redcell7

i used a 3m spray glue on the leather and sprayed the liner on the gluing side with a industrial spay starch and let it dry then put it on the leather that was spayed with th 3m .....no problems with tackyness plus i used a sealer i spayed on the showing side of liner with my airbrush

thanks jazz ...i still have much more to learn

thanks guys

was some goog practice for me and very time consuming but it will look good on my wall in my little shop and i learned alot

now to sew it all up ...oh joy lol

work on my box a litlle more today ...finally had some time .....now more carving then paint then good ole sewing

thanks ....workin on the rest as we speak

kool idea...im in jefferson parish

now to start on the bottom pieces

started to paint ...background

well startin to paint it today .....bigger job then i thought

thanks people ....its very time consuming but well wort it ....and it does make a kool place to store some of your leather tools...it will only be about 4 inches deep ...i was going to try and rig up shelves ...but decided i will just cut a long strip of leather and put rivet s every couple of inches in a loop that the tools will fit in

i needed to increase my skillset in carving so i am making a 2 foot coffin tool; box that will hang on the wall and will house all my edgers ....its way bigger then the coffins i make now but it will give me great practice as i am learning ...when done it will be all leather and sewn and constructed by hand

i used paintbrushes on the small areas and a airbrush on the fades....let me tell you i have never picked a airbrush up till i got into leatherwork ...and it was not as scary as i thought a little practice and you can be fading colors by thee end od the day....i used spirit dyes cause acylic pigment need to be dilluted down and to get the right consistantcy is a bitch. it kept clogging my tip up ....if you r going to try acylics you can take liquidex airbrush medium ,it is used to cut and thin the colors, so you can make it flow through the tips .....50 /50 cut is a good place to start but you will have to adjust based on brand of paint ....if u use dyes (fiebings my choice) u use it straight out the bottle ....for this project i used mohagony on the very edge then dark brown , then light brown (all fiebings) ...aprayed most of the area with light color then moved outward with each darker color as they mix alittle it blends as a gradient .....like i said this is all new to me so its trial and error but in this paticular case that is how i stumble though and made this item ....so dont take this as a rule ...but a startin point ....hope it helps ....so much info on this site ...just trying to contribute im out!