So here is the story..........The welding shop where I work is building a large BBQ to use at company picnics and things like that. The doors that cover the grilling area are stainless steel and the have some standofss about 2-3 inches off the door to attach a handle. currently the have a flat alluminum stock bar attached to the which the plan on making two peices of hard wood to put on eaithe side with the edges to be routed with a round over bit. I was talking to the lead person about maybe covering the wood with a tooled leather peice. My idea's are to either wrap the whole handle or maybe just inlay a peice on the outside of the handle. My question is how would you guys and gals reccomend permanently attaching the leather to the handle? Contact cement? Screws? rivets? or some kind of other hardware. Or a combo nation of teh glue and hardware. The lead person is worried that the heat will melt the glue. 1 More question what would you finish it with or should I just oil it up and leave it like that ...Or is there some kind of finish I could put on that will protect the leather if it gets a little wet or something like that.
Any help would be great!