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So, today, a professional leather restorer came to my house to set up a leather sofa that had some claw damage that was inflicted when Dino was a puppy.
He scuffed the leather evenly with a vibrating sander using lite dust newspaper, so inserted a fabric patch beneath the tears. When that glue set, he filled in the "cleft" using DAP caulking, explaining that this is "the all-time stuff for filling small cracks in leather, as it remains flexible once it dries.

The remainder of the process involved spraying an unknown "primer" over the scuffed upwardly leather, then airbrushing leather dye on top of that.

I have to say, it looks really good. I couldn't exist happier.

So, has anyone else always heard of using caulking this way?

Has anyone ever used it to fill a scissure in Ferrari leather? (I know: the horror!

Has anyone compared the results using DAP vs. Leatherique filler chemical compound? (Could information technology actually exist the same stuff?)
What DAP caulking was it as there are different types.
I used the aforementioned technique with some filler (Flex-Fill) from an outfit chosen Color-Plus to gear up a hole worn in the driver'south side seat bolster on my 308 from my chugalug over twenty years ago. Then I painted over the whole panel with their stock black colorant. It still looks just fine.
And so a couple of months agone I did the aforementioned kind of repairs to the cushions on a couple of big greenish leather couches I have. I sent them a sample of the light-green leather and they matched it exactly and returned a jar of colorant. I thinned it past about xv% with distilled water and sprayed many light coats. You tin't tell any repairs were done.

It would be good if you plant out and posted what kind of DAP compound the guy used. I'chiliad certain it would be a lot cheaper than the Flex-Fill, and probably practise just as proficient a job.
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Every bit far equally I know DAP merely makes two types of Latex Caulking. Regular Latex and Silicone Latex. No pigment will stick to pure Silicone.
I doubt that I would be using Latex Caulking to fix leather but you lot practice learn new things.
He's going to exist back after the 4th of July holiday to practice a final inspection and any modification that might exist needed. I'll be sure to notice out what kind of DAP compound he used then.
Think "Shoe Goo"....It tin can be used on leather and is paintable....
I can't imagine DAP caulk as being long lasting when it is existence rubbed past sitting on it. But, hey I might be wrong.
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Probably DAP glazing chemical compound.
You lot're out of my league on using DAP caulk for leather repair, merely I have had poor experiences with DAP being used equally regular caulk. I have no thought if this would work as leather repair, but I take found the ultimate sealer/caulk to be Marine 5200 past 3M. There is a regular cure (very tedious) and fast cure that takes 24 hours, but both, once cured would hold on tight no matter how big a rear cease ends up in the seat. They are paintable too.
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Wow, that is some crazy long cure time. Co-ordinate to some comments on Amazon, their regular cure takes a full week to get tack-gratuitous and 2 weeks to cure. Being suitable for marine applications and with that long cure time, I'll bet that stuff is amazingly strong.
Information technology'south really fantastic stuff. It is so tenacious that sailors consider 5200 to be an adhesive which acts as a caulk rather than a caulk with good agglutinative backdrop. Don't let this stuff cure and then wait to get it off easily. Information technology is often used in situations where y'all would expect to apply a thickened ii-function epoxy.
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Sounds like great stuff. Do you know if can be sanded smoothen once it cures?
I'thou 90% sure information technology tin can be. You can usually find the fast cure version at Lowes or Dwelling house Depot in the vicinity of the regular wimpy caulks. Buy a tube and experiment. It's too like regular caulk in that you tin smoothen a bead of it with your finger dipped in alcohol. If you get it on your clothes, fuggetaboutit. Information technology own't commin' out.
Most boats have a carve up hull and deck. To stick them together, a large dewdrop of 5200 and some bolts and you're good to go (later the ii calendar week cure time...)
Had to replace a cracked deck hatch. Was sealed with 5200. Precipitous thin bract and prying. Still pulled up small pieces of deck with it. Only use it where you never have to remove the b bonded part or y'all will be sorry. Hatches,stanctions,ladders. Stays flexible too. Never tried to paint information technology. Always used white on white.
I don't think it is amenable to sanding as information technology remains flexible once cured. Information technology is very tenacious to gelcoat and metal surfaces as noted. It is as well very tenacious to skin every bit I have found out!
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I take used this . worked ok depends on what you lot are using it for.. in my case it was not very visible.
DAP is just good for caulk around doors, windows and minor low use items. 3M makes the best...4000, 4200 or 5200, Fast Cure or regular. I simply employ 3M sealants on the boat.
Yep, information technology tin exist sanded although it's a slow process (I was experimenting on a large baste hanging out the stop of the cartridge). You either have to use a fairly coarse sandpaper, or what worked best was a sanding pulsate or grinding stone on a Dremel tool.
Ok, technically it volition wear downwardly if you work long enough with course enough sand newspaper. However, that'south not exactly the same as being "sandable" when you're talking well-nigh filling cracks in a leather Ferrari seat.
I used to be a gunkhole architect and I've used countless tubes of 5200 and related products. Information technology is actually tough stuff and not bad for many things. Merely filling cracks in leather with 5200 strikes me as a bad idea.

If the sanding question came up because the mental picture show associated with using this stuff involves squeezing information technology into a crack with an index finger, then there is bound to be a thin layer of the production spread out onto the leather on each side of the scissure. If that is allowed to cure with the intent to sand it down to bare leather, then you're in for a disappointment.

The 5200 on each side of the crack will be tougher than the leather. Every bit you sand, you will be wearing away the surrounding leather and inappreciably effecting the 5200 at all. This, equally far equally I'm concerned, is a recipe for disaster.

I confess to never having tried 5200 on a cracked leather seat, merely I've never used it to proceed my pilus in place either. That's because I have an imagination and I predict using information technology in either example would exist disappointing at least, and perhaps it would pb to suicidal thoughts before information technology's all over.

If anyone withal wants to give 3M 5200 a try, experiment on your wife'due south leather sofa first.
Good advise Mozella. Get an one-time leather shoe, baseball hand or chair and attempt information technology. I would tape around the area yous desire to fill, merely get the 5200 in the cleft, and wipe off backlog immediately. Use acetone to wipe excess as it drys apace. Sand off the rest to alloy, with 2000 sandpaper since yous have will re-dye after.
I would non use DAP. If yous are going to do this, apply the all-time....3M.
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Thank you lot everyone for the bully feedback regarding 3m 5200.
Well, the leather guy didn't return my calls and texts for days. He finally got effectually to finish upward the job a couple days ago.
I asked him what kind of caulk information technology was that he used every bit filler.

Turns out it'due south DAP Dynaflex 230.

I'thou not pleased with this guy's advice skills at all, but he did do an outstanding task of patching the leather, filling the cleft, and matching the dye. Every bit unlikely equally it may seem, this method does piece of work - at least when he did information technology.

Cheers to everyone who chimed in with recommendations for 3M products. I will bookmark this thread for when I get my boat and need to use seriously strong and water-resistant caulking for what information technology was intended.
From my boating days,you remember maintaining a ferrari is expensive? A boat is a hole in the water into which you pour coin.