Ruined Edge Paint?

[Hardrada]

Well, I haven't been doing much leatherwork lately, but this month I had to make a bag and to my dismay I found my Uniters paint in a sorry state: thin liquid with lotsa curd-like semisolid blobs in it. I tried stirring it vigorously but could not melt them clots back into liquid form. Applying whatever is still liquid in there to an edge takes forever to dry.

Is there a way to reconstitute this paint or is it dumpster material?

I really need to finish this bag and can't wait for two weeks for new edge paint to get here.

[RockyAussie]

Sorry to say but I doubt you will get a lot of joy with that. Try just a little metho or isopropyl alcohol and see if that helps to get you through.

[DieselTech]

Did your edge paint get cold enough to freeze? 

Try warming it in the microwave for 10-15seconds. Then put a small Allen wrench in a cordless drill & use it as a paint stir stick. 

[Dwight]

Trash can would already have happened for me.

I'm of the opinion that I'm not going to let 10 bucks worth of raw material destroy 50 dollars or more of material and labor . . . I'll pitch it first.

May God bless

Dwight

[Hardrada]

6 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Did your edge paint get cold enough to freeze? 

Try warming it in the microwave for 10-15seconds. Then put a small Allen wrench in a cordless drill & use it as a paint stir stick. 

No, it's been inside a cabinet all these years. That too, you know, I got this paint anywhere between 8 to 6 years ago.

4 hours ago, Dwight said:

Trash can would already have happened for me.

I'm of the opinion that I'm not going to let 10 bucks worth of raw material destroy 50 dollars or more of material and labor . . . I'll pitch it first.

May God bless

Dwight

Yes, I share your opinion. The Fiebing's Edge Kote seems to still be workable—longer shelf life it seems—but shark doesn't seem to take too kindly to edgers and the pain runs into the "channels" in the leather's grain.

[MClark]

I know this is a little late, but edge paint has a shelf life of about six months so don't buy more than you can use in six months.