Last winter I purchased a really nice new 1-piece suit off a racer. I would like to pull off all the patches as they are things like his name, race series I don't run and brands that I don't use.
I am competent with this kind of stuff, but have never removed patches from leather. Anything I should be aware of or can I just get in there and start working on them carefully?
Just have at it. There's nothing special to it - if I'm trying to be careful I'll go around popping the sewing with an x-acto where it goes over the patch. This keeps anything sharp off the leather - it can be a bit tedious work - it it'll take the patch off nice and cleanly.
Thanks yuu! That is what I had figured on, just wanted to doublecheck my sanity and not ruin a perfectly good suit!
Quote from: yotogi on March 06, 2010, 05:51:37 AM
Thanks yuu! That is what I had figured on, just wanted to doublecheck my sanity and not ruin a perfectly good suit!
That's never a good idea :-\
A stich remover might be a good idea.
http://www.amazon.com/Dritz-Deluxe-Seam-Ripper/dp/B0001DSIVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1268532190&sr=8-1-spell (http://www.amazon.com/Dritz-Deluxe-Seam-Ripper/dp/B0001DSIVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1268532190&sr=8-1-spell)
That's still got a sharp point that could damage the leather. Even using a seam ripper, you'd still have to attack the top side of the path like I described. A seam ripper like that is for cloth