Saddle Junkie Needing Help

[Saddle Junkie Needing Help]

Take the skirts off, cut the stitches and remove the old liner. Pick out all the bits of thread from the needle holes in the skirts. Re-string the skirts and re-glue the skirt plugs if necessary. Lay the skirts out on the new liner. If its real sheepskin, make sure you don't have part of your skirt laying over a bare spot on the lining. Draw a line around the skirts maybe an inch or so larger than the actual skirt. Not critical, but it helps to have some wiggle room. Use either rubber cement or contact cement to glue the new liner to the skirts then sew 'em up and put it all back together. Might wanna oil it while you've got it torn down.

Thats the way I do it, anyway. Your mileage may vary.

Thanks you Rancher. You make this sound so easy. I guess the only thing to do is just start taking it apart and cross my fingers.....

[Saddle Junkie Needing Help]

Hi,

I just signed up today, and I can't believe that it's taken me so long to find such a neat web site. I have a real weakness for saddles. I just purchased an older Longhorn saddle. It's in great shape other that the sheepskin. I purchased some saddle shearling from Tandys, but I'm not sure where to go from here. Any and all help would be appreciated.