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it's actually just a veg tanned side of 2 oz leather that I used and cut it with one of those inexpensive lace makers. and thanks for the sympathy on having to redo it all !

hey thanks for joining the party late Bodean but yeah as was covered earlier!! ... just playin my man! Thank you for your nice comments on my work ... Like I said I was just playing and I really do appreciate you taking time to read it and comment.And yeah I get the "heebee jeebees" alot when I'm trying to dye especially when I have a effect in mind and I'm trying to pull it off like getting a reddish effect to go with my bikes' red tank and fenders. but I read a great quote which said that every piece no matter how much we do is an experiment and we just hope it works lol ... Thank you again my friend much appreciated!

Very cool Gary, I know I like the result I got from it but I can't take credit for the idea. I read about it when I was reading up on doing pyrography on leather. It was a suggested method and I thought the same thing of "That is a great idea and why the hell didn't I think of that!!" hope you like it as much as I do!

nicely done!

Well guys just an update ... my restoration attempt didn't work. The dye is fading rapidly after just a couple weeks soooo..... yep I'm having to redo the whole thing. I greatly appreciate all of you taking time to help and I will show you the new seat once I've finished it. At least now I get to correct some errors I know I made in the first rendition (besides the dye job) and I did find a new way of putting the pattern on leather. I used graphite paper and just traced my drawing with a pencil. It gave me great lines and they don't wash off with water when I'm tooling! Talk to you all soon.

Thank you folks! CZ you called it that is the braid I used. I also made my own lace ... took about a day and a half to do the actual lacing and another day to make the lace. Thank you for the kind words much appreciated!

looks good ... and I bitch about my garage being cold and it's 50 degrees here lol. Keep up the good work!

LoL well kinda have to ... it's tiring to ride my Harley without sitting down Ty for the kind words though much appreciated!

Ty Sir I appreciate it!

LoL sounds familiar Alpha (looks in mirror) I do that too much I guess because of only having limited time being able to only really get into it on my days off. But, with that said I did rush it a bit today but think I managed to do a reasonable salvage job. while I couldn't get back to the original color I had, I am at least pleased enough to put this on my bike. I just finished it, sealed it and tested it by pouring water on it and the water beaded up and ran off so think I'm good to go now! Again to everyone I can't express enough how much I appreciate your help and advise!!! Thank You!!!

TY all for the replies ... yeah guess I really didn't think it out that well about using oil and a water base. I thought I let it dry out enough but like Kitten said with the lesser penetration of the dye when airbrushing that may have been the problem. TY ALL so much for the help. I just did a scrub of the seat with the saddle soap then set it in front of a warm blower to dry quicker and then used a direct rub in dye. I will post how it goes when I'm done with it hopefully today. Thanks again guys so very much appreciated!! Oh Yeah and Thanks Bigfoote I appreciate the comment on the how the seat looks!

everything always works out in the end my friend ... just how long does it take and how much work does one have to put in to get it to where we are satisfied with it! lol ... again much appreciated!

ok that's a idea of where to start ... I very much appreciate your taking time to comment and help!! And Thank You ... took a lot of work because I can't draw for crap so took me a while to come up with that design LoL

it seems like the black is getting in but the rest isn't penetrating maybe? as you can see in the pic my black fade from the lace and in the tooled lines seems to be staying pretty well. And no Rocky this was a fresh piece that I tooled out from a 3-4 oz veggie tanned leather and I hit it with Olive Oil and let it fully dry before I tried to dye it the first time ... Also I tried the sealant on a piece of the same leather that I made a wrist bracer out of and dyed it ... used the sealant and it was water proof when I finished it, didn't lose any dye at all and with a lot less drying time

So I went from this first pic to the second with a wipe of a wet towel

I've never had problems with the eco's before but this is the first time I've tried mixing them to come up with a different color and I'm new to air brushing ... didn't know if maybe these had something to do with it .... I dyed the seat again today and let the seat dry in the sun for a good hour between coats (5 coats) then applied my own sealant in 3 heavy coats then did a conditioner I made .... again just now I wetted down a towel and all the work I did today just wiped right off ... I'm at a major loss here ... TY for replying Carson

Guys I did this seat and I air brushed on my dye using a mix of Briar Brown, Red with a 1/2 oz water . Both dyes are Eco FLo. I made my own sealant using Bees Wax and a variety of oils (all high quality) but no matter what I do I can't seem to get it to seal (I even used Satin sheen (5 coats airbrushed on) the first time) but the second any water hits it I lose my color and it leaves spots. I'm trying to figure out why I can't get my dye to seal in. HELP!!!!

This is a fender bib I did for a Christmas present made for the rear fender on a Heritage Softail

Thanks windrider ... I cut it from a Oakleaf Double side 7oz. Then I wet formed it using a ziploc space saver bag with a vacuum to form it all once i sanded the foam to shape on the seat pan.

Ty much appreciated ... just wish I'd have gotten the nose of the seat a bit smoother

Thanks Stu and Boriqua much appreciated

Thanks 101airborne I appreciate the advice. So do you recommend the retention go over top on the back of the slide or do you have another retention method that would be better?

just started making holsters and these are 2 of my formed holsters for a Glock 22/17

This is my first shot at making a motorcycle seat. I'd appreciate any comments especially if I could have done better.

no problem at all Paul and like I told Para I got 4 of them at Walmart for $10 ... they are reusable and the large ones are huge ... I think I could fit a motorcycle seat in them they are so big lol