How to distress leather: new jacket to Mad Max vintage style

[@dottJSX]

So Many People Saying This Is Stupid, Clearly You're Not Into The Wasteland Clothing Style. Thats Like Going To A Rap Video And Commenting You Hate Rap. Great Work Dimitri.

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

thanks man! working on more wastelandish videos as we speak!

[@dottJSX]

Anytime Man. I Look Forward To Your Uploads. How Would You Recommend Distressing Leather Boots? The Same Way?

[@shaysunderland1494]

Nuclear Snail Studios hey man can you make a waste land looking revolver prop

[@FormalFistFight]

Great Use Of Capitalization Meinen Bruder

[@cdub1734]

.JSX I think it’s called having an opinion different than yours

[@leftkeyentry]

I think there should be a triple thumbs up button for anyone who creates an awesome video, when it's not in their native language. Loved this tutorial!!!! Subscribed. Thank you! MM.

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

if it was for me, everyone would just be speaking Esperanto worldwide (and i would also have huge cybernetic biceps)

[@wilsjane]

It annoys me when someone who clearly has English as their second language leaves a comment and some ignorant smart ass posts a rude reply about a simple mistake in their spelling or grammar. .

[@Biggelz06]

or put a nice jacket and go fight in the desert like Mad Max

[@BrentHutchinson1]

Hey. So ever since I saw this video last month I’ve spent this time gathering all these ingredients you’re using. All except the chemical acetone. Now I just need to find the right parking lot w Little Rock’s and I’m trying to find the dust that you’re using but it’s harder than you think to find. My question is can I start taking off the leather’s dye now or should I do it the same day that I plan on using dirt and dragging it?

[@luckydevil7469]

Quick question, , if there is a person in the jacket while dragging it behind the car, would it wear faster?

[@jamescassidy3995]

I drugged my ex wife for this part.

[@SisuYeti]

Don't try it, it will tear the jacket.

[@syahmimith6764]

I don't understand your question.

[@junkyard-p1s]

Depends on the car.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kainomerta]

Hahahaha 🤣

[@ianredgate4031]

that's just how my family treated me

[@ianflain7810]

Wait, they could affort acetone?

[@sabi8381]

🤣

[@Sir-Raph]

''If you can't find a volunteer...'' (to get dragged behind a car) Amazing.

[@dannycarter1690]

That drew a Laugh Out Loud from me too.

[@voxnihili282]

Most entertaining how-to I've seen in awhile! lol I got a leather jacket at a thrift store but want a more vintage look. Not quite this extreme, but your ideas seem to actually get a measurable result unlike the other vids I was checking out. Your jacket, especially with the belts looks awesome!

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

This was hilarious to watch 😂 I cracked up when you were scootching along on your back, through the dirt, humming LOL Also who knew this would be so easy!! Thanks! Definitely watching the rest of your videos.

[@Grafgirl333]

I just wanted my new handbag made of drum dyed pebble leather to look like it did not just come out of the box (so tacky). I appreciate you sharing so many techniques, I think I will do the balling it up and beating it up routine. TY

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

glad i could help! :)

[@4c107]

will this void the warranty?

[@loperalex]

+TJ Max yup

[@chalino19]

lmao

[@Nantosuelta]

no.

[@Toyota4by4shiz]

4 C Who gives a flying fuck about the warranty if the jacket is old and worthy of distressing.

[@dnguyen536]

Rick Grimes leather jacket will be good for life if u take care of it u dumb fk.

[@wreck.create.MAK0]

distressing leather prematurely is like adding jobs to your resume. faking life experiecnce and character thru your clothing is so superficial and stupid. and i LOOOOVVEEEEE ITTT!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

[@ThirdDimensionalBeing]

Expression is subjective.

[@KasinaMedeis]

Cosplay purposes

[@unclesnorker1970]

@@kana22693 LOL, Did you mommy buy you this computer, Cause it takes money(Capitalism) to make and sell/buy Computers as well as Internet, Electricity. There are literally more than a Billion people who dream of having the Luxory's you have. Not to mention the West live a lifestyle better than 70% of the world,including the Poor or the west. Your Underprivileged is Way over-privileged to most people in the world and that is a direct result of Capitalism. Anyway no use talking to you Neo Commies till you grow up.

[@pseudo-intellectualtroll6563]

Edward Armstrong So stooping down to someone’s level is a good thing? Thanks for encouraging the choice of being dishonest towards generally hard-working capitalists. Those suckers, am I right? I’m sure baseless lies will help _a lot_ for people finding jobs they are most qualified for!

[@WhoYaGonnaCall]

Wow that's exactly what I was looking for to vintage my Howling Mad Murdock (from the A-Team) jacket. Some years ago I've made my first Murdock jacket only with using sandpaper. Now I've got the second one and have to vintage it again. I'll try one or the other tip from your video! Thank you so much!

[@Eric-rp2gl]

Dude this is fantastic! Great research and VERY helpful for someone who is sick of the everyday leather jackets. Bravo

[@juansalgado658]

One can say that in my thousands of hours I spent on KZbin for all my life After thousands of KZbinrs looked, I was never so anxious and impatient with that upload videos as is your case. Brother, I love what you do, never stop. Greetings from Argentina. :D

[@Dannythepipingboy]

Yeah, good tough work. Mine is a motorcycle jacket with all the safety stitches and armor in it and also in the same "perfect" style. But I also treat it like a baby love it. it's cleaned and polished at least once a year. In 20 years the jacket maybe will look distressed and with a newish lining inside but I ll love it.

[@PointyGorman]

Don't apply just any oil, organic oils can go rancid. You don't want a mouldy jacket :)

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

good point! thx!

[@samuelmellars7855]

All comercial leather treatments, like saddle soap, use neatsfoot oil to protect and soften the leather. It doesnt go rancid but it's an organic oil. I can't say about other oils though

[@PointyGorman]

Samuel Mellars I doubt it's all leather treatments (because I have one that doesn't use neatsfoot), but I know neatsfoot has a lot of problems. It does go rancid, and will rot stitching, leaves oily residue, causes discoloration etc. Usually you won't use pure neatsfoot you will use a blend with various preservatives. I thought neatsfoot was almost completely replaced with synthetic oils, but I guess there's still a lot of people using it for the tradition. You sound like you use leather a lot, so if you have something spare maybe give something else a try!

[@danazaldane1932]

So so cool! Best tutorial I've seen for distressing a leather jacket! 😎👍

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

thx :)))

[@wilsjane]

When a friends bedroom caught on fire, I felt safe going into the room wearing my cowhide leather jacket, heavy leather jeans and boots. After stomping the worst of the flames out, I used my jacket to put the smoldering curtains out and crushed the smoldering quilt against my jeans until it was completely out. I singed my hands ripping the curtains down, but the distressed look on my leathers was awesome. Guys still comment on my jacket today (about 10 years later), but I had to cut my jeans off and I still wear them for camping and when I am cooking at barbecues. They are indestructible. PS, I do not recommend setting your friends house on fire in order to distress your leathers.

[@thomashongshagen4912]

A small tip for anyone looking for alternate methods of softening leather while not heavily distressing them, or if they want their jackets to be softer after the work has been done. Use citric acid, ger: Zitronensäure, it serves to break down the proteins in the leather and gives it a slightly worn apperance and softer feel. It also removes a fair bit of the creaking you get from newer leather jackets.

[@vinayakaajithananda4542]

You can do all this or just borrow the jacket from the homeless guy in the subway station

[@ianflain7810]

Hey buddy! Did you just see a real bright light?

[@Toyota4by4shiz]

Vinayaka Ajithananda How many homeless fucking people do you see wearing leather jackets for the love of fuck?

[@epictetus9221]

@@Toyota4by4shiz That, plus how many of those homeless people will just hand their jacket over?

[@joshhoffman517]

You gotta know your neighbors think you're crazy, dude.

[@junkyard-p1s]

I think the police show up in the next video.😁

[@tskarainflwer1542]

I tried this the other day, but with water instead of oil or rubbing alcohol; it actually works pretty well. I did mine all by hand though, just grabbing the material and punching it against dirt-layered-concrete.Thanks for the technique Nuclear Snail Studios! :)

[@ianalexander6977]

Great videos Dimitri! It would be great to see videos of construction of items as well as distressing effects. For example how you attached different bits of clothing and armour together and what tools you use. Thanks!

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

thanks :) and - working jsut on that, new video soon.. sorry for delay

[@allrequiredfields]

This reminds me of my friend's little sister scratching up her skateboard to make us think she was actually skating. Lol.

[@erlanggamuktiwardhana7016]

Posers be like 😂🤣

[@mitchellbennett3638]

I know Im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a way to get back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my account password. I love any tricks you can give me.

[@jonahbrian174]

@Mitchell Bennett Instablaster =)

[@mitchellbennett3638]

@Jonah Brian Thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@mitchellbennett3638]

@Jonah Brian It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thanks so much you really help me out :D

[@manitoumimi]

I bought a vintage leather jacket recently and when I received it I was kind of shocked. It looks really old with lots of wear and patina. But actually it looks too good to be real, like it may have been “made”. After watching your video I’m convinced that it could have been done this way but they did a really good job of it. I’m still not certain if it’s real or not but your video is so good that I now know that it’s possible. Thx

[@atomicamphibian1830]

Love it. And to the critics, I'm not sure it's different than any other ornamentation or aging applied to clothing (for gawd's sake, people buy denim with holes pre-worn into it!). Further, there's more than just a 'look' one is going for. Breaking in a heavy leather riding jacket to the point of it actually being comfortable takes a very long time. Years in the case of one of my jackets. This is like when we were kids breaking in a baseball glove - it just makes it feel better (and imo looks much better than that shining, off the rack, black or brown that, to me, reads garish. But most of all, we each like different looks. If one likes the off the shelf look, great. If not, that's great, too. I'm not sure what some of the people posting here are going on about. :-)

[@rudranath_bln]

For those who don't want to go full berserk on their leather jacket: just use some fine sand paper for finishing and rough up the seams and edges to get a worn-in look. Great vid to take inspiration from. Thank you.

[@BrentHutchinson1]

Dude! You’re a f**king artist! This is hands down the best way to make your leather coat distressed. I had a $400 coat that someone stole that looked like this so I bought the same style on eBay for $80 and it’s nice but it is too pretty. I’m absolutely going to use this method. Thank you dude. This is sick! I live in NYC, So I don’t have a car. I was just thinking how I use Uber and Lyft at least 4 times a day. It is funny to think about hiring an Uber to drag my coat around in some gravely parking lot. It’s going to be fun. I might have to order a few ubers until I get a driver who actually wants to help me. Hahaha

[@Harleyrk99]

I wouldn't take the chance to ruin my leather I don't care about the process, I was going to click off the video but you made it worth watching. Pretty awesome job putting out a video brother.

[@nicolem2103]

This is the best tutorial for distressing leather. I have a belt I’m going to try this with to add width. Thank you!

[@toddjones4492]

How do u get the dirt to stay on the jacket and not on your clothes or on the car seats etc...?

[@angrywhitemale7163]

Lived a port town. Used to let the boots sit in the sea water for about 30 minutes. Then drag them behind a car along a gravel lane. Will work for jackets too.

[@ItsJustaMeNow]

Instead of using dirt to get that brown color, could I just rub it with acetone, concrete, and brown paint?

[@BearClawAK47]

You can use an orbital sander and add dirt in between the sand paper and jacket. This will rough up the leather and dive the dirt into the leather.

[@BOOTSMF]

Can you try doing some trench coats that looks post-apocalyptic looking that would look really cool thanks

[@xxxretrotronxxx6794]

"ich bin eine raupe es geht mir gut." i heard it at 3:17 funny :D greetings from Austria

[@GageKNeely]

Ich liebe vaterland!!

[@sasaramin6515]

@Phase Two it means "I'm a caterpillar I'm fine"

[@WolfpackPodcastOfficial]

I am so happy I have larps as an exuse to buy secondhand leather jackets and then go out into a sandpit and roll around. Very good advice, thanks!

[@bastardassassin7250]

Hi there! By any chance could you let us crafter-folk know more about those clips you put on the Jacket? I absolutely love them but can't find anything like that no matter where I look on the internet. Any assistance would be appreciated.

[@Misstefi]

+Bastardassassin I want to know it too, love the result, and I'm looking for these clips but I can't find something like this. So cool for other projects too. I want to make a bag :D Nuclear Snail Studios

[@JDMTFlims]

+Bastardassassin I know this is a late reply but the best I could find is they might be from a m1939 'A' frame harness? it's an old German military one, hope this helps

[@bastardassassin7250]

+BubbleDragonGaming Thank you!

[@taraelizabethdonancricchia7192]

Isn't the acetone going to "eat" the leather? Is there not a "cleansing" stage? Absolutely love this video!!

[@quintonbottoms5766]

I'll be using my jacket for motorcycling. i was wondering what would happen if you do this and then clean and rehydrate it. I imagine it would be a nice vintage look

[@krisc6327]

Seeing you drag that leather and treat it so harsh hurts my soul BUT after seeing the results and the way it looks id say good job sir 👍🏽 the jacket came out awesome!! Respect

[@dongillette2759]

Very cool. I've got a Saddleback Leather Duffle Bag that is so tough it's like dragging around a pine box. Tomorrow, I'm putting it through this acid test at a local school parking lot to see it it will loosen it up some.

[@chrisunderhill8853]

another good method is to put a flapper sanding disc in a grinder and use it sparing -ly, in other words don't turn it on full blast it will eat your leather up. but works well to get good abrasion. Also a coarse pummes stone works too, and a foot skin grinder to get different effects.

[@agawind3473]

Thank you for that! I am planning to go on a postapo event for the first time and I only have a super old jacket to destroy and this was super helpful! Love how you explain everything! Hail the Snail!!

[@ironcladindustries]

looks great, almost exactly the same techniques I use, and I agree that the harsher and more destroyed it is the better it looks

[@rayswoodshop4467]

How to Frakk up a new leather jacket in 8 min....love it. Ive worn mine for 8 years and it looks good to me....not wasteland style but hey ! Thanks for the fun of watching how to frakk up a jacket !

[@BlahSnarto]

i actually own a portable cement mixer and this is a suggestion.. but try using that and also a beater laundry machine.. makes things more random and looks more natural in the aging of the material..

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

good idea, been willign to try that for a while now (Y)

[@wardenerbros]

I guess the Mad Max car was in the shop for a flame gun upgrade?

[@evansentertainment912]

Will this work on a leather notebook

[@wendy833]

I bought Freebird booties and wanted the black distressed ones. They looked just like your coat after the car ride. I ended up needing a bigger size, so ended up with burgundy boots. I'm going to do this.

[@The.Observer.66]

I watched other videos n nothing was showing the results I'm looking for, you did it perfectly, thank you, I will be dragging it behind my motorbike 🙏🏼

[@jeffswartout4924]

I could see stopping short of tearing seams and liner, but still just breaking in the jacket. Definitely great, detailed advice....think I will follow first steps with alcohol and acetone and stuff jacket with weighted towels and drag behind car in gravel cement yard near me....just enough to distress leather to look broken in and used.

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

thru later experiments i found that alcohol and acetone jsut helpa bit.. its fucking it up by means of ROADKILL that really do the job -with or without additional chemicals ..either way, have fun dude! :)) you can post the result jacket to my facebook page if you like, love seeing what people make of it!

[@martigreen3055]

You are good and very entertaining, I watched this a few times. You get five stars on this as well.

[@nightrider5109]

Wow I really like that distressed look ! Nice ! Just like u said looks like Mad Max's leather Nice job I like that look alot

[@thomasdeangelo1930]

I just started doing this today with acetone and sand paper. Tomorrow I drag it on the driveway if it's dry. It's a lot of work and I'm not going to finish in one day, I probably spend half hour to a hour each day until I get the way I want it.

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

gogogo! :)

[@neh214]

Oh Dimitri, what fun! I have a reproduction old fashioned mail bag that one of my cats was nice enough to pee on and then sharpen her claws with! This is going to be VERY CATHARTIC! Thanks sooo much. Nan

[@stephensaiz9307]

Could you please make a video of this same technique on a jean/denim jacket

[@ephraimmiller9272]

I have a vest that says genuine leather... I didn't have acetone, but i used laquer thinner, turpentine, and then stripper. I saw the cloth turn black but all it did the "leather" was take away the shine. I tried using dirt, tile dust, and sand paper to work it out, but all I got was a dirty vest. It did distress the patches on it, which is good.

[@joevelazquez3593]

Awesome!!! I'm doing it to a thrift store jacket...I hope it turns out as cool as yours!!! Thanks for the video... keep it going. Also thinking about doing it to a leather duffle bag to match the dusty cowboy rocker look!!

[@vidydvici]

Beautiful creation. I really admire creativity especially the straps too good to know there are others out there HAIL THE SNAIL!

[@N-Scale]

I love this method and it really replicates years of use in a day or so. Mike

[@realtruth1448]

Mike Fifer how long did it take you to finish it? Also can I see before and after picsv

[@britiniport]

Amazing results! Can't wait to try it on my own!!

[@LilyEmbargo]

Strange request-- well probably, but, can do a tutorial on how to make Max's boots from the Mad Max films by modifying Russian Soviet boots? I know a lot of people do it, but could never find any tutorials on how its done.

[@milkmilklemonaderoundtheco130]

So where can I get that jacket? Seriously though, that is one bad ass jacket! Love the improvised zip too

[@brynf4377]

you should have also said where you got your jacket, maybe what types of leather and all that? good video for distressing it looks good.

[@ephraimmiller9272]

This was awesome! I have a leather vest I may try on it today. I should be studying for a test... I will probably use sandpaper because there are patches on the vest. I need to do something with them as well.

[@kindredcottagelife]

“Add some weight… if you cannot find a volunteer…” 🤣🤣🤣 this video is awsome!!! Great ideas! Thank you! 🙏🏻 ❤

[@eds1057]

Very well done. I’m not into that style but I really respect the effort to get it exactly how you want it.

[@OspreyKnight]

I love this, I'm going to try it out on my old jacket *still pretty black*

[@lonesurvivor5800]

Making "vintage"/used jacket and having fun? what's not to like :D ? One more question: what kind of sewing machine do you use for sew those lether straps on? I assume those common wont be strong enough to punch through thick leather...

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

i treat my saint laurent biker jacket like my baby, this pains me so much lol.

[@universalchannels3476]

You and me buddy this guys have cheap jackets that's why

[@allenfernandez8653]

Thang Nguyen geez dont those go for a few grand? id treat one like ababy too

[@classnimitz8521]

Same. I have a vintage, albeit only replica, lambskin German U-boat captain deck jacket and I treat it with more care than I treat most other things in my house. I could see doing this with maybe one of my cheaper walker jackets, but just thinking about doing this to my vintage makes me wanna throw up.

[@bivopastor]

Thang Nguyen I saw one for sale for $6,000

[@josemendoza1746]

I feel safe in this comment section. It pains me to watch this idiot do this to a leather jacket 😓

[@cyco111]

Dude you are awesome! Thank you for your videos. I'm making my first costume ever and your instructions are making it come out so awesome and I'm having so much fun watching and using your methods

[@freshprinceofdarkness]

Awesome. So apocalyptic.

[@Andreiiiiiioooooshellllll]

I actually learned some tricks from this video to custom some of my leather items, thank you.

[@kaeernie]

Hi Dimirti, you have a few seconds of some badass looking movie (short film) in the opening to your show. Where did these came from? Do you have any clips made with the props you were making? If it is so I'd be looking forward of seeing them!

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

hey! :) my friend Amin Oussar (linked in description) and me made those, just out of fun.. but yeah, we are planning on making a short movie or something similar sometime :)

[@kaeernie]

Nuclear Snail Studios Your crafted stuff is visually superb and your team looks quite confident (badass) so I presume you could go for something BIG (prolly Fallout fan movie of sorts). Anyway I'm gonna keep an eye on your channel! Good luck man.

[@mimsmorning]

I'm making a leather bralette from pieces together scraps of black leather, but I want to give it a some subtle distressed look. Should I distress the leather scraps before I piece them together? Or after? I'm worries about ripping the cross thread too much. I also perform with fire... will the acetone compromise the leather's fire resistancy?

[@MarkPoletti]

Do you have any suggestions for doing this with a Tan brown jacket as opposed to a black? Looking for a war-torn distressed look as opposed to a post-apocalyptic look!

[@DoedenDog]

Gehst du eigentlich zu Convetions oder trägst du so etwas nur für Video/Shootings etc. ?

[@mentcheva]

Old leather looks so much better! Distressed things hold sich a special place in my heart. I think this technique, however, will totally distroy fine lamb leather. I am currently looking for best way to distressed leather jacket of fine lamb leather.

[@jamieboerio923]

Love it i have a harley jacket that looks like this. Everyone loves the worn weathered look.

[@RichWllmsn]

I’ve got to ask, you seemed to have a bag of sand or equivalent for the dust. Can I ask what you used?

[@vivazhou4439]

where did you find those Garman carry belt? Looks so cool.

[@easyliciousfood6542]

Du bist der absolute Oberhammer! Dank dir kann mein Barbaren Outfit endlich lebendig werden!

[@frog8220]

hi The acetone/alcohol: does the smell stay? im afraid of ruining a jacket by using acetone... id want to use it for everyday use, would that work? oh, you can answer in german as well, whatever you prefer (no russian though... )

[@Ray-Angel]

This is good. What about suede? I have a brown suede guitar strap I'd like to give a worn in look.

[@kegges14]

Honest question. For the beginning dirt part, do you just use normal dirt? Like from my back yard? Or should I use something from a baseball field? I live in Pennsylvania and our dirt here is pretty dark, not light.

[@agustinbadt]

bro was ahead of his time

[@BrentHutchinson1]

And, do you apply leather fat to the entire coat? I’ve never even heard of buying leather fat. This is all a revelation to me.

[@jonasjohajohanson9517]

Great "how to video". Thanks for uploading. Keep up the good work!

[@e.lundbom4578]

Love your tutorials. I notice that your etsy shop seems to have been dead for a while. Are you planning on selling any pieces again?

[@dnxus9075]

Hey Dimitri. Great work on the jacket and thank you for sharing this technique. Will it also work on a non-leather jacket?

[@stewartikin2240]

Here in 2024 looking for tips to age and wear the leather parts of my Sandtrooper costume. I loved watching you drag your jacket behind your car 😂

[@faaea13]

awesome video!! Im really getting into the post apocolyptic style!!!! Love it!!!

[@NuclearSnailStudios]

thx :)

[@forrestfire2021]

Would like to know if this process works as well with faux leather jackets as I cannot currently afford a real leather jacket and would love to do this distressed effect

[@TheEleventhLetter]

Hello! well, i just tried to distressed a faux leather jacket to escape the tremmendously boring black leather jacket but i had a surprise! When i actually put some acetone in the jacket it didn't come out greyish as i expected, it came out red... so my question is, since the colour underneath is red it won't be easy to make it greyish i suppose? or is there any other way? cheers!

[@MisterFuturtastic]

Wondering how it would look to distress or patina the metal bits too.

[@SuperKilp]

well at least you get what you were looking for, this effect is irreversible right?

[@Darkeiser.7]

Awesome, I was wondering how I could get that effect on a leather jacket.

[@zombieoutbreakresponseteam6807]

Ich muss ehrlich sagen...hammer klamotten und danke für die ideen!!! Bin gestern abend mit meinem "geländewagen" mit nem alten ledermantel hinten an der anhängekupplung durch den wald gefahren...absolut geil...

[@dapperdanman1956]

Dam wish I would have seen this earlier, I done mine by jumping off the bike Wish I would have not extended the forks on that 20" so far out, made it harder to peddle.

[@SinSkylar]

What if I'm trying to distress a beige jacket? Make it older and dirtier? Acetone would lighten it right?