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Leather & Olive Oil

June 8, 2011 By crafterhours 2 Comments

Two of my favorite things, and now even better together!

I recently bought a pair of custom made sandals from this cool local shop where a guy fits your foot to a sole and then literally builds the sandal of your choice around your foot.  He made each strap fit perfectly around my foot, and then made a hole exactly where I need it for the ankle straps and trimmed off the excess.  Wish I could do that for all my sandals.

The sandals all come in raw leather, but he told me that if I wanted them to be darker, I could simply paint them with olive oil.  Did you guys know about that?  I thought it was a pretty cool trick.

Here’s my before and after.  The left sandal is the original, the one on the right has 2 coats of EVOO.  (do I owe Rachael Ray money for saying that?)

It’s subtle, but a bit more noticeable in person.  I plan on doing at least 2 more coats (on both shoes this time).  I love that it’s all-natural, leaves the leather nice and supple, and doesn’t smell like a salad at all.  Promise.  (and no, Susan, it doesn’t make them skinned-knee-inducing-slippery either)

You can use this little trick on any raw leather if you want to deepen the color a bit.  It might not work as well on leather that has been treated with paint or a sealant, but you could always try and let me know!

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Comments

  1. Cassy says

    June 8, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Im wearing shoes just like that today! that’s too funny. I love the idea- so creative.

    ♥
    Im having a giveaway on my blog for a cute french damask monogram necklace!

    http://cassylately.blogspot.com/2011/06/monday-giveaway.html
    ♥

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  2. Kyra says

    June 8, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    Nice! Why didn’t I know about that place when I was there?!? Next time.

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