BurnTheBarrels

I have already come across Dharma, and that's probably where I'll go if/when I decide to go ahead with this I couldn't find Angelus or anything similar at Jo Ann's, Michael's, or Walmart. I know of a few people who do hand painted tack, but sadly they're not too keen on sharing broad things such as preparing a piece, what paints they use, and stuff like that.

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Hi everybody! /best Dr. Nick impression/ Er... I'm new to this forum and figured it'd be my best bet with starting on a new project. I want to learn to paint horse tack. But I have a lot of questions and haven't found too many great tutorials out there. So... here's what questions I do have on my mind as of right now: How should I prep a piece of leather for painting? What should I do, and what shouldn't I do? The only tutorial I've found on this involved "roughing" the leather piece with a fine grit sandpaper, then wiping it down. I plan on buying already created pieces of horse tack, just customizing them with paint. In addition to this, how can I determine if I need to prepare it (if there's any finish on it, I'd assume there'd be a glossy appearance? but then again, a lot of the horse tack I've seen doesn't appear "glossy", and that the gloss seems to be only on things like purses, ect.) The next thing I'm wondering is what product(s) or product lines you would recommend for painting on leather. I came across Angelus, which appears to be the most popular choice. Anything you guys are willing to provide to a newbie, I'd love to hear! Also if you know of any stores that carry things like Angelus paints (Jo Anns maybe?) that'd be awesome to hear too, rather than ordering online. Thank you!