Sure I did, even with alcohol to melt the glue more. However, the nature of the leather abrasion, I have there, might prevent reliable sticking of Gorilla tape. Contrary, with the regular thin tape I could force it into cracks, notches, and seams there, but I need black patches, never saw regular duct tape in black.

Gorilla is great when you need (can) to wrap something - that's true.