Edge paint

[CampbellRandall]

how do i go about placing an order for these if they are not on the website.

cory

You can call us for the order... 1-800-327-9420. We'll get them up on the website soon.

[esantoro]

Thanks for the picture. That is glossier than I want, so I will go for the matte. I'll try the regular matte first and go from there.

Ed

I agree with Bob that there is no magic product that will be an end all to edges, but there are better products that will help limit the elbow grease. You still need to burnish to remove the rough edge, but with the paint you don't have to work so hard to get a shine.

Products like Fiebings are thinner and soak into the leather. It will provide a color base, but its up to you burnish and seal that edge. Without the hand work you just have a colored rough edge - without the seal coat you probably wont have a high gloss. Keep in mind this works well for veg tan leathers that have some body. Its near impossible to get a good edge on a softer leather like a chrome tan.

The edge paints provides a color coat, and depending on the product, can do a better job of covering up imperfections. The only complaint I had was from a shoe maker. He had hard soles polished out to a shinny finish that he tried a plus paint on. The paint had nothing to stick to since the surface had virtually no pores. A thinner paint would be better in this case.

The edge paints work well to blend seams on products like belts and bags. Apply one coat (like a primer), let dry, burnish smooth, then apply second coat, reapply as needed. The first coat will firm up the edge and give you something to burnish. The coverage quality of this paint allows you to use it on products you could normally get no results with oil dyes (see split chrome tan below). In my opinion, the Italian paint is tougher than smiliar products I've seen. You also have more colors available.

split chrome tan

[Monticore]

1 last question do you ship to canada , if not do you have a canadian distributor for this product?

cory

[esantoro]

Couldn't the matte plus or the glossy plus be thinned with water, if desired, to get the results of the regular finish?

Ed

[CampbellRandall]

Ed - the paint is water based, so you can thin it some.

Cory - We ship worldwide. I think USPS is the best rate to Canada.

[esantoro]

If you already have stock of the regular matte finish in black,I will try that first before requesting the matte plus. If you think the matte plus is a better choice, then please order a case of it and I will start with one quart. If either the regular matte or matte plus works out well, I will next be in for dark brown.

ed

Ed - the paint is water based, so you can thin it some.

Cory - We ship worldwide. I think USPS is the best rate to Canada.

[esantoro]

If you already have stock of the regular matte finish in black,I will try that first before requesting the matte plus. If you think the matte plus is a better choice, then please order a case of it and I will start with one quart. If either the regular matte or matte plus works out well, I will next be in for dark brown.

ed

I was just now experimenting with an edge paint from a Florida company, which has raised another question.

How would you describe the viscosity of the regular matte in relation to the matte plus, watery being very thin, honey-like being much thicker. I prefer a viscosity between watery and honey-like, but like to be able to use a honey-like viscosity to fill in areas as needed and dilute when needed.

ed

[esantoro]

I was just now experimenting with an edge paint from a Florida company, which has raised another question.

How would you describe the viscosity of the regular matte in relation to the matte plus, watery being very thin, honey-like being much thicker. I prefer a viscosity between watery and honey-like, but like to be able to use a honey-like viscosity to fill in areas as needed and dilute when needed.

ed

After research and further deliberation, I'll go for a quart of the Matte Plus in black. If this works out, I'll order the dark brown in the future.

Ed

[MADMAX22]

I'm probably not really qualified to give you this answer, but I'm going to give you my opinion anyway. It's been my experience that edge paints have been developed for shops who produce quantities and need the ablility to shorten the edge finishing process. The edge paints that I have tried did not produce the same high gloss finish that I require...they all peeled, scaped or chipped off, so I was not satisfied. My goal has been to achieve a smoother, more permanent, high gloss, custom finish than what I was able to achieve with the edge paints.

I'm not knocking edge paints at all, please don't misunderstand, there is certainly a place for them in the market. However, I don't think they are a replacement for the tedious process required to get a high quality finish required on a custom project...it takes a lot of work to get really nice edges! Again, I am no expert here and there are a lot of products I haven't gotten around to trying...the CampbellRandall product being one of them. I'm just saying that one shouldn't expect an edge paint to produce the same results as burnishing and coloring with oil or alcohol based dyes. IMHO!

Just a free opinion that's only worth what is costs...

Bob

Agreed. Edges are one of the first things I look at now that I have become a little more educated on leather work and I must say I can spot a painted on edge right away and it instantly turns me off on the product. Just IMHO type thing however its what I see. I would gladly pay more for a edge that was hand done and that I know is gonna last compared to a painted on edge coat that may or may not last very long.