Motorized Buffing

[JMCollins]

Hi all,

First post here after stalking about the forums a while, this place is great and has SO MUCH info! I haven't found anything that fits my question exactly though so thought I'd throw this up & see what you all think...

I am looking to buff & burnish leather on handbags that are already sewn up, to get a more antiqued & hand finished look over the seams & edges in a shorter amount of time. I know... cutting corners, but time is money etc. etc.

Saw this post on J.W. Hulme's blog http://blog.jwhulmec...uffing-leather/ that describes their process & I went and bought a Foredom flex shaft moto with a coarse muslin buff, carnauba wax & the heat gun to give it a try. Had mixed results on various qualities of veg leather, but wasn't really happy with the cotton muslin buff. It was a bit soft & I didn't think it was giving the needed friction. I've used a table top buffing wheel with various horse hair wheels that have good results but are too big for the small detail work I'm looking to do.

So, has anyone here used a hand held motorized tool like this in their work? Where do you get your buffing wheels and what kind of fiber do you use? Any suggestions for other waxes or products to try on the leather surface? Thanks!