User Guide

warned - they will cause permanent changes to your leather. If you are dealing with excessive
wrinkling, it may be best to see a leather professional rather than trying to tackle this yourself.
Using Heat (shrinks leather to remove wrinkles):
● Clean up your leather with a leather cleaner before you begin, and allow it to dry
completely. Place a newspaper or packing paper over the wrinkles you will be removing.
● Heat will be applied using an air dryer. Turn it to its lowest heat setting, and hold about a
foot away from the news papered wrinkles. Keep it blowing there for around a minute, but
make sure the leather doesn't get too hot. Afterwards, try to rub the wrinkles out with
your palms or with a spoon. Repeat this process a few times if you need to, but do not let
the leather get too hot.
● After you're finished with the heat, try to stuff and fill out the leather as much as you can.
You can fill it with packing paper or newspaper, or even squeeze a shoe tree inside. You
don't want excessive pressure, but you want to help your leather find its shape as it settles
back in.
● Allow your leather to dry in a cool, clean location away from sunlight and excessive heat.
● Restore the oils and lubricants lost during this process with a leather conditioner.
Using Alcohol (stretches leather to remove wrinkles):
● Use an alcohol-based cleaner on your leather. Make sure to test it first in a discreet area -
alcohol is a potent cleaner, and can be used to make it more pliable (lucky for us).
● Stretch your leather wrinkles after they have been moistened with alcohol.
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