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KarenVT

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About KarenVT

  • Rank
    New Member
  • Birthday 05/12/1962

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  • Gender
    Female
  • Location
    Vermont
  • Interests
    Horses, hiking, family, and life in general.

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  • Leatherwork Specialty
    None as of yet
  • Interested in learning about
    Just about anything.
  1. Thanks Dwight, Good idea about the trial chaps. What is your thinking when it comes to pricing the chaps you sell? Since it takes a lot of leather to make a pair of chaps and the leather costs around $200 to $250 dollars, what is a realistic price for a basic pair of chaps? Karen
  2. Hi, I am struggling somewhat on the type of leather to use for making chaps and chinks. I’m interested in 4 to 5 ounce leather that is not too expensive. I have looked at several websites like Hide House and Tandy, but my confusion still exists. I would appreciate any suggestions as to the type of leather that fits the bill. Thanks
  3. This is dry (2 days). When I apply the paste with the denim, I do get some paste on the leather not just the edges. It's hard not to. Actually I don't see how I am not going to. Any suggestions?
  4. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I am finishing edges using the excellent directions provided by Hidepounder. My issue is that I am getting a magenta like discoloration of the leather near the edges. In Hidepounder's step 3, I either use just water or beeswax. In step 4, I use the Fiebings yellow paste saddle soap and apply it using denim. I am finishing my edges before I finish the rest of the leather. Why do you think I am getting this discoloration? Thanks, Kren
  5. Thanks for the responses. I did make an attempt to spray thin but maybe I was still a little heavy handed. It looks to me that the Tandy spray bottle is just a normal type spray bottle. I didn't go that route because I thought it would do more of a heavy spray than the Preval sprayer. I plan to do some experimenting in the near future.
  6. A newbie to leathercraft, and I have tons to learn. Just one of the many things that makes leathercraft so exciting. This site is an excellent resource. I greatly appreciate the information provided. My question is about the best way to use a Preval sprayer for applying Super Sheen. I closely followed the directions provided by Tandy on how to use the sprayer. The result was not what I expected. The super shene was not applied as a thin layer but tended to "bubble-up" for lack of a better description. The reason I wanted to use the Preval sprayer was to prevent the removal of the dye from the leather that occurs when I use a sponge to apply the super sheen. My project consisted of 2 pieces of leather that I tooled, applied colored dye, and then super sheen over the colored dyed areas followed by hi-light stain over all the leather. I sprayed both the leather pieces with super sheen. On the first leather piece, I wiped off the super sheen that "bubbled-up" with a cloth and the second I left alone to see what would happen. When I used the cloth, of course, dye came off in the areas that I had not resisted. On the piece that I left alone, it seemed to speckle the leather. Note- I did the spraying in my garage and the temp was about 40 degrees. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Karen
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