Prep and paint vintage suitcases
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Cortney
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I have an entire set of hard leather suitcases, not suitable for use anymore, and I want to paint them to use in my porch for the holidays. What do you suggest to prep with, is acrylic paint okay to use? How do I deal with them so I can use and store without concern?
6 answers
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See if this helps you. https://www.pinterest.com/explore/painted-sui...
Janet Pizaro
on Oct 19, 2016
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I would NOT paint nice old leather anything! Wash the leather with saddle soap and then treat the leather with a light coat of paste wax and then buff... Rather that ruin them by painting them, why not donate them to a theater for use in plays. Nice old luggage is not easy to come by. Hope that you will not paint them...
Jim L
on Oct 19, 2016
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Total agreement with Jim L, but you can also leather dye them and use shoe polish to bring out color after cleaning them. A nice leather patina look sure would beat the look of a cheap-fix paint job that is likely to crack and peel.
Johnchip
on Oct 19, 2016
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It's a personal choice whether to paint or not depending on your style. Lots of ideas in the link Janet gave!
William
on Oct 19, 2016
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I would laquer them first to protect them from the weather. My choice of paint would be Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. It's fine outdoors if you leave it bare (no wax, varnish or polyurethane) AS LONG AS the piece underneath is already waterproof. The only prep you'll need is to clean (and in this case, seal) the surface. Besides the leather, this paint also covers metal, like locks and handle hardware. If they don't serve a use as suitcases anymore, my vote is to have fun repurposing them. A great idea to use them as decoration because afterwards you can store all the smaller decorations!
Karen Rae Lvine
on Oct 20, 2016
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i would not paint them i would get in touch with stables and find out how they treat their saddles for wet, damp, & hot weather. They would perhaps be able to advise you.
Power-karen
on Nov 05, 2016
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