burnishing chromed tanned leather

[Monticore]

i have read every thread on leather brunishing/slicking etc..

but i am have problems with some chromed tanned black , it has that annoying layer of white stuff and keeps me from getting a nice edge.

does anybody have a tip or product they use only on chromed tanned edges

thanks

cory

[Luke Hatley]

WHAT WORKES FOR ME IS TO USE THE APPROIATE EDGER AND THEN USE "FIEBINGS

EDGE DYE".

[MHolzer]

I don't believe you can burnish chrome tanned leather. I think the best you can do is dye the edges.

[Monticore]

I don't believe you can burnish chrome tanned leather. I think the best you can do is dye the edges.

yeah i dyed the edges but do i jsut leave them like that or do i slick them and then use an edge ink/paint/kote , it is a folded piece so would like as muhc as possible not to see the line where both pieces meet.

cory

[sandycreek]

I'm kind of new to all this, so take this with that as my disclaimer.

The project I am working on right now is a gun pouch of blue finished chrome-tanned. For the edges on the handle, etc. I rubber cemented them together, and trimmed as close to even as possible. I then applied a thick coat of sno-seal to the edges ( it was the thinnest waxy substance i had...) and hit them with the nylon edge slicker chucked up in a drill. It didn't really burnish the edges in the sense of compacting and tightening the grain, but it did melt the wax down into the grain and smoothed the surface out a bit.

-Aaron

Your Mileage May Vary.

[bruce johnson]

I dye them and then slick with a wax I melt and mix up - about 3/4 paraffin and 1/4 bee's wax or so. Then either rub it hard or run it on my wooden slicker to melt the wax and hold down the fibers.

[Monticore]

I dye them and then slick with a wax I melt and mix up - about 3/4 paraffin and 1/4 bee's wax or so. Then either rub it hard or run it on my wooden slicker to melt the wax and hold down the fibers.

thanks all

cory