Vianeth Report post Posted March 10, 2012 I have a leather item i'm trying to recreate. It's got wrinkled texture on the surface and it's supposed to look worn in. It helps with the antique layering as well. I can do this a little bit for thinner straps by soaking the piece in water until it's well-soaked, and rolling it along my bench until it's wrinkled. This is a bit harder to do with 7oz+ veg tan leather. Any suggestions on how to get this wrinkled look into the leather? I have some pictures of the original item. I've tried rolling wet leather along itself with the heavier weights, but the wrinkles don't form whatsoever. Any suggestions or ideas would be great. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sylvia Report post Posted March 10, 2012 I have a leather item i'm trying to recreate. It's got wrinkled texture on the surface and it's supposed to look worn in. It helps with the antique layering as well. I can do this a little bit for thinner straps by soaking the piece in water until it's well-soaked, and rolling it along my bench until it's wrinkled. This is a bit harder to do with 7oz+ veg tan leather. Any suggestions on how to get this wrinkled look into the leather? I have some pictures of the original item. I've tried rolling wet leather along itself with the heavier weights, but the wrinkles don't form whatsoever. Any suggestions or ideas would be great. Thanks Practice on some dry 7oz... If I remember right,..when I did this to my husband's belt, it was stained and dry. It wrinkled right up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vianeth Report post Posted March 10, 2012 Practice on some dry 7oz... If I remember right,..when I did this to my husband's belt, it was stained and dry. It wrinkled right up. Looks like dried leather still works quite well. I compared some super cheap Tandy craftsman leather to some higher quality very smooth, flawless leather. The cheaper stuff wrinkles a lot easier. The nicer stuff seems more dense and thus harder to form wrinkles. The cheaper stuff feels lighter and more spongey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tree Reaper Report post Posted March 11, 2012 If you take some soft material and bunch it up to get the ripples then wet form your leather over that you might get the desired results. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lightningad Report post Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) i'd wet the leather, then when almost dry try rolling it up tightly so the flesh side is on the outside of the roll. Do that a few times and you'll get some creases. Edited March 12, 2012 by lightningad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
