Finishing chrome tanned edges

[GavinO]

1 hour ago, battlemunky said:

Tokonole works better but I haven't encountered anything that works as well as painting or rolling the edge and stitching. Its better than gum trag but not an elegant solution, especially if you can't get a good bevel on your edge due to it being too floppy/supple.

 

Ah I thought I would use Tokonole first as a kind of base/to flatten the fibrous nature of the edge, let it dry, then apply edge paint. Like a primer of sorts. 

That's what I have been doing with the gum trag 

[battlemunky]

21 hours ago, GavinO said:

Ah I thought I would use Tokonole first as a kind of base/to flatten the fibrous nature of the edge, let it dry, then apply edge paint. Like a primer of sorts. 

That's what I have been doing with the gum trag 

I just learned this the other day...you want the edge not too slick when using edge paint, for veg tan anyway, so I guess since chrome is hard to slick anyway that the paint probably wants a little bit of fiber to hold on better anyhow. By all means try it and whatever works best, use it!

[GavinO]

On 7/27/2022 at 6:00 PM, battlemunky said:

I just learned this the other day...you want the edge not too slick when using edge paint, for veg tan anyway, so I guess since chrome is hard to slick anyway that the paint probably wants a little bit of fiber to hold on better anyhow. By all means try it and whatever works best, use it!

ah, so the opposite of what I have been doing- oops! I will try a few tests out and see how they compare