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Probably best to see if someone with in depth knowledge posts.
My gut is that it will be hard to recreate without knowing the process. For that reason I'd go along to Grenson and ask them.
If you can't and you're not too fussed, have a look at this video and try something similar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_a0e7XpSqk
but I'd still go to Grenson first.
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Yeah I'll fire them an email, they'll probably offer their renovation service at £110 but apart from this issue they're pretty much spot on so would rather find a way to do it myself if possible... last time I went into the shop it was like something from the fast show so I'll stick to emailing them
mcJ78
The original finish was nice, would like to replicate that if possible but it was obviously applied at the factory by someone with more aptitude for this kind of thing than me!
The main stumbling block is the base finish on the leather, I thought it was a pale grey leather which had been overdyed then partially buffed off again but it feels almost like a matt patent finish & nothing will stick to it, never seen anything like it before...
Without seeing it it's difficult to imagine - even pictures won't show the texture properly, sound familiar to anyone?