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The only thing I can think of is the 'whitish' is caused by a matting agent. Its become too concentrated in your bottle, as said above, thin the S-S. To be rid of what is now applied - dampen a cloth with alcohol and wipe it over the white, go gently, too vigorous and it will lift the dye as well

yeah, wot they say. Thats so really cute and loveable

That looks nice

In the UK we don't buy snaps by 'line #' but by diameter, and we call them 'press studs', as well as other names Le Prevo keeps different sizes http://www.leprevo.co.uk/press-studs.htm

excellent may you have the joy of using it many, many times

Springfield Leather Company sells a brass swivel knife

That is quite nice I'm gonna be the n***** in the woodpile The stitching showing on the outside detracts from its niceness. That stitching could have been done to the main liner before that was sewn to the outside cover No offence meant to you, just saying a thought

1. I don't use a machine to set ready-rivets, but by hammer and bar it doesn't matter which end I whack 2. as far as I can see both caps are the same 3. just remember that the stem is collapsing and spreading inside the top cap and the bottom of the stem with cap will be stronger

You might find them under general hardware. We call these 'cup washers'. A search on ebay brought up dozens of listings of black in aluminium but just a few in black stainless steel, eg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291209680425?var=590363742440&hash=item43cd731629:g:QNQAAOSwDk5T4NP4 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352975706477?var=622479167849&hash=item522efdd96d:g:yUwAAOSwjkhfuPxs

The 'sharp' has a straight side from bottom to top, the 'round' has a curved side from bottom to top

Aprons are very personal items. You may just have to draw up a pattern based on the ones you see. You can buy patterns on the like of etsy, eg https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/900527127/leather-apron-pattern-apron-templates?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=apron+pattern&ref=sr_gallery-1-40&organic_search_click=1&pro=1 Some books have basic apron patterns. eg, afair, this book has one in it; Leatherworks : traditional craft for modern living Author: Otis Ingrams

add to your shopping list a rotary blade knife of 45mm or 60mm diameter. You'll not be sorry. I use one on any leather thinner than 1.6mm, or 4 oz. It really reduces that pull-out

I've just remembered that some years ago - maybe 20 years ago now - I saw a pair of 12th century embroidered leather gloves. Usually embroidery uses fine silk thread but these gloves I suspect used wool thread, plus they had decorative overlays sewn on. The 'embroidery' was good looking but not as fine as one would expect to find on cloth. The gloves were fancy indeed and more surprising was that they were men's gloves

Not with a machine but by hand, my #3 son and his girl friend tried to do some embroidery on leather. Problem was that you tend to have a lot of holes close together and they act just like the perforations along the edge of a postage stamp and leather tears along those perforations

extra info. The UK Ikea site gives some details of what these are made from SKVALLRA consists of 75% of plastic made from sugar cane and 25% traditional plastic. KOLON is PET plastic and Polyurethane plastic PLUGGHAST is Polyethylene plastic, and EVA plastic

I'm thinking its elephant or rhino. If it is, unfortunately you'll not be able to get any and use it legally The only real way of finding out what animal its from is by doing a DNA test on it. Do you know anyone at a university? they often have people working on DNA and could test it as part of their learning

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All this got me checking so I checked my local Ikea outlet for stock. It will be Wednesday afore I can get to inspect them. Ikea's transparent floor protector, 120 cm x 100cm x 0.2cm, or about 5 ft x 4 ft x 2mm/ about 1/8 thick, for £19. Being 'transparent' its not 100% clear see-thru but enough so Their desk-pad is 38cm x 58cm by ? possibly about 2mm and is £3. Again, it is 'transparent' but not 100% clear see-thru

Cost of materials x 2 plus tool time plus hourly rate . The more skilled = greater hourly rate Tool time = a basic rate for tools you use, for eventual replacement

90% likely the 'expensive' ones on etsy are the cheap ones being sold at inflated prices by re-sellers

Most excellent, all round, everything

On any thickness less that about 1.4mm (3.5 oz ?) I use a rotary knife. It helps limit any slip-out from under my straight edge

As long as the plate is not made of aluminium or magnesium alloy, try a soaking in a strong caustic soda solution. CS dissolves aluminium quickly

That looks like a chrome tan to me and you cannot get the creases out of it. Best you can do is to stretch it tight and glue it to the panels, this will minimise the crease look but not eradicate it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333930064942?epid=20045199299&hash=item4dbfc86c2e:g:p-gAAOSwbWZgWJLP For straight sections I use this, have been for a long time, a scrap of beech with a groove in it I also have a couple of carrot shaped slickers I've also used a piece of denim or a piece of linen in my fingers Before you set out to do it 'easier' learn what it is you are doing