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Our leather experts will teach you about leather and vinyl repair. This 2 day course includes full leather knowledge and hands-on practice repairing and colouring leather and vinyl using the Geist. professional range of products.
No matter what level you are on right now, you will leave the course able to offer leather repair services to your customers!
• Introduction to Geist.
• Understanding the surface – leather production and types of leather.
• How to identify different types of leather & vinyl.
• Understanding our product range and areas of application for leather, vinyl, artificial leather and hard plastics.
• Cleaning, conditioning & Protecting leather – hands on session.
• Understanding Colour mixing – how to colour match using colour wheel & other techniques.
• Colour matching – hands on session.
• Lunch and refreshments provided daily.
• Introduction to repair techniques & types of repairs to leather, vinyl and plastics.
• Preparing leather for repairs, masking, surface preparation, etc.
• Using a spray gun and airbrush (cleaning & best practices to maintain equipment).
• Re-colouring seat bolsters and steering wheels – Sponge & spray applications.
• Repair scratches & scuffs, rips, tears and holes in leather – hands on session.
• How to replicate leather grains for seamless repairs.
• Repairs and colouring of hard plastics.
• Pricing structure – how to price jobs in your business.
• Summarize, go through training manual & certification.
• Q&A.
• Lunch and refreshments provided daily.
