stop the leather from puckering

[Sawyer]

How do you stop the leather from puckering around the corners when putting the leather on the seat pan?

[Guest]

Sawyer,

I'm assuming you are doing the wet mold technique that Beeza uses.

Try looking in this article

motorcycle seat the beeza way

It is in the How do I do that section

Dave Theobald

Edited December 14, 2007 by David

[Sawyer]

i'm doing this dry.

i'm i to cut around the radial area ?

the Beeza article did not show what i need to know

[Roger]

can you post a pic of the problem?

[Beaverslayer]

Sawyer, to be able to stretch the leather around the pan without leaving wrinckles or puckers, you have to wet the leather first. This will allow the leather to form around the edge of the pan. Trying to pull dry leather tightly around the pan is going to be very hard, and will result in the problems you're having.

Ken

[Sawyer]

thank you very much for the info, i''ll try taht.

How wet should the leather be?

[Roger]

i use a spray bottle as shown in my "how to".

just wet both sides. try not to wet your tooling too much if you can help it