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BareBonesRescue

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    Tooling, painting and sealing leather
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  1. I am new to leather crafting and have slowly started to learn tips and tricks for painting my projects. I recently made my own Fire Fighter Shield, and this time I used Angelus Leather paint with an airbrush to do the Black top coat and needle and bottle to fill the banners and letters. After that, I then sealed with Acrylic Resoline 50/50 with water with multiple light coats using my airbrush for protection. I am wondering, with making shields or leather projects in general, how do you protect the paint or projects from wear and tear? With my fire shield example, due to the job and hazardous environments we work in, it will take some heat and abrasions during use, but are there any ways to better prep or protect the final product? I know it was recommended for my Black Shield to use pro dye instead of painting for better durability, but if I were to make a shield that needs to be White, what would be the best way to protect the paint due to no White leather dyes existing to my knowledge? I really enjoyed making and designing my fire shield and would like to be able to make shileds for other co-workers, like my captain, whose shield would need to be white, and my Engineers, who would need to be red. Eventually, I want to add some texture to my shields and tool in some of the background/ deadspace, but I am still super new to tooling and would have trouble knowing where to start with that. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to learning and growing my leatherworking skills and abilities.
  2. Newer to leather working and work as a Firefighter paramedic. One of my goals since I started in this field was to make my own fire shield and finally got to do it. For next time I’ll raise the screw holes so it fits more snug to the helmet brim but there is always room for improvement. One question I have I decided this time to paint the shield black with my airbrush and Angelus leather paint and sealed it with acrylic resoline one things I’m worried about is the durability of the paint if it will end up scratching easily or not. I also understand it being I’ll take heat and abuse due to my job but want to try to best protect it for longevity and having a better end product. The leather weight I used was 15 ounce. Thanks for any help or advice
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