1960s leather shoe re-dying help

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Hi guys,

I have a gorrrgeous pair of great quality (and pretty rare and desirable I might add) silver leather heels from the 60s, that have unfortunately picked up quite a few scuffs and scratches that polish isn't helping with.

I've found a dye kit from Tarrago, and also a company here in the UK that will do it from £25+. I'd obviously rather not pay for a service I can manage myself, but don't want to ruin the shoes if I mess up as they're so so fab!

I was wondering if anyone has experience with redying leather shoes, particularly in the metallic shades..?

 

[cmpollack]

I recently brought a pair of metallic leather designer sandals to a cobbler everyone raves about for his miracle work, and he told me there was no way to completely remove the scuffs.

He used a deeper shade of polish (olive, on a bronze leather) to fill them in and make them less noticeable.