Walnut Vinyl & Leather Finish
$16.00 – $70.00
Our Walnut is like a milk chocolate color. It is lighter and warmer than Espresso; it’s darker than saddle colors like Cognac and Mocha.
Use this pigment-rich finish on aniline-dyed, full-grain leathers, and vinyl to:
- conceal stains and fading;
- condition and protect.
It applies easily with a sponge and will not alter the feel. It won’t peel or rub off onto clothing.
Each bottle comes with gloves and stir stick.
Before You Buy
Please read about dramatic color changes before undertaking one.
Rub ‘n Restore® products are not recommended for fabric, suede, nubuck or faux (bonded) leather. Learn more about material types or peeling bonded leather.
Thank you for your assistance/consultation on this project. It turned out perfectly!
Could not be happier with the colo...More
Thank you for your assistance/consultation on this project. It turned out perfectly!
Could not be happier with the color match and quality.
The project was completed by installing fabric cushion wrap, purchased at a craft store, around the existing foam inserts. This restored some of the firmness the cushions had lost, and removed many stretch wrinkles the leather received over 15 years. I done this step after the dying, but should have done it before hand. Doing it before hand will smooth the wrinkles and make dye application easier. The project was straight forward, requires no experience. The finish product did not looked “painted”, but very natural.
Our sectional has survived our 4 kids, and thanks...More
Our sectional has survived our 4 kids, and thanks to all of the rub n restore products used to repair and dye it, it is ready to take on the grandchildren next ;)
Thank you :) A happy customer!
Read more about Linda's project here.
brings new life to your learher couch!
BEWARE the final WALNUT color is very different then what is shown online.
Aft...More
BEWARE the final WALNUT color is very different then what is shown online.
After three coats on two separate chairs, the color is far lighter then expected. One chair was originally light brown and the other was a dark olive green. Both chairs came out the same light milk chocolate hue.
Yes there is a note in the description on the site about the chocolate milk color, but the swatch shown was what I was after.
Now I have to order another bottle of a darker color to get the chairs darker... what a pain, not to mention the $$$.
See more pictures on Linda's blog Lime in the Coconut.
Next is my couch. It started out a beige colour. I dyed that to taupe (maybe even when the chair was still taupe) and that was great. it was wearing VERY well. Nothing wearing off at all. It just looked like it had almost a greenish tinge to it...it was probably my imagination. But, it wasn't working for me (I am an incredibly indecisive person...which is why this product works for me). I probably had the wrong idea of the colour it was supposed to be. I must have been expecting (or hoping for) more of a greige or a linen colour. Anyway, I went over that with the walnut as well after a bit and was planning on distressing it to look like the chair but it was working much better for the couch than it did the chair (most likely because the couch had a lot of texture). I actually really liked the way the dye on the couch was wearing down. It gave me the distressed look I like so much. Now, though...it's getting a bit TOO worn out. I can just take my dye and freshen it up if I wanted (and may still do that)....but as I've been changing the room around...I'm feeling like I want to go lighter (again...I'm an indecisive person who likes changing things up). That way if it wears down, it wont be quite as big a contrast. So, I've started work on stripping the dark colour to help that. It's actually coming up quite easily.....I'm wondering if maybe I didn't prep my couch properly and the dye isn't sticking quite as well as it should because of it. But, I do have a ton of kids that are hard on the furniture.
Lots of people have seen my couches and they are really impressed and I know several people have gone and bought some for themselves.
So, my overall review is that the product is easy to use, makes a huge difference and is great because you can change it up whenever you want. But, I think it is probably best if kept close to the original colour (stay dark or stay light) just because it becomes so obvious when it wears down. Neither of my pieces had colour wear, stains or sun fading originally. I just wanted them a different colour. This is a super amazing product, especially if used for its intended purpose (to restore a piece...not drastically change it).
By the way, the bid we received for a professional to restain the loveseat was $500.00. We used perhaps $50.00 in Flite cleaner and Walnut Rub n Restore to complete our project. A ten fold savings.
I didn't know boiling RnR with sand would yield a perfect blue diamond, but I guess you live and learn.
Well, that's about it for now.
P.S. Don't try this at home kids
We even attempted to use the Preval Sprayer (Which failed miserably, do not buy these things they don't work. Ended up getting more dye on my hands then coming out of the nozzle.)
Overall we are very satisfied with the outcome although we still have a few small spots that apparently did not get enough dye.
It had to be yet another too-good-to-be-true product, but I was intrigued. It wasn't expensive, and seemed not to require any equipment, so I took a chance and ordered some. I figured it wouldn't really work, or would quickly peel or something like that, but I was going to throw the couch away anyway, so what the heck.
I was - and am - amazed. Our couch literally looks brand new. What had been a sad, parched, sun-bleached couch is now completely restored - beautiful, supple, sumptuous. And the great thing is it worked exactly as advertised (how often does that happen?). It takes technique, which you learn quickly, but not the kind of skill (such as with spray guns and dyes) that takes much longer to acquire - and yet it still looks like it's been professionally restored.
If you're even thinking of restoring a piece of furniture, I would wholeheartedly encourage you to get Rub 'N Restore. You won't be disappointed.