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15-05-07, 03:28 PM
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Shrinking Leather.
Does anyone know if you can safely shrink (slightly) a Leather jacket?
If so, how do you go about it? Cheers. |
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15-05-07, 03:45 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
eat more pies its much easier and lots of fun
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15-05-07, 03:58 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
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15-05-07, 04:18 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
Thought leather shrunk all on its own, my stuff always have
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15-05-07, 04:23 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
Mine shrink every winter.
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15-05-07, 04:58 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
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15-05-07, 08:42 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
Put it on and jump in the bath?
Worked for Teddy Boys. |
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15-05-07, 09:17 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
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your rubbish dizzy, im much better at it than you and im a 16  hmmm maybe shouldnt be so proud lol 
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15-05-07, 09:21 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
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 although it doesn't work if you have a high metabolism rate. |
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15-05-07, 10:29 PM
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Re: Shrinking Leather.
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 To be honest, if you soak leather through it will expand, so if you're wearing it at the time it will feel tighter... but the expansion is because water gets retained inbetween the fibres of the leather itself, causing their structural bond to be weaker. Any movement will cause the leather to stretch far more easily and it'll retain the new size/shape when dry. So the opposite effect to what you actually want. To be honest, with finished and treated leather I don't think there is anyway to reliably shrink it without simply altering the pattern/stitching. Though that might not be as awkward as it sounds - if you can find a place that does leather alterations then simply adjusting the location of the front zip could easily take a little off the waist/chest measurements. Jeez - what is it with all the leather questions recently - you lot trying to show me up as some kind of freaky geeky or what? 
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