I just watched a Japanese restorer peel the pleather and applied a sparse amount of black leather polish, then they worked in sparse black acrylic and a last layer of polish again.. finishing with buffing and dry brushing at the end for a final shine and it was incredible!
@_hypergamy7090 I just had a short conversation with that content creator, he told myself and acouple other people that the shoe polish/grease he applied before the acrylic paint shouldnt have been in the video. Incase you or anyone else reading this was gonna try that method. Apply your layers of paint, then layers of polish(shining each layer of polish).
Whenever painting a cloth like surface that needs to flex and have some movement, I add Angelus Too Soft to the finisher layer. It makes the acrylic finish flexible (too soft) so it won’t crack if flexed or bent. You DO have to heat the layers with Too Soft product added. I use a hair blow dryer without issue. TooSoft is used by custom tennis shoe customisers which is how I learned about it.
If I can give some tips, youre supposed to do very thin coats. Wait 20 minutes inbetween coats. I recommend doing 7-10 coats (Yes really 10). Yours is still very undercooked the leather isnt thick enough and you can still see the fabric underneath. I then do 3 layers of finishers (20 min between each layer). Always apply finisher as they arent just cosmetic. They protect the pleather from cracking and deteriorating.
Thanks so much for this - I have some vintage collectible plush that I need to restore - they had "boots" that completely flaked apart, leaving nothing but the black fabric on the feet. Going to give this a shot on those - it can't hurt.
Nice job. There really is nothing to lose if you ask me. In the chance it looks really bad keep her for parts and buy a brand new one. Ya you might have to pay a bit more since she's long sold out. There is a third party one out soon, also. Lots of time they get those details better because they learned what didn't work originally. As far as the restore process I would recommend using a sealer on the fabric first before applying the finish paint. Also Tamiya has a rubber black color that with a gloss clear would look just like patten-leather. Maybe apply with an airbrush too. I think I would also put the items on a spare body to get them as flat and smooth as possible while applying, instead of holding them with my fingers. Just thoughts! Great job none-the-less.
Hi Jedi . I am from Singapore 🇸🇬 where the weather is hot & humility is high all year long. My Catwoman flaked badly on the legs n hands. And yeah , i repaired her with with black paint n finisher. Well it works ! The boots n arm sleeves looks like pleather leather and feels with shines. I have another issue that is the body also started to flake ,and i also paint it with black paint and the end result looks pretty decent. Well... it still works for me until catwoman 2.0 comes out. Will see the review on the actual material before decide to go for it. Like what you mentioned before in your recent video, it dosent makes sense to get another figure if the material is the same. Comment date : 2023
I was skeptical as well and I’ll admit it doesn’t look as good as it does new out of the box but I don’t think anything will. Very pleasantly surprised with the final outcome! Thanks for always watching the channel Phil!
My scarlet witch age of ultron and civil war are starting to pleather. I live in the UK, and the humidity right now is 91%, so i had to box up the figures and put them in storage. And because i dont have AC im worried it will only get worse
I mean of course its not going to look as good as out of the box but man this actually looked really good. If I wasnt aware of what the original figure looked like I wouldnt know the difference, especially if Im looking at it a foot away. Great vid
I commend you for having the balls to do that. I would be worried about making things worse. But then, I guess if you have a figure where so much is peeling off that it just looks bad, how can you make it any worse.
This has happened to my Hot Toys Black Widow Ultron Figure. her bodysuit has had the faux leather peel. I was going to just live with it but its pretty annoying considering it was nearly $200 when new. It has also happened to my custom kit bash Yorha 2B. I got some leather thigh high boots that fit perfectly with what I was putting together and she turned out really well. But as time has gone on one day I noticed that her leather boots where peeling. I mean I got the boots for like $5 from toy anxiety but still, my faux leather boots! This gives me some ideas for at least what I can do, since its already peeled on my black widow Ultron, I think I'll give this a try. Its her whole bodysuit that's peeling so its going to tiresome to take it all off and put it all back on though. The boots are easy enough to do, but the bodysuit.... I hope my BlackWindow HotToys Avengers figure never starts peeling. I do have another BlackWidow HotToys Avengers in a 2nd box that's never been opened and is sealed. I don't know why I got two, I just did at the time. I'm frightened that my Scarlet Witch Ultron 2nd version leather might start peeling. I really hope not, because she is my favorite.
Yea man I am interested in seeing you do the terminator jacket. Mine soon as I opened the box desentigrated. I started doing what you did in this vid but it didn't look good so I stopped. So I used the mms117 jacket on him. To have one made will cost about $300 plus.
It’s tough with that pleather material man. I just sold my terminator figures for two reasons. 1. I didn’t want to deal with the pleather coat/clothes and 2. I’m focusing more on Star Wars, marvel, DC. Would be nice if hot toys could figure something out with that material. I also did a video on fabric spray paint if you are interested. Might not look good for terminator though…
For Darth Vader, should I use acrylic paint or a fabric paint ? Just bought a second hand ANH Vader and as expected, flaking is an issue. While it’s not the worst looking after I remove all the pleather, leaving the dark grey cloth exposed , as Vader is all black anyways, would probably still want to restore it
Hey man, would u happen to know if this method works on the 2013 Man of steel superman? im buying one thats cheap because of the sticker suit and im planning to repaint it, but im not sure if the sticky suit is the same case as this
@@thejediknightswatch oh its alright! i repainted it either ways and its A LOT less sticky now. might do a second coat just to make sure. on a side note, great video here! definitely helped alotta people
you should do an update on how this worked 2 years later. I'd like to do something similar to fix a catwoman as well. I was considering spraying the boots and arm sleeves with Flex Seal lol. then maybe painting that with some acrylic gloss finish. .
Lookin really good. Good job! My HT TFA Han Solo's brown pleather jacket has gone the way of the damned... although I can pose him with the winter jacket, the brown one is still my first choice. Gonna have to try "restore" it and your video is really helpful. Thanks!
Finally trying this on my 9th doctor leather pleather jacket, i do worry how well it will work if i start moving or posing the figure and hoping it holds up...the real test will be my karl urban dredd the nightmare of all pleather figures along with police shootout terminator.
I just watched a Japanese restorer peel the pleather and applied a sparse amount of black leather polish, then they worked in sparse black acrylic and a last layer of polish again.. finishing with buffing and dry brushing at the end for a final shine and it was incredible!
@@_hypergamy7090 I think I’ve recently seen this as well. Looked good!
@_hypergamy7090 I just had a short conversation with that content creator, he told myself and acouple other people that the shoe polish/grease he applied before the acrylic paint shouldnt have been in the video. Incase you or anyone else reading this was gonna try that method. Apply your layers of paint, then layers of polish(shining each layer of polish).
Whenever painting a cloth like surface that needs to flex and have some movement, I add Angelus Too Soft to the finisher layer. It makes the acrylic finish flexible (too soft) so it won’t crack if flexed or bent. You DO have to heat the layers with Too Soft product added. I use a hair blow dryer without issue. TooSoft is used by custom tennis shoe customisers which is how I learned about it.
If I can give some tips, youre supposed to do very thin coats. Wait 20 minutes inbetween coats. I recommend doing 7-10 coats (Yes really 10). Yours is still very undercooked the leather isnt thick enough and you can still see the fabric underneath.
I then do 3 layers of finishers (20 min between each layer). Always apply finisher as they arent just cosmetic. They protect the pleather from cracking and deteriorating.
If I may ask,what figures did you try this on? I'm curious 🤔 on what the results were?
@@robertonline6543 i did it on a black widow suit and a jacket from Leon RE4. Still holds up, works perfectly.
@@robertonline6543 black widow and leon re4 jacket. Holds up perfectly
Thanks so much for this - I have some vintage collectible plush that I need to restore - they had "boots" that completely flaked apart, leaving nothing but the black fabric on the feet. Going to give this a shot on those - it can't hurt.
You're welcome and good luck! Thanks for watching!
That looks really good. Even closer I wouldn't know the difference
Thanks! I’m pretty happy with it myself. Beats buying a whole new figure!
Nice job. There really is nothing to lose if you ask me. In the chance it looks really bad keep her for parts and buy a brand new one. Ya you might have to pay a bit more since she's long sold out. There is a third party one out soon, also. Lots of time they get those details better because they learned what didn't work originally.
As far as the restore process I would recommend using a sealer on the fabric first before applying the finish paint. Also Tamiya has a rubber black color that with a gloss clear would look just like patten-leather. Maybe apply with an airbrush too. I think I would also put the items on a spare body to get them as flat and smooth as possible while applying, instead of holding them with my fingers.
Just thoughts! Great job none-the-less.
Thanks for the tips!
Hi Jedi . I am from Singapore 🇸🇬 where the weather is hot & humility is high all year long. My Catwoman flaked badly on the legs n hands. And yeah , i repaired her with with black paint n finisher. Well it works ! The boots n arm sleeves looks like pleather leather and feels with shines.
I have another issue that is the body also started to flake ,and i also paint it with black paint and the end result looks pretty decent.
Well... it still works for me until catwoman 2.0 comes out. Will see the review on the actual material before decide to go for it. Like what you mentioned before in your recent video, it dosent makes sense to get another figure if the material is the same.
Comment date : 2023
Greetings and thanks for watching!
Hi I am from Singapore too!! What black paint or what brand u use to paint your leather. Tks
Thanks, I have a pair of shoes from an American Girl doll with a similar issue. Will this be effective on human sized footwear tho?
@@blakegriplingph I’m not sure as I haven’t tried it in something that size. Only one way to find out!
Great job 👍👌👍
Thank you!
Nice job, man. good tips.
Thanks man!
Very good restoration. How about the rubbery material on armored batman and jl aquaman it stick on my collection
Fair play mate been eyeing this figure myself but been weary might have to take the leap now lol another smashing video
I was skeptical as well and I’ll admit it doesn’t look as good as it does new out of the box but I don’t think anything will. Very pleasantly surprised with the final outcome! Thanks for always watching the channel Phil!
My scarlet witch age of ultron and civil war are starting to pleather. I live in the UK, and the humidity right now is 91%, so i had to box up the figures and put them in storage. And because i dont have AC im worried it will only get worse
Temp and humidity control are the biggest factors to peeling. Hope you are able to store them somewhere safe!
Hello do you think it necessary to past the produc before : Lether preparer and deglazer angelus ?
I mean of course its not going to look as good as out of the box but man this actually looked really good. If I wasnt aware of what the original figure looked like I wouldnt know the difference, especially if Im looking at it a foot away. Great vid
Thanks! I feel the same way! I’m really happy with how it turned out and when you are more than a foot away you can’t tell at all.
I commend you for having the balls to do that. I would be worried about making things worse. But then, I guess if you have a figure where so much is peeling off that it just looks bad, how can you make it any worse.
True that! I think it turned out great! Can’t even tell when you are more than a foot away.
This has happened to my Hot Toys Black Widow Ultron Figure. her bodysuit has had the faux leather peel. I was going to just live with it but its pretty annoying considering it was nearly $200 when new. It has also happened to my custom kit bash Yorha 2B. I got some leather thigh high boots that fit perfectly with what I was putting together and she turned out really well. But as time has gone on one day I noticed that her leather boots where peeling. I mean I got the boots for like $5 from toy anxiety but still, my faux leather boots!
This gives me some ideas for at least what I can do, since its already peeled on my black widow Ultron, I think I'll give this a try. Its her whole bodysuit that's peeling so its going to tiresome to take it all off and put it all back on though. The boots are easy enough to do, but the bodysuit....
I hope my BlackWindow HotToys Avengers figure never starts peeling.
I do have another BlackWidow HotToys Avengers in a 2nd box that's never been opened and is sealed. I don't know why I got two, I just did at the time. I'm frightened that my Scarlet Witch Ultron 2nd version leather might start peeling. I really hope not, because she is my favorite.
Would be nice if HT could improve the pleather material. Nothing lasts forever but there’s got to be something better than what we’ve had in the past.
I have to figures with pleather headaches. The terminator shootout version. And the urban dredd.
Yea man I am interested in seeing you do the terminator jacket. Mine soon as I opened the box desentigrated. I started doing what you did in this vid but it didn't look good so I stopped. So I used the mms117 jacket on him. To have one made will cost about $300 plus.
It’s tough with that pleather material man. I just sold my terminator figures for two reasons. 1. I didn’t want to deal with the pleather coat/clothes and 2. I’m focusing more on Star Wars, marvel, DC. Would be nice if hot toys could figure something out with that material. I also did a video on fabric spray paint if you are interested. Might not look good for terminator though…
For Darth Vader, should I use acrylic paint or a fabric paint ?
Just bought a second hand ANH Vader and as expected, flaking is an issue. While it’s not the worst looking after I remove all the pleather, leaving the dark grey cloth exposed , as Vader is all black anyways, would probably still want to restore it
@@belfast4893 it’s really your call. You could try the fabric spray and if you don’t like it go to the acrylic
Can I do this with minor wear, on a Sideshow sixth scale Daredevil? And if so, what shade of red would you recommend?
Thank you in advance!
I’m not entirely sure. If it starts peeling the only way to stop and seal it is with the acrylic finisher. Tough to say without seeing it.
I have the terminator battle damaged and the arms were peeled. all the rest is fine. Can it be done only on the arms?
I'm not sure it would blend very well...
Hey man, would u happen to know if this method works on the 2013 Man of steel superman? im buying one thats cheap because of the sticker suit and im planning to repaint it, but im not sure if the sticky suit is the same case as this
Hey there! Unfortunately I’m not sure if it would work or not as I’m not familiar with that suit.
@@thejediknightswatch oh its alright! i repainted it either ways and its A LOT less sticky now. might do a second coat just to make sure. on a side note, great video here! definitely helped alotta people
@@zzhinn8694 thank you for the kind words my friend!
I'm working on something and done painting. I have something called Satin Cote. Does not say arcyrilic finisher but is it pretty much the same thing?
I haven’t heard of it before, but will do some research!
thanks
thx a lot, my 1/4 DV is peeling, i think this should help. what exactly is the brand of the satin finisher? thx a lot
Thanks! It should all be linked in the description of the video
@@thejediknightswatch noted thx a lot, great video.
you should do an update on how this worked 2 years later. I'd like to do something similar to fix a catwoman as well. I was considering spraying the boots and arm sleeves with Flex Seal lol. then maybe painting that with some acrylic gloss finish. .
Thanks for watching. I’ve tried a few ways of fixing pleather that have worked well!
Lookin really good. Good job!
My HT TFA Han Solo's brown pleather jacket has gone the way of the damned... although I can pose him with the winter jacket, the brown one is still my first choice.
Gonna have to try "restore" it and your video is really helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for watching and good luck!
To be honest she doesn't look all that bad. Good job.👍
Thanks! I tried haha
See our restoration project for black widow, we opt no painting in addition fully flexible body
I have a Leon s Kennedy from re4 hot toys his jackets messing up so I’ll give it a try.
Let me know how it works!
Does anyone know if any kinda acrylic paint works or it has to be a specific kind?
Hey can u paint the terminators jacket n belt ? Will it come out the same way?
I’m not entirely sure as that is real leather I believe… maybe if it completely peeled off you could try
if it's real leather you just have to treat it
Finally trying this on my 9th doctor leather pleather jacket, i do worry how well it will work if i start moving or posing the figure and hoping it holds up...the real test will be my karl urban dredd the nightmare of all pleather figures along with police shootout terminator.
If you don’t apply the sealer I believe it will be more flexible.
My Darth Vader RAH,and My Darth Vader Sideshow was suffer of this,is a pain,i think if i was buy the HT 1/4 Vader and happen this...
It stinks. Hopefully one day Hot Toys can make a pleather that doesn't peel!
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