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Marking Faux Leather Top For Sewing Pockets

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I'm trying to find a way to mark an outline of a pocket so the ladies in the factory can sew the pocket on.

I usually have a knife with blunt edges that we mark the leather but when it has this faux fur on top as in picture,

I cannot find a way to mark it. Our hot foil machine goes only until 120 degrees Celsius so it doesn't really mark it.

When I use a pen, the marking is hidden inside the fur and cannot be seen.

Any ideas?

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Get some soap stone from a welding supply house, . . . or on ebay.

You will have to play with it to get it the way you want it, . . . but soap stone will mark on just about anything that has a dry surface.

It is my "go to" product when using pre-dyed leather, . . . especially because it just brushes off when you are done.

May God bless,

Dwight

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I have had good luck with a silver pen or silver sharpie to mark things that the lines otherwise disappear on.

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