Heat Gun Leather Wrinkles

This will shrink your leather back down to its original size eliminating looseness and wrinkles.

Heat gun leather wrinkles. May take some time to find. Has anyone done the shrinking part. Using a heat gun and wet towels work but there is a careful balance of using enough heat to shrink the leather and avoiding too much heat that will distort the.

How to do it. Direct heat can dry out the leather so apply. For tips on how to steam wrinkles out of leather with a steamer read on.

Professional leather seat installers use a heat gun to remove wrinkles during the installation process. Your answer to this contentious phenomenon will likely depend on your age. This will prevent the heat from damaging the leather.

I think I documented what I did in my restore link. As a result it might be several minutes before the wrinkles are completely gone. Wet towels are kept close by to quickly cool the seats as the heat is applied.

Apply leather conditioner to re moisten the dried leather. Hold the heat gun 3-4 form the Chilewich wall textiles while constantly moving in a shortened area to relax the wrinkle or crease. I also used a cotton towel and iron to smooth out even more wrinkles.

Since todays post is all about heat gun techniques of course you need to use your heat gun. If the leather isnt warm to the touch increase the heat on the heat gunblow dryer and try again. Heat gunning leather is a common technique employed by experienced upholstery trimmers to give the showroom finish.