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Philip_J_Fry
Calling cobblers!
So I have an issue, a while ago in my car the clutch master cylinder seals ruptured and ended up dripping brake fluid on my tan leather work (dress-type) shoes. It' gone and bleached the dye underneath the base coat and left a pale brown stain. Any clues on how to mask it? Cobbler says as it's penetrated through the leather, what they have to do is strip the base coat off the toe cap down to the leather, re-dye the entire thing and then re-coat it.
Would scuffing the pale area carefully myself with some sandpaper, and then applying a dark tan polish back up to the base coat help? Or should I just use the dark tan polish and try mask it as best I can?