Customer Reviews & Photos of Rub 'n Restore®

Second time restoring my old leather couch (wife hates it) using rubnrestore Espressso. Originally changed couch and love seat from a light brown (like a baseball glove) to espresso dark brown . Fantastic results. Wore gloves but, being sloppy and in a hurry, I dripped stuff on the wood floor and on my wrists. The cleanup was easy (water based) before the wife got home. I saved the sponges in a plastic bag and use them again (although they are hard a as rock and need a little rinsing) whenever the furniture need touching up. Dries fast so I can resume my job as a couch potato very quickly. Originally thought the stuff would never work but I was wrong. The product works.

This recliner shows (almost) no sign of its once having been out cat’s favorite scratching destination. The products shipped the same day as I ordered them and arrived in record time! The repair products, techniques, and videos were top notch and the dye went on beautifully. I did not order a sample swatch but went with marine white based on description alone. It’s rather a cool white and in our very warm living room might not have been the best choice. As reasonably priced as these products are and as easy as they are to use, I’m going to order in the Ivory and possibly re—apply. I think I’ll be happier in the long run and this chair has a lot of life left.
(I learned about Rub N Restore through Facebook Marketplace when I had the recliner listed for sale. It’s my husband's favorite chair but I thought it was beyond hope. This lovely woman who came across my listing introduced me to these products! Thanks to her and Rub N Restore, I deleted the listing and salvaged the chair!)

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.