Sometimes fresh looking leather cannot be as appealing like the distressed one. Here you can learn some easy tips for distressing the leather jacket. A leather jacket is a classic wardrobe item that can immediately add a rugged edge to a tough-street look or stunning biker chic apparel.  For dressing up, however, at times a brand new overcoat that needs to be aged for a cool look and amp up a bit so that it charms up your personality.  Fortunately, now it is possible to distress your favorite leather jacket, though it might consume lit more time but it I not difficult. Ways To Distress Your Favorite Leather Jacket:-

• Topple and hit the jacket to make the leather softer and give it a normally worn feel and look.  If your overcoat is brand new then initiate by running through a few dryer cycles on heat with low temperature. This will soften up the texture of leather and makes appear little dull then the original finish.
• Hand a jacket and hit it continuously with a stick or bat. You can either hang it on a clothes line or place in a plastic bag or run above with a car for few times. Evenly age the jacket rather than confining it to specific places.
• Dress yourself in leather jacket so that it gets stretched out, particularly on the front and around the elbows. Widen the single pieces of leather clothing instead of stitching together the multiple pieces so that you won’t tear off the ridges.
• Initiate by gently pulling the jacket as you only want your leather to be a little stretched out.  This depends upon the quality of leather. Some stretches easily than others.
• Make use of wire brush or sandpaper to scratch and scuff the leather material. Only gentle pressure should be used so as to avert the stroke marks. Also ensure that the scratches do not sprint in only in one particular direction.
• Pay additional consideration to high-wear parts of the leather jacket like the elbows, ends of the sleeve or on the base edges.  To make them appear much more realistic, concentrate the scratches and scuffs to the areas that are most prone to get torn out.