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5 hours ago, alan123shooting said:

I haven’t posted anything for a while as I don’t like blowing my own trumpet, however I’m particularly pleased with this case I have done for a chap. It involved a recovering the outside which I have not done for a number of years. 
 

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Wow, fantastic job!

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The case looks fantastic how clever you are.

Is it possible to clean the canvas on an old canvas and leather gun case it is in good order but a bit stained  and patchy colour wise  .

it just needs tidying up a bit  .  I wondered about recolouring it with something a bit darker to cover up the stained bits 

Any advice would be welcome.

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2 hours ago, swan40 said:

The case looks fantastic how clever you are.

Is it possible to clean the canvas on an old canvas and leather gun case it is in good order but a bit stained  and patchy colour wise  .

it just needs tidying up a bit  .  I wondered about recolouring it with something a bit darker to cover up the stained bits 

Any advice would be welcome.

Watching any reply with interest as I have a case requiring similar TLC.

OB

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2 hours ago, swan40 said:

The case looks fantastic how clever you are.

Is it possible to clean the canvas on an old canvas and leather gun case it is in good order but a bit stained  and patchy colour wise  .

it just needs tidying up a bit  .  I wondered about recolouring it with something a bit darker to cover up the stained bits 

Any advice would be welcome.

Acrylic fabric paint? A few pictures may help.

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You can use renovate canvas cleaner the cleaner used on soft tops of cars , however there is the danger that the canvas may lift away. If the canvas is in good condition a soft scrub over with a good hand wire brush then hoover off the dust, wear a mask due to the dust, if it’s a pitch canvas (black finish ) black boot polish. I hope this is of help

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Thank you Alan I will give it a try

What about recolouring it with perhaps cream shoe polish , as there are lots of colours and I have seen it used for old army webbing and it came out well.

Sorry if its a stupid question but thought it might be usefull to be able to cover up some of the bad stained areas . I am not trying to make it look new  just sympatheticly

tart it up a bit.

Again thank you for any help 

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2 hours ago, swan40 said:

Thank you Alan I will give it a try

What about recolouring it with perhaps cream shoe polish , as there are lots of colours and I have seen it used for old army webbing and it came out well.

Sorry if its a stupid question but thought it might be usefull to be able to cover up some of the bad stained areas . I am not trying to make it look new  just sympatheticly

tart it up a bit.

Again thank you for any help 

The thing is, you really need to when possible keep things original as possible a vintage case should not look pristine if you put polish on it it will look like you have put polish on it.if you could post some pictures I could possibly advise 

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