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2024/12/16
Dior Montaigne leather-trim hand recolouring
1. Cleaning: Use the pump-foam Leather Stain Cleaner to clean surface dirt.
2. Damage repair: 1. Sand raised, worn fibres smooth with 800-grit fine sandpaper. 2. This case has only slight abrasion, raised fibres and colour loss, with no missing leather or major damage. Apply only a thin layer of Topcoat Finishing Repair Paste to repair and seal the surface. Do not apply too much; the thinner the better. Colour can then be applied.
3. Colour mixing: 1. Mix Smooth Leather Resin, Texture Enhancer and Oil-Wax Enhancing Additive at 5:1:1, tint with colour paste and add 6~10 drops of crosslinker before spraying. 2. The colour has a deep blue-violet undertone. Add suitable amounts of royal-blue and violet-red High-Concentration Dye Solution to improve translucency and saturation.
4. Colour coverage: Hand-apply with a high-density sponge or cotton bud in several even passes. Each application must dry completely before the next, otherwise the coating can crumble and lose colour.
5. Final sealing: Spray Colourless Extra-Soft Fixative.
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Dior Montaigne leather-trim hand recolouring
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Additional explanations based on this case’s original record.
A quick hand-applied repair for minor trim wear, with thin filling, undertone adjustment and drying between coverage passes.
Confirm the degree of damage
The source specifies no missing leather or major damage, which is the basis for thin finishing repairs.
Source reference：Damage repairDark colours also have undertones
The deep blue-violet undertone is explicitly addressed. Compare translucency and saturation as well as lightness.
Source reference：Colour mixingDry each hand-applied layer
The source requires complete drying before the next coat and identifies the consequences of early recoating. Repeated coverage does not mean wet-on-wet application.
Source reference：Colour coverageQuestions and answers
Can several coats be applied while still wet?
The source requires drying between coats and warns of crumbling and colour loss from early recoating.