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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4106381, member: 18716"]You would need to bleach it first, you can use oxalic acid, which is what they use to bleach oak and other woods. Don't use domestic bleach, it would ruin it. Due to how severe the dark marks are I'm not sure how successful it would be though.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an alternative dye the whole item darker, so matching the darkest areas of stain, something like a deep oxblood might do it and look snappy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also be aware some leather has a protective plastic type coating, if so you can't really do anything with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4106381, member: 18716"]You would need to bleach it first, you can use oxalic acid, which is what they use to bleach oak and other woods. Don't use domestic bleach, it would ruin it. Due to how severe the dark marks are I'm not sure how successful it would be though. As an alternative dye the whole item darker, so matching the darkest areas of stain, something like a deep oxblood might do it and look snappy. Also be aware some leather has a protective plastic type coating, if so you can't really do anything with it.[/QUOTE]
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