wet the leather prior bending

[olandrea]

I alway wet the leather prior bending but end up after the leather is dry with stains on the leather so what do I wrong? How can I remove this stains?

Thanks Olaf

Edited August 29, 2008 by olandrea

[Rawhide]

I alway wet the leather prior bending but end up after the leather is dry with stains on the leather so what do I wrong? How can I remove this stains?

Thanks Olaf

I'm not sure what you're doing wrong. You could have dirt and oils on your hands when you shape or bend the leather. You could also be burnishing the leather as you shape it without knowing it and when it dries is looks like a dark spot. You can try a mixture of a pint of warm water and oxilac acid crystals and scrub the leather, or you can try saddle soap and warm water.

Marlon

[JRedding]

It sounds like water stain, if you're wetting only the area you're bending and leaving the rest dry it's just water stain, dampen the whole thing a little, it doesn't take much. But it will keep the wet area from slowly soaking into the dry and creating a water stain.

[Rawhide]

It sounds like water stain, if you're wetting only the area you're bending and leaving the rest dry it's just water stain, dampen the whole thing a little, it doesn't take much. But it will keep the wet area from slowly soaking into the dry and creating a water stain.

Didn't think about that! I just assumed he was wetting the entire piece.

Marlon