Help With Finish

[rickeyfro]

I just started tooling a new seat, if I gotta say so myself it really came out good. I would like to do something different for a finish, actually id really like to leave it natural can you guys give some advice on this, Id like to antique parts of it and still have a natural finish. Im not sure how to go about this, I have a jar of natural paste anitique that ive never tried, is this what this is used for? Also what would i use to seal and finish with. Its still a little damp from molding it thats why its discolored in the pic.

Edited September 3, 2008 by rickeyfro

[Timbo]

Here's what I would do 'cause I do this with a lot of my leather. I use Feibings oil dye and EVOO. Use just enough dye to tint the EVOO...saddle tan or mahogany are my favorites. About a 10 to 1 ratio. Wipe it on as evenly as you can then put it out in the sun to warm up and even out. I do the backside too. After a day or so of letting it even out (the sun will also darken it some too) lightly spray it with a water mist and then vigorously rub it with a clean piece of denim or canvas to burnish the highpoints. Takes alot of rubbing and reapplying the water mist. But it yields a nice mellow finish and has a more natural worn look to it than antiqueing.

The bonus is that once you have gotten done burnishing it you are done.......no other finish required.

But this is waaaaay too nice of a seat to experiment with finishes on. You might want to tool up a practice piece and experiment on it first.....sucks cause you'll have to wait that much longer to see the finished product........but is better than doing something you'd wished you hadn't.

The purse on my website and website post was finished this way. Needed burnished more, but my arm got tired.

Also Tandy's new eco gel antique works pretty well but will have to have a serious finish put on top of it since it is waterbased.

that's my .02

tim

[rickeyfro]

Finished lacing...

[MADMAX22]

Sorry cant help you too much with the finish. However if you look in the motorcycle section this has been brouht up a few times I think.

Just wanna say very nice job on that guy.