Re Casing Leather

[Gregmw]

Hi,

Can you re case leather after it has dried out (About 2 weeks after it was first done) and continue where you left off ..

Thanks

Greg

[Spinner]

Hi,

Can you re case leather after it has dried out (About 2 weeks after it was first done) and continue where you left off ..

Thanks

Greg

Hi Greg,

You can recase leather but keep in mind, you will likely lose some of the detail from your previous tooling session due to the water raising the grain up again. This tends to be most noticeable in backgrounded areas where they meet an edge. A trick that I have used in the past is to slightly dampen the leather (about 1/2 of what a fresh piece would be), wrap in a plastic bag or saran wrap and let it sit for a little bit. Come back later and case as necessary. By only introducing the amount of moisture necessary you may be able to get your tooling done without losing much from the previous session.

Chris

[Gregmw]

Hi Greg,

You can recase leather but keep in mind, you will likely lose some of the detail from your previous tooling session due to the water raising the grain up again. This tends to be most noticeable in backgrounded areas where they meet an edge. A trick that I have used in the past is to slightly dampen the leather (about 1/2 of what a fresh piece would be), wrap in a plastic bag or saran wrap and let it sit for a little bit. Come back later and case as necessary. By only introducing the amount of moisture necessary you may be able to get your tooling done without losing much from the previous session.

Chris

Thanks Chris..