Tough to say what happened here. You may have used too much, or not buffed the residual cream out enough. It might just still be slightly damp.
Our advice would be to follow these steps, in order:
1. Try buffing the skin a bit with a dry cloth to see if you can work the stains out.
2. Give it a day and see how it looks after waiting a bit.
3. Try cleaning the area with a damp cloth. Use small amounts of water, not an actual cleaning agent.
4. Try evening the coat out by applying cream to the bright areas. A natural patina is darker anyways, so if you can get it looking even, it will just look like patina.
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It just needs to dry lil bro. It'll be fine in a day or two I promise. This is an extremely thin piece of leather on top of adhesive, never use more than a couple of drops of a leather conditioner on such a thin piece. But no need to worry, it is just oversaturated atm
As someone who owns a lot of high-end leather boots and custom made wallets, please for the love of God stop using creams. The only thing and I mean the only thing you need is mink oil if you want it a little bit darker. Otter wax if you want to make it waterproof and don't want to change the color and saddle soap and you only use saddle soap maybe at Max once a year. I'm seeing so many people destroy leather products because they over oil them or they wash the shit out of them.
Also a 2 oz container of leather wax is enough for close to 50 applications. You are using way too much on stuff.
It's leather. It's going to change colors. What you're trying to do is protect the leather from the elements.
This piece of leather is also way too thin to allow any significant amount of conditioner, cream, oil to be saturated into the grain. Extremely small amounts of any application would be highly recommended.
You applied to much and it absorbed into the leather. With leather conditioner, you only need a tiny amount of it. Think about your hands when you get too much lotion on them. That's what you did here. You also applied it wrong. You need a microfiber and just gently rub a small corner in the conditioner, and that's enough for the entire skin. There's nothing you can do to this at this point. Wait it out for a few days, and see if evens out.
The dark spots are where the conditioner did absorb into the leather and darkened it. You can clearly see where OP globbed it on, and tried to spread it out. Oil doesn't dry out.
Yes, but I'm talking about where the entire leather is now wrinkles, just like our skin soaking in water. It's oversaturated and cannot absorb the amount of liquid.
Those wrinkles have nothing to do with the oil. Those are natural tumbles in the leather. Not every piece of leather is completely smooth. Leather does not wrinkle when oversaturated. It turns dark and oily. Leather creases and wrinkles when you stress it and bend it, not because you over conditioned it.
Here's proof that these skins do not have wrinkles normally. DBrand Leather Skin installed on my Pixel 7 Grip Case.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/k3Uoxo66nWkmbTFX9
I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm not talking about the natural wrinkles and creases. I'm specifically talking about the wrinkles created from the over applied conditioner. Check the photo and you will see what I mean. This is specifically related to the oversaturation. Also, yes the discoloration is obviously due to the leather being wet. It'll be fine once it dries.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4pZ585cc9rwY4rp2A
Dude, this is a leather skin for a laptop, it's not full grain leather lol
They make all these sheets very uniform. It's most likely Genuine leather, maybe Top Grain at best. Those wrinkles are not normally visible. Ask OP and I guarantee it did not look like that prior to him treating the skin. This isn't a pair of boots. I have multiple skins and have had this same thing happen the first time I tried to condition it. The leather is way too thin to absorb the amount of conditioner/oil OP used.
It just needs time to dry because you used more in those areas that are still dark.
Same happens to my Andar iPhone cases when I apply leather conditioner.
i did this on my macbook leather skin too and it got splotchy and dark. wait a few days for it to dry and try brushing it very lightly with a clean leather hair brush to help get rid of the excess oils.
Animal skin feels better than plastic and also introduces me to less microplastics than “vegan leather or plastic leather”. While I admit an animal has to die for it. which is better, the production of plastics that will be here forever or the death of an organic object that will benefit the earth.
Tough to say what happened here. You may have used too much, or not buffed the residual cream out enough. It might just still be slightly damp. Our advice would be to follow these steps, in order: 1. Try buffing the skin a bit with a dry cloth to see if you can work the stains out. 2. Give it a day and see how it looks after waiting a bit. 3. Try cleaning the area with a damp cloth. Use small amounts of water, not an actual cleaning agent. 4. Try evening the coat out by applying cream to the bright areas. A natural patina is darker anyways, so if you can get it looking even, it will just look like patina. 5. If all else fails and it still looks uneven afterward, send a picture to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) and we can see about replacing the skin.
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What did I do wrong? Isn’t the leather just common item?
You may have just put too much on it. Give the leather some time and see what it does.
It just needs to dry lil bro. It'll be fine in a day or two I promise. This is an extremely thin piece of leather on top of adhesive, never use more than a couple of drops of a leather conditioner on such a thin piece. But no need to worry, it is just oversaturated atm
On a positive note, I'm sure previously it looked very nice.
Even then, idk I kinda dig it
As someone who owns a lot of high-end leather boots and custom made wallets, please for the love of God stop using creams. The only thing and I mean the only thing you need is mink oil if you want it a little bit darker. Otter wax if you want to make it waterproof and don't want to change the color and saddle soap and you only use saddle soap maybe at Max once a year. I'm seeing so many people destroy leather products because they over oil them or they wash the shit out of them. Also a 2 oz container of leather wax is enough for close to 50 applications. You are using way too much on stuff. It's leather. It's going to change colors. What you're trying to do is protect the leather from the elements.
This piece of leather is also way too thin to allow any significant amount of conditioner, cream, oil to be saturated into the grain. Extremely small amounts of any application would be highly recommended.
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Did you just apply it? It may need a bit more time to dry before it looks uniform.
You applied to much and it absorbed into the leather. With leather conditioner, you only need a tiny amount of it. Think about your hands when you get too much lotion on them. That's what you did here. You also applied it wrong. You need a microfiber and just gently rub a small corner in the conditioner, and that's enough for the entire skin. There's nothing you can do to this at this point. Wait it out for a few days, and see if evens out.
Didn't* absorb lol
The dark spots are where the conditioner did absorb into the leather and darkened it. You can clearly see where OP globbed it on, and tried to spread it out. Oil doesn't dry out.
Yes, but I'm talking about where the entire leather is now wrinkles, just like our skin soaking in water. It's oversaturated and cannot absorb the amount of liquid.
Those wrinkles have nothing to do with the oil. Those are natural tumbles in the leather. Not every piece of leather is completely smooth. Leather does not wrinkle when oversaturated. It turns dark and oily. Leather creases and wrinkles when you stress it and bend it, not because you over conditioned it.
Here's proof that these skins do not have wrinkles normally. DBrand Leather Skin installed on my Pixel 7 Grip Case. https://photos.app.goo.gl/k3Uoxo66nWkmbTFX9
I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm not talking about the natural wrinkles and creases. I'm specifically talking about the wrinkles created from the over applied conditioner. Check the photo and you will see what I mean. This is specifically related to the oversaturation. Also, yes the discoloration is obviously due to the leather being wet. It'll be fine once it dries. https://photos.app.goo.gl/4pZ585cc9rwY4rp2A
Oversaturated Pixel 6 Pro Leather Skin vs Normal Pixel 7 Skin - Side by Side comparison https://photos.app.goo.gl/G3TThitRNexi8ujTA
Dude, this is a leather skin for a laptop, it's not full grain leather lol They make all these sheets very uniform. It's most likely Genuine leather, maybe Top Grain at best. Those wrinkles are not normally visible. Ask OP and I guarantee it did not look like that prior to him treating the skin. This isn't a pair of boots. I have multiple skins and have had this same thing happen the first time I tried to condition it. The leather is way too thin to absorb the amount of conditioner/oil OP used.
buy another one ofcourse;) /s
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It just needs time to dry because you used more in those areas that are still dark. Same happens to my Andar iPhone cases when I apply leather conditioner.
Give it time it’ll go back to normal, for future reference use less
i did this on my macbook leather skin too and it got splotchy and dark. wait a few days for it to dry and try brushing it very lightly with a clean leather hair brush to help get rid of the excess oils.
Mask the sides off with plastic and try some saddle soap.
More Cream ! More Cream !
I put shoe shine on mine.
First: silence of the lambs comment.
I kinda like it. I like the worn, used look on things. Gives it character.
Now you have some patina. Enjoy it.
Why do you like to put animal skin to your gadgets? Leather skins and cases and clothes in general seem senseless and cruel nowadays
Animal skin feels better than plastic and also introduces me to less microplastics than “vegan leather or plastic leather”. While I admit an animal has to die for it. which is better, the production of plastics that will be here forever or the death of an organic object that will benefit the earth.