This captain’s faux leather repair tape costs only around 500 Japanese yen, a mere one coin. With this 1 meter long tape, I was able to cover the entire area around the edge of the bag with just one piece of tape. I was surprised at how quickly I was able to complete the project. In fact, I was so lazy that I didn’t even bother to cut the tape into 1cm pieces and just cut it by eye, but I was surprised at how quickly it was done. It took me about five minutes from the time I cut the tape into 1cm pieces with scissors to the time I finished applying it, even though I had been sitting on it for weeks before I bought the tape and started applying it. I proudly showed it to some of my friends, and they complimented me, saying, “I can’t tell if it’s been reapplied at all! All of them were amazed at how quickly and easily the peeled section was repaired. How does it look? Hmmm… I must admit, it looks pretty good! Here is a picture of the back of the tape being applied. I guess faux leather is naturally stretchy if I am correct.Īlso, even after peeling off the tape several times to adjust and reattaching it, the adhesion did not degrade at all. The tape stretches a lot more than I expected, so it was very easy to apply and attach. The image above shows the tape applied around the front part of the bag.
Note that if the area to be taped is wet, dusty, or greasy, the adhesive strength will weaken, so be sure to check and dry the area beforehand! The rear of the faux leather tape is firm glue, so you just have to peel off the backing paper and stick the tape on the edge of the bag. Then, neatly attach the tape to the edge of the bag.
In that case, you just have to cut the tape with scissors to a width of about 1 cm to match the edge of the bag (5mm x 2 (front and back)).
The edge of the peeling bag is about 5 mm wide, but the tape I purchased is 2.5 cm wide. Steps to repair the peeling faux leather of the bag with the repair tape I was a little skeptical when I first saw this tape, and I had a feeling that it might not succeed. When you open the package, you see a piece of black tape that is flimsy like shown in the below image.
This time, I chose the black color because the part to be repaired is black. The 25mm width type comes in three colors: black, dark brown, and translucent. This tape is very easy to use for repairing a long, thin handle of bags, umbrellas, or the like. To repair the peeled leather, I used CAPTAIN’s “Synthetic Leather Repair Tape, Fine 25mm x 1m,” which is a strong adhesive type. Applying a faux leather repair tape to fix the peeled section It’s true that I’ve had a number of faux leather bags where various parts have peeled off with few usages. The appearance of the bag seems to be a pretty usable condition from my judgment.īut if you look closer, you can see that the faux leather on the edge is actually in such awful condition…It’s kind of embarrassing to use the bag as it is.Īfter some research, I found out that faux leather is supposed to last only a few years even if you use it normal way. The faux leather bag I’m repairing is a Patrick Cox Tote Bag, which costs around 20,000 JPY (about US$200). The state of the tattered, peeling faux leather bag before repair
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