Making Vinyl Look Like Leather

Leather is incredibly expensive here s how to fake it using vinyl fabrics.

Making vinyl look like leather.

In all this creating i stumbled upon an easy way to distress shiny craft vinyl to create a sign that looks worn and vintage. Diy junkjournals fauxleather buy me a ko fi if you like. Here i show you how i did the faux leather technique tha. Fauxleather fauxfinishes diy supplies you ll need.

Faux leather items typically feature a thin outer layer of leather like plastic or vinyl over a filler material of a different color. This treatment can be used on furniture walls book covers and even floors. Using a tip you don t care about anymore repeatedly press it into the vinyl in short tapping motions. The costs of upkeep for vinyl material is also less expensive as the convenience of household cleaners are readily available.

You can also use the soldering iron to draw designs on the vinyl. Vinyl upholstery will have the same look with a wider range of color options to choose from and a texture similar to leather with less maintenance. I ll be honest that i wasn t sure if this idea would actually work but as you can see my distressed fall sign turned out beautifully and i m excited to share the process with you today. Elmer s glue and water or matte mod podge brown craft paper brown grocery or lunch sacks can also be used paint brushes.

Sanding too hard or too much will likely crack the fake leather layer and reveal the filler which may or may not be to your liking go easy at first and ramp up the sanding to create a more distressed look. But vinyl can give you the look of leather with the advantage of wearability and reasonable cost. Making vinyl look like leather simulating a weathered and beaten piece of leather is easy. A three by two foot section of fake leather took me an entire afternoon to cover in this way.

This means less time spent caring for your vinyl upholstery versus leather. You just beat the leather and rub it in the dirt until you like the look. It looks sort of like a branding mark. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to create a faux leather look simply by using brown craft paper glue and paint or stain.