Coverage:
Color Flex: Estimating coverage can be tricky. Much depends on the condition of the surface the Color Flex is being applied to and the color itself. For most small projects our 5.1 bottle is more than sufficient. A good comparison that most people would be familiar with: A typical 12 oz aerosol can holds approximately 3.4 oz of color, the rest is solvent and propellant.
Lighter colors (colors that contain white) will cover better than colors that contain more transparent tints like red. Shades of red typically require more applications. We double the tint base to combat that but please be aware that shades of red may not cover as well as the stated areas below.
Repair Compound: It’s just about impossible to estimate how much coverage you’ll get from a jar of repair compound. There are too many variables, such as how many applications are required to fill the damaged areas completely or how much damage you have. One jar seems to be sufficient for most customers. You can always order more separately if you think you’ll need more than one jar.
One 5.1 oz bottle of Color Flex
Same color or similar – 1 coat covers approximately 14 sq ft – or two front seats of a car or one large arm chair
Change color – 2 coats covers approximately 7 sq ft
Shelf Life:
Color Flex:
Store in a cool, dark place with the lids tightly fastened. Make sure that the edges of the containers are clean and free of any debris. Stored properly, products should last for at least a year without degrading. If the Color Flex thickens, you can add a little water, Presto Prep or Clear Coat to it to bring it back to its normal consistency.
Repair Compound:
If air gets to the repair compound, it will cure making it unusable so keep it tightly closed. Repair compound should be used within 3 months of purchase. It may last longer than that but we make no guarantee that it will so be sure to complete your project soon after purchase.
As an aside, if you have a recent MacBook Pro, set the display to P3-500 and the large color swatches can be used to compare directly with no other calibration.
I got to tell you my repair was or couch was a mess, I had used someone elses methods and it was HORRIBLE, so I was at a loss what to do , and then I remembered your video showing your repair cream going on so smooth etc and I thought maybe, just maybe if your product was half as good as this video showed it to be I could save my $4500.00 couch. Well sir your repair cream was easy to use (could'nt get easier) and the dye was permanent, I didn't need to worry about sitting on the couch with my light colored pants.....the bottom line is you can't see the repair, the dye I worked it in so it's a perfect blend and I have never done anything like this before, anyway Thank You
Thank you!
It saved to se sofa from being dumped and extend its life form more years.
Currently dyeing the seats in an older pontoon boat, just finished, had to mix several colors to achieve the color I needed and it too looks great. Hope it will withstand the elements but it did fine on the corvette with the heat and cold from a closed vehicle and sliding in and out of the car. GREAT PRODUCTS
We have not used the product as yet.
furniture and it is a truly amazing product.
I just received the color repair kit and will be working on several British car interiors.
I will send photos of my finished work when complete
Thanks again for a great product
Here all some pictures of the project. You have a truly amazing product. It worked exactly the way you said it would
Anyway, in desperation, I did a search on the internet to see if there was any product that could help undo the damage. Like everyone else, I was skeptical about your product, but I figured I had nothing to lose. The chair already looked lousy. What a happy ending! The day your package arrived in the mail, I spent about 45 minutes working on the chair, and Voila! It looks terrific. Okay — it’s not straight-from the-factory perfect, but NOBODY would ever notice that there had been any damage done unless specifically pointed it out to them. It really looks great. I can look at the chair and smile again.
By the way, on the same day that I found your product on the internet, I found another product to solve my “kitty” problem. Given that many of your testimonials are from people who have had their furniture ruined by their cats, maybe you’ll let me pass along this website. I found a product called “Softpaws” — sold at www.softpaws.com — which are little acrylic tips that I’ve glued onto my cats claws so that they are no longer sharp. My “girls” have now been wearing them for 10 days and they work beautifully! Hopefully, the Softpaws will continue to keep my chair safe, and I now have peace of mind knowing that if they do somehow inflict more damage, I have my magic mender kit to make it all better.
Thanks so much.
Thanks for your help. I think it was well worth the money.
I did the following process:
1. Vacuumed all the furniture
2. Washed with clean water
3. Cleaned with alcohol
4. Put on the dye
5. After it had dried, I applied a leather conditioner
6. Buffed the furniture
The pictures show the REMARKABLE results.
Thank you Magic Mender!!!
I just wanted to tell you how pleased I am with the All-in-1 Repair kit. The beige leather in my 2010 Lexus RX 450h is extremely delicate. The leather was rubbing off & it started look hideous. I decided to give it a try this morning & I’m very pleased. It covered all of the dark spots.
I was so pleased with the product that I posted your link to Lexus’ Facebook page. I hope this will bring even more exposure to your great product.
Best of luck!!
| Photos |1999 Porsche Carrera Cabriolet w/ Hardtop Graphite Grey interior
The only complaint I have is that the bottle was just shy about 2 ounces so I had to water it down to finish.. As for my luck I ran out on the lower portion of the lounge so no one is relay going to see it.
I really am in shock and disbelief. My boat is back and looking like a million bucks. My advice to anyone trying to renew is simple and you need to be very explicit in your instructions. GO SLOW; in fact slow is too fast, slow down, it’s worth every second of your time. I know cause I did the research. The lounge alone was going for 7 grand new out the door. Your 200.00 plus bucks saved me almost 6800.00 dollars and all it took was elbow grease and time. There is an old carpenters saying that says measure twice and then measure again before you do anything. This applies here also. Plan it out and learn as you go. The scariest part is in the drying; it actually went through 3 different color changers as it died down and each was scarier but just being patient and waiting was worth it. After washing her down I am gonna send you guys a picture because no one is gonna believe this is an 11year old boat. I am thrilled, and ecstatic. and mostly shocked.
Thank you guys for a great product and a special thanks to the person who helped me with the color blending help. For the extra 16 bucks for the additional brown and black I was able to dead on match the color of the upholstery and sit back and admire what I never and I mean never would have believed. Knowing that all I have to do is spend a couple hundred a year to keep this boat looking new is more than a miracle. THANK YOU , Thank you and Thank you. When all the pieces are back in and she’s been washed up no one is gonna believe this is a 10 plus year old boat.
You have my respect and appreciation for a reliable product. I hope it holds up to the sun but if I ever want to sell it I know exactly what to do to get it back in shape.
Thanks again a million times over.
my advice to other people though is it can be a bit time consuming, so be patient with it. also, because you are layering the compound over and over again, make sure it is even, because even with the sanding process, you cant take out ridges if it is uneven. it will show through after you apply the colour layer.
Thank you very much for you awesome product! i would definitely recommend this product to anyone who has had the misfortune of animal damage on their leather furniture.
I looked up the OEM color using your online tools, followed the instructions, and after 3 light coats, applied about 15 minutes apart, the wheel looks and feels like new. It looked good and was usable after about an hour, but after curing for 24 hours, it looks even better; nearly indistinguishable from the factory leather color and texture.
I had no idea this would be so easy. This product delivers exactly what is promised. Thanks for a great experience.
I wish I took a before and after picture. I bought a $6500.00 couch and love seat (black leather) in 2004, my favorite furniture. by 2010 I moved 5 times and they have been scratched several times. I got a big dog (110 pound Husky) and let him sit on the couches, that was his preferred sleeping spot as well. 2 years later he had worn the leather out until it was beige in most spots. I moved these couches to the basement, bought new couches, which I hate. In November I moved again and left the couches in the basement where I was living. The landlord kept saying come get these, and eventually they said I bet they can be fixed. After a bit of Google searching I found you, ordered your product it cost me $75.00 or so and about 7 hours of time. Wow, they are now show room condition…. I am now going to go on Kijiiji to find some worn out couches to re-finish and complete the rest of the rooms in my house.
Feel free to add this to your testimonials, its rare that I buy a product online and am so satisfied that I get what is advertised. I owe this review since I am one to deliver a bad review if required.
Thanks for a great product!
I cannot express how pleasantly surprised I am! Your product is very simply to use, instructions are very clear, and the final result is outstanding!
The leather on my car looks just NEW again! And this is not a new car at all!
So now I’m going to see how well I can repair where the pets claws scratched in my cream leather couch.
I ordered Magic Mender with, admittedly, limited expectations. But after following the directions for preparation and application of the product, I am VERY pleased with the results.
The repaired areas look almost showroom condition, and the color match is blended perfectly. I’m very pleased with the product and expect to use it again in the future if needed on my other, passenger seat. Thank you for a great product at a reasonable price!
Thank You for a great product.
The repair compound filled in the tears and smoothed down the tags. It blended in so well, you can’t tell it was ever scratched! This product also doesn’t crack or peel. It’s amazing!
We have a beautiful black leather sofa with one cushion that was cracking and had a small one inch cut in it. We ordered your repair kit and followed the directions. It worked exactly the way you said it would. The cushion is now restored, looks beautiful and matches the others cushions perfectly.
Your product is amazing. Thanks for saving our sofa!
I sewed the seam closed, cleaned the seat thoroughly and then applied the filler compound in several coats. I painted the joint several times feathering out the paint. The repair is quite invisible and is holding up well almost a year later.
This kit works amazingly well. It produces an durable, undetectable repair even on large areas. Highly recommended!
The couch looks brand new. Unbelievable. The color was a perfect match. I do not know how this will wear but it certainly looks fantastic.
Thanks for a fantastic product!!
Here is my experience:
BMW E46 Convertible 2004 – Black Nappa Leather Interior
Driver & Passenger Seats – Rubbing from getting in and out of car.
Hand Rest – Rubbing
Passenger Seat – Big Crack of leather in the middle of the seat.
It’s being a month since I’ve done and and it seems to hold up well.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to repair his car leather. (especially BMW)
Good to know we have a bottle of your product available.
I went online to find someone or something to fix the problem. I found your site, read all the other testimonials and decided to give your repair kit a try.
Man, what a great product! With a little patients and your system, it worked a miracle. Now you can’t even tell it was ever damaged.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY COUCH!!
Thanks for making such a great product! FAST shipping too, I couldn’t believe it! I will DEFF. be doing business with you again soon!
I have a pair of Natuzzi leather sofa and chair which are 11 years old. The chair and sofa unfortunately had some bad scratch marks in the corners where a cat I once had took to them so badly it took the leather off very badly on the corners of them the sofa’s where good but I hated to look at the corners of them and had pretty much decided they are damaged and it’s time to replace them because I had tried other products which just made it look worst than they where before I used the product on them. But thanks to your product those two pieces look like brand new! I have never used any sort of fabric or leather repair product which was as easy and actually did exactly what it claims to do! You would think they where new ones or I had some professional do it and paid a big bill for it too. This by far has been one of my best purchases I have ever made!
I couldn’t find anything on the website that mentions doing a color only repair. So I emailed customer service and waited. After sending another 2, I finally got an answer that I should only use the “paint”. The delay in getting a response is why I am only giving 4 stars.
Now on to the important part. It Amazing!! I really can’t believe how easy it was and that the finished product really makes my sofa and ottoman look like new! Seriously. No ideas why some people say it doesn’t work, but I promise it does!! I will recommend this to anyone!
Kent
GLAD I DID!
The very patient person in customer support, who helped me with a balky program for ordering and stuck right with me to the end was wonderful, Known to me only as “j”, that person deserves a raise.
The product itself greatly exceeded my expectations: We had claw gashes sort of everyhwere, and I knew the sofa needed attention. When my husband practically cut the surface in half by dragging the wire side of a mirror across one of the cushions, I knew the jig was up.
For once I read every word of the excellent directions, did what they said, and now have almost undetectable marks and huge relief. The color matched almost perfectly even when it was wet; when it dried a shade darker, I was thrilled! I definitely recommend Magic Mender!
My thoughts were, what do I have to loose … I can try this $59.95 kit and at the least see if its fixable or not.
Well I can tell you, this kit really saved me $4675. I thought that it might look a little better, but it was way beyond what I thought my results would be.
No exaggeration, it looks better than when it was new! I ordered the 4 swatches and matched the color perfectly before I ordered the kit. So the color is dead on!
I just took my time, read the directions over and over, and wasn’t scared to sand the rough areas.
I’ve told all my friends. My family is impressed!
Thanks so much guys ….You are selling a great quality product!
My car is 23 years old and even with the exact color it wont match because the leather is getting darker. So I wanted my car showroom fresh. It had rips tears, wear, and cracks. Some so bad I may never get them perfect but wow what a difference. For less than .5% of replacement too. I bought enough to do the whole car its perfedt and I didnt even have to take the seats out. I would recommend it though.
Finally something that works. I can even add accent colors, I am going to buy some to revive some of my favorite old shoes!
I have a pair of Natuzzi leather sofa and chair which are 11 years old. The chair and sofa unfortunately had some bad scratch marks in the corners where a cat I once had took to them so badly it took the leather off very badly on the corners of them the sofa’s where good but I hated to look at the corners of them and had pretty much decided they are damaged and it’s time to replace them because I had tried other products which just made it look worst than they where before I used the product on them. But thanks to your product those two pieces look like brand new! I have never used any sort of fabric or leather repair product which was as easy and actually did exactly what it claims to do! You would think they where new ones or I had some professional do it and paid a big bill for it too. This by far has been one of my best purchases I have ever made!
When my husband and I first got married we decided on a black leather couch and arm chair specifically because we had an indoor cat. We figured that it would collect less fur and that when we had a child marks would show up less. To protect ourselves we even bought the expensive protection plan at the furniture store. Well almost five years later we’ve moved states and our couch looks a lot worse for the wear. We tried to get the furniture protection plan to cover the damage but no one told us that if we couldn’t find the original receipt they wouldn’t even talk to us! The plan is maintained by a third party company, so even though the store knew we were still covered we couldn’t get the other company to deal with us. I thought that all was lost. I resigned myself to the fact that we had bought a $1500 scratching post for the cat. I was embarrassed to have people sit on the sofa. But then I found your product. You can’t even see the damage!!! It literally disappeared!!! Thank you!!!!
I ordered the replacement leather from http://www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/sides.htm
I used Dap contact cement to glue the new surfaces. A little “liquid nails” around the edges worked great. (I sanded the edges to make them smooth-the liquid nails takes the color-flex just fine). I covered the entire chair in Color-Flex so everything would match. I wouldn’t say the chair looks new but am very satisfied with the way it turned out.
Your repair compound and Color Flex product is fantastic! I used it on a damaged front seat of my 2004 Honda Accord that I was dreading would require an expensive upholstery job at an auto leather repair shop. The seat looks brand new–you can’t tell there ever was a problem. I was very skeptical of your claims and customer testimonials, and almost decided not to order your repair kit thinking it would be a total waste of money. Your products have exceeded my expectations, and the professional looking results are terrific.
Previously I had someone from Fibrenew repair the area. It broke down the first time anyone sat on the sofa. That’s when I decided to try Magic Mender, which cost me much less. The instructions were very clear and I’m so delighted with the results.
This is the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. Magic Mender is high on my list of things for which to be thankful.
Thank you so very much
Our Guardman policy we purchased with the chairs was useless and cost us $120 per chair. If I were you, I would make a presentation to La-Z-Boy Corporate to have you product included as an option at point of purchase.
Granted our chairs are dark and are easier to mask scratches and wear, but it still might provide an opportunity for your excellent product. I would show you what a difference it made, but unfortunately we didn’t take any “before” photos. Thanks again, and we will share our experience with friends and family!
Sincerely,
Bruce Momon-Rogers
Your instructions are thorough and easy to follow, step by step. The application process is simple, and the series of thin coats (both for the repair compound and the Color Flex) looked and felt and worked just as the instructions said they would. Drying times between coats for the repair compound and for the Color Flex were just what your instructions predicted. The color of the repair is exactly what your online color charts suggested. Clean-up at each stage was fast and easy. The repair looks great.
It is obvious that you care about the results your customers achieve. Thank you for offering such a high quality product.
Sincerely,
James Gifford
Silver Spring, MD
I wanted to take the time to say thank you for developing a product that is so easy to apply and the results are simply amazing!
My Magic Mender story started about four years ago when I needed to re-color some of the interior on my 2007 Porsche convertible. I bought it used and the dashboard and seats looked faded. Porsche said there was nothing that could be done to revive the interior. Well, they were wrong! I searched and found your website, ordered the color flex from your easy to follow guide. My car looks brand new after applying your product. The color matched perfectly, too. I brought it to the Porsche Dealership and showed them the interior. They were astonished how well it blended in with the rest of the interior.
Last month I borrowed my brother’s 1999 Benz. Since I had the car for a while, I detailed it and discovered how badly the seats had faded and their dog had put many scratches in the leather. Magic Mender to the rescue, again! The interior looks brand new, and my brother thought I had the seats re-upholstered. He was shocked when I told him about the product and spent $26.00.
Onto the tough job.
We have three leather Natuzzi brand matching couches in our family room that we purchased 21 years ago. The couches were in great mechanical condition, but with six of us sitting on them for so long, they looked absolutely terrible. We spend approximately $7,000.00 back then for the couches. My wife thought it would be best to replace the couches. I mentioned your product and she was skeptical that it could help them in the condition they were in (many scratches, scuffs and fading).
I sent a sample of the leather to Magic Mender and crossed my fingers that they could help. I received an actual call-back and they matched it to the interior color from an older BMW color, who would have thought! After prepping and coloring the seat bottoms and arm rests, our couches look BRAND NEW. The entire process took about eight hours because I applied five coats of the product. As usual, I followed the simply directions and used a hair dryer to speed things up. Thank you for saving me many thousands of dollars in not having to purchase a new set of couches, very thankful. My wife is amazed how new and fresh they look. This project cost us about $140.00. Not a bad return of investment!
Yours truly,
Norm R.
Lake Bluff, IL
Ordered 2 kits, one for a 2008 Dodge Ram in Khaki and one for a 2004 Concorde in Taupe.
Best and easiest product EVER.
Just make sure you really clean it first with the alcohol and then just smear it on. Wow.
A little hole that had just rubbed in to the Ram was covered with a bit of the repair materials and nobody can ell where it was.
Best stuff ever.
We are thinking of offering this as an extra option in our detail shop.
Anyway, in desperation, I did a search on the internet to see if there was any product that could help undo the damage. Like everyone else, I was skeptical about your product, but I figured I had nothing to lose. The chair already looked lousy. What a happy ending! The day your package arrived in the mail, I spent about 45 minutes working on the chair, and Voila! It looks terrific. Okay — it’s not straight-from the-factory perfect, but NOBODY would ever notice that there had been any damage done unless specifically pointed it out to them. It really looks great. I can look at the chair and smile again.
By the way, on the same day that I found your product on the internet, I found another product to solve my “kitty” problem. Given that many of your testimonials are from people who have had their furniture ruined by their cats, maybe you’ll let me pass along this website. I found a product called “Softpaws” — sold at www.softpaws.com — which are little acrylic tips that I’ve glued onto my cats claws so that they are no longer sharp. My “girls” have now been wearing them for 10 days and they work beautifully! Hopefully, the Softpaws will continue to keep my chair safe, and I now have peace of mind knowing that if they do somehow inflict more damage, I have my magic mender kit to make it all better.
Thanks so much.