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RKCrowe

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  • Birthday November 20

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  1. I’m not sure, being from England. But I have done it with Fiebings with good results. I am a hobbyist, not trying to sell anything.
  2. I watched a video by Nigel Armitage Leather, on applying edge coat. While the edge coat was still wet, he burnished the edge. I have tried it and it works really good for my level. Now the dangerous point, I started thinking! would that also work for say an acrylic painted edge? Turns out, it does work well. I did a toconol finish and a waxing after letting the paint to dry. Durability? Don’t know, but it is on a working piece, so I will find out!…cheers!
  3. Thank you for your response.
  4. I have a bit of hair on hide that I want to make a throw pillow, but it’s a little musty. I have put it in the sun, but would like to try to get it a little more fresh. What ideas might I try ? Thank you for your suggestions and advice! Richard
  5. Thank you. Good idea
  6. Good day! I got some hair on hide remnants, from my brother-in-law. He had a couch recovered with it, and I wanted to make a pillow case, as a thank you. The case would be HOH on one side and upholstery leather on the other side. My question: for a 16x16 pillow, what size should my panels be? Should it be approximately 1/2 the pillow thickness? Thank you Richard
  7. I’m aware that most of the leather that I will use for belts/straps will stretch over time and use. if I don’t want it to stretch, I will use nylon ribbon, or fabric book binding tape, between the two pieces of leather. but if I just want to mitigate some of the stretch, on a single layer, will putting a stitch on the edges do that? Thank you Richard
  8. Finally completed my new stitching pony. thanks for the inspiration. For comparison, the small one is from Amazon, it no work so good.
  9. I did a “search”, of various wording about Stitching Pony. The biggest results was 33,800! After a month of going through them all, insert going crazy emoji here. I turn to you good people. I am looking for simple plans to build a stitching pony. That’s it. thank you Richard. ps, I didn’t really go through 33800 results!
  10. That makes sense. Thanks
  11. Thank you for your help. I agree, it definitely will be a tricky one. am wondering if I could solder a wire frame that would be in between the two layers. Might work on a coin. this will require some bourbon and more thinking!
  12. Good day, I would love to do a keychain, or something similar, that has a stone/coin with both sides visible. My questions are ; what are the key points to securing the item in place? Considering how much handling it might endure, such as a keychain/fob going in and out of a purse or pocket. ok, that’s one question, but with multiple points to consider! thank you Richard
  13. I have never been disappointed on this site. Thanks to everyone who has responded.
  14. How diluted?
  15. Thanks for the quick response. I’ll give it a try.
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