Leather Preparer

Angelus is the best hands down. If you need to take off a leather finish this is for you. It is the first step to painting an already finished leather item. You will not be disappointed by any of their products!

Arrived on time and worked perfect to change the color of my husband's shoes.

Worked super well. Although took the whole bottle to strip a leather jacket

This was my first-ever attempt at repainting my 2018 Nike Air Max Plus Tigers midsole. This product removed all the white paint and cloudy film on the visible airbag.

Muy bueno

Had I known this product was mostly acetone, which I had in the house already, I would not have purchased this. With that said, it deglazed my new leather bag and took off the excess dye so I could paint it another color. It works, just expensive for what it is.

We wanted to change the color of two of our three vinyl-covered kitchen stools from orange to teal. (Used the Preparer and then 5 parts Turquoise, 1 part Brown and finished with the Matte Finisher.) We're happy with the results! I think the Preparer is necessary, but I think the Finisher was pretty unnecessary.ProsBeautiful color and adhesion. Super easy. No cracks. Never comes off on clothes (I worried!).ConsThe finish still is shiny, not matte as you can see the difference in the orange (old) and teal (new). The surface is a bit stickier than before and has only improved slightly over the six months we've tested out.Note that we also applied a leather conditioner over it at the end because we read on the Angelus site that this can help that tacky feeling and it may have helped a little. If I had to do it all over again, I definitely would, but I'd wait a good few days between coats to see if that helped the overall tacky texture (not sure it would). The color is exactly what we wanted in the kitchen and the old orange one is in the office now.

works great