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Question about leather stiffener
chuck123wapati replied to DeWayne Hayes's topic in How Do I Do That?
a real heavy dousing of a good acrylic sealer may work you might test it out to see if it does what you want. -
nice work indeed!!!
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YW lol some times you have to find the modern names to figure out the recipes. From my feeble knowledge and experience of brain tanning the basic idea is to remove all the stuff inside the leather except the fibers, I can find big words in my book for "stuff" if you need them, then the stuff inside is replaced by the oils or greases. this allows the leather fibers to flex and move against each other easier which we see and feel as softness or suppleness. the fibers don't change they are just lubricated. As for hydration i think that leather being porous takes in and holds only what humidity will allow, that's why it doesn't stay wet I don't think you can hydrate leather to a given state, say 10% because it will simply evaporate to match the natural humidity and that is why you use oils lol they don't dry as quickly. Yea those aren't true conditioners imo if they don't work and go completely into the fiber structure of the leather, leather has to change color somewhat to be conditioned correctly again IMO.
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Most air brush paints are acrylic based now a days i believe. I have used both super sheen and the acrylic mix in my airbrush with no problems as well as acrylic paints which again are a basic acrylic solution only with pigments added.. I go about 30 psi As you say just clean real well.
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pretty much the same thing friend. if you do one you don't need the other. unless of course you only condition your snow boots. The basics of "liquoring", or "conditioning" leather is pretty straight forward. you might try the #2 petrolatum and beeswax formula in the book. Always test!!!!!
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mine are still hanging in the green house all doing fine, BTW i did use Tallow on one of mine Deer if I remember right. a good bit of bending will test the fibers which i do also no need for a microscope.
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now those need to baked on the bbq they look great!!
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The best tip i can give for any unknown combination of products is, always test it first on a small piece of the same leather!
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yes i think you would have much more control and they would look more light and fragile looking if that makes sense
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dang nice !!
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thats cool!!!
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go to the store and buy some acrylic floor wax, mix 50/50 with water. I'm sticking my neck out here the last post from a guy who wanted sealer info didn't really want help. Many of us suggested using this mixture and he went kind of crazy on us. It is widely used as a sealer but its your choice. If you don't want to try it then I'm out of suggestions. Mop and glow or similar, i use pledge future floor wax which works fine too.
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if i were to attempt a butterfly i would use a knife around the body and outline of the wings. Bevel between the wings and body and around the wings , maybe lifting the edges a bit. On the wings and body, I would use a stylus only to outline the colored areas and abdomen. then light coats of acrylics to build up the colors.
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yes that is correct.
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sorry its not about sandals lol. its a cool book even has recipes for fireworks lol. These are all pretty straight forward and of use in all leather products. What you need to remember is that back in the day most leather goods were conditioned to withstand the weather and they didn't condition different types of leather goods with products specific to just one thing. Boot dressing for example was used on belts, gloves satchels and such.
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i just made soap out of 6lbs of Elk tallow its something to do with unneeded fats and oils
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i have a recipe similar in an old book if you need it. In fact it has a couple recipes i believe. with lanolin and cod oil used. Most younger folks don't think that leather was ever conditioned so they reinvent what was already there. mostly with the new age buzz words added. History has taken some bad knocks in the education field lately.
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have you ever had bread on a stick? hobo bread some call it. Make your dough roll it into a long piece about afoot long by about an inch round wrap it around a nice willow stick and roast it like a marshmallow over an open fire. My dad used to make biscuits, bread rolls not cookies, on his barrel stove . he would cut 1 inch off the bottom off of several beer cans, set them on the stove, place his biscuit pan on top of them so it wasn't setting directly on the stove top them he would cover them in a dish pan and bake them up. damn fine with some hot country gravy, fried eggs and bacon.
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cool idea with the stamps if you meant I backed out I sent a pm to you.
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this one is my favorite it hangs above my table and i look at every day. There is so much inspiration in it.
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I've never seen a pizza oven bbq but i have cooked pizza on my bbq, bread on an open fire in Dutch ovens and on a wood fired fire barrel stove with just a dish pan for the oven. its all pretty much the same get it hot first then put in the bread. My bbq has a deep fire box and is adjustable so i can raise or lower the coals. When baking i drop the coals as far down as possible so only the hot air bakes the bread. BBQ baked pizza is the awesomest pizza ever my son says. I do too. the added smoke flavor is just amazing.
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I don't know much about the rest of the world but folks are like this everyday where i live but yes it is an awesome forum and why I stick around.
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I left the link that's all I can do. why not just make the branding irons brand it? Merry Christmas friend
