Customer Reviews & Photos of Rub 'n Restore®

I purchased a new leather sofa, loveseat and ottoman. I wanted an oversized chair and ottoman to match. I was able to find an oversized chair and ottoman same style but not the same color. I searched leather painting and came across Rub ‘n Restore. After seeing the reviews and photos on their website I decided to go with the advanced match custom color option. I highly recommend this option rather than trying to match paint colors off other websites. I am very very happy with the results. It is an exact match and the leather feels no different than before it was painted. I was also able to repair the scratches with the repair kit. Happy customer for sure!!

I have 2 Hancock & Moore leather sofas in my living room which I bought about 15 years apart. I had to have the 1st sofa "professionally" recolored which came out OK but a different color than its original color and different than the newer sofa. The older sofa was showing significant wear (2 large dogs) and I wanted to redo the color to match the newer sofa. I had Lesandre create a custom color to match the newer sofa and it came out really close to the newer target sofa and it looks like a brand new sofa! Lesandre was there the whole way giving me advice and coaching on techniques which I could not have done without her.

The project was a bit of a challenge as at first I thought the leather was cracking. I sent Lesandre a photo of a damaged cushion and she felt that the leather was fine and that a layer of color was cracking. She had me try using denatured alcohol to test it and she was spot on. It was the color layer that was cracking. That was the good news. The bad news was that I had to use almost a full gallon of denatured alcohol to remove the old color. This was a pain, messy and time consuming but absolutely necessary. It took several man-days to prep the sofa versus a few hours to recolor it with Rub 'n Restore. I was trying to get a marbled look to match the newer sofa and I spent about 3 hours using different techniques and colors to get the look I wanted. In the end I gave up and was able to only get minor marbling. This is not a reflection of the product - but of the stripped down material that I was working with.

All in all I love this product. This was my 2nd project as my 1st was on vinyl seat cushions on a pontoon. I highly recommend the product and anyone can use it successfully with a little patience and some time trial and error. As Lesandre says in one of her videos, don't be afraid to make a mistake. You can use denatured alcohol to remove Rub 'n Restore and start over.

I can't say enough about the support I received from Lesandre. She was very responsive and quick to my emails. I felt like she was right there and was as much invested in the project as I was. Thanks so much, Lesandre.

This was one of the most satisfying projects I have undertaken in a long time- complete instant gratification. It took a bit of elbow grease, but the outcome was worth it! We bought a used boat and the vinyl was yellowing and had a TON of black spots. We tried cleaning it with EVERYTHING. Our only option was to have them reupholstered, but I ran across Rub 'n Restore reviews and decided to try it. WOW, JUST WOW! All of the vinyl looks brand new again. They are all a uniform, gleaming, marine white color again. I only needed one 4 oz bottle to fix the entire boat. I reviewed their video tutorials and followed their directions. I probably did 4-6 layers depending on how black parts were. Then went over them once with the Clear Prep & Finish sealer. One of the really nice things about this product is how quickly it dries. I thought this was going to take days to complete. But really it just took a day (I had a lot to finish). If you are thinking about reupholstering, you should absolutely give this a shot first. It’s freakin fabulous.

Here are some amazing before and after pics that really showcase the amazing results anyone can achieve with these products. If you've ever fingerpainted or wiped down a counter before, you already have all the practice you'll ever need. If you even sort of of follow the instructions in the videos and on the bottle you will have amazing results although you should follow them to the letter for best results. For anyone wondering like I was before I said screw it and gave it a shot, yes, these products are very forgiving. You really can't leave hard lines, like painting a wall or car with bad technique. Runs and streaks are almost non existent and easily corrected with just water and a wet sponge or towel. If somehow you did mess up or aren't happy just wipe off the area a little and start again. These products also allow for working at whatever pace you like, no real time limits. Have alook at my pics and keep in my mind I'm no artist. I just followed the directions.