past how authentic it looked!

Footstep 5 Wax and Sand

To finish this faux leather chair, I used this brown wax to darken up the seams and random areas on the leather. I similar using a cheap dollar store castor which I keep on hand for dark waxing.

The wax was applied heavier in some areas, lighter in others then I gently wiped the excess off with a shop towel. Considering I didn't rub and buff the wax, it will take longer to dry. I'll check it periodically but I probably won't exist sitting on it for the adjacent 1-ii weeks merely to be certain.

To soften everything up, I gave the chair a light sanding with a 220 sanding pad.