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I'm likely not as skilled as others here that successuflly patched leather, but the only fixes I've tried, showed because I suck at matching the color perfectly. I had an antique chair that needed a mend to the leather recently, and was referred by a place that usually can fix any furniture, to a auto restorer that specializes in leather. I had to drive the chair to portland, an hour away, but considering it's already part of your car, getting it to a good repairer would be easy. Then again, my daily driver is meant to be abused, so I'd just get some really strong flexible glue, and use a butterfly bandage to pull it shut while the unsightly goo dried.

Valuable info.

I’ve been wondering if I should go after those random white-ish threads…from a backing fabric?…with a Sharpie.

The dealer’s leather fix-it guy called this afternoon. He wanted almost four hundred dollars. I think I’ll go find an old purse or pair of shoes and try it on that first.
 
In HS, my sister's then boyfriend, later husband, now ex-husband, had a real adventure of a car:
1–he could only park on a hill, so he could pop the clutch to start it;
2-it apparently had no first gear, so to pick up friends, he had to circle the block with the passenger door open and his first passenger would hop in...then lather, rinse, repeat for passengers #3-5.

And, Sheanie...remember when you could drive for quite a while on 50¢ worth of gas? Gawd, I’m old!

Oh, my. Gas was 25 cents a gallon. (Where TF is the "cent" key???) Then, in dent school, we scouted gas for 33 cents. Kept two dimes stuck in the visor for emergency phone call. Carried two dimes I reused for years for the pick me up phone call from the school pay phone. 2 rings and hang up for mama to come get me.

Went antiquing today and got sad. All the ugly **** I had growing up is worth money. Toe socks, pet rocks, foot rugs. That kinda crap. Seed bead jewelry. Made those by the zillions.
 
Yes! And I sent Fortivo the photos and asked which product I should buy. They answered and told me to tell them when I get it so they can help with color mixing!
Impressive customer service. I remember seeing an ad years ago for something like this. Maybe it was made by Ronco. For anyone not older than dirt, Ronco products and ads were great entertainment.
 
OMG, do I remember my mom's advice to keep a dime in my shoe incase I ever needed to use a public phone. My '62 Chevy Nova was like the bangers described here. It went through oil like beer through a drunk. I'm thinking quart of oil was 25 cents and I always had at least two with me at all times.

ETA This may be a duplicate. I got an error message earlier when I tried to post it.
 
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