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Very beautiful Crystal! Doggie looks very nice and realistic. I am familiar with that goldflake problem. Sometimes it has helped me to go over my work with a slightly damp rag after the colours are dry and just brush it off with the rag.

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Thanks, Tom! I put the antique on top of the gold leaf and it made the flakes stick pretty good. I used a deglazer on a few of the spots and it took off the antique but not the flakes?? :head_hurts_kr: I didn't try just a damp cloth. Will keep that in mind for future boo boo's. I think I will put a sealer over the leaf before anything else next time.

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Crys.... my favorite pic!! That turned out simply awesome! Love it

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The like the braiding , it looks real

nice.I also like the texture of the

leather.

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Crystal,

I'm glad you made that into something because I really liked it before. Now I like it even better ;) .

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Crystal,

Good looking photo album! :notworthy:

Did it take longer to carve or to lace??

Just looking at the lacing makes my fingers ache.

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Crys.... my favorite pic!! That turned out simply awesome! Love it

Thank you, Linda!

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Thanks, Tom! I put the antique on top of the gold leaf and it made the flakes stick pretty good. I used a deglazer on a few of the spots and it took off the antique but not the flakes?? :head_hurts_kr: I didn't try just a damp cloth. Will keep that in mind for future boo boo's. I think I will put a sealer over the leaf before anything else next time.

Crystal

I have also gotten some flaking prob on the black Motörhead bracer wich didn't wanna come off, since it was black I just used a sharpie and painted over those few spots with flakes. Not noticeable att all once the sealer came on (I used the spraysealer for that one).

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The like the braiding , it looks realnice.I also like the texture of the leather. WINDY
Thanks, Windy! After the thumbs up on the texture I'll have to budget shop more bad hides. I think the saddle tan antique gel made it look better.Crystal
Crystal,I'm glad you made that into something because I really liked it before. Now I like it even better ;) .
Thank you, Clay. :)
Crystal,Good looking photo album! :notworthy: Did it take longer to carve or to lace?? Just looking at the lacing makes my fingers ache.Johnny
Thanks, Johnny! It takes me so long to do anything - I would say the carving took longer. I get sore hands when punching the holes, not when lacing. The lacing gets done in front of the tv, so I never pay much attention to the time.Crystal
I have also gotten some flaking prob on the black Motörhead bracer wich didn't wanna come off, since it was black I just used a sharpie and painted over those few spots with flakes. Not noticeable att all once the sealer came on (I used the spraysealer for that one).Tom
Good tip- using the black sharpie. What kind of sealer do you usually use?Crystal
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Up until last spring I used only Fiebings saddle lac spray but switched to Fiebings Leather sheen, both acrylic. I felt that the sheen didn't looked just that much plastic as the spray one and also seem like it takes buffing better but is kinda hard to apply evenly and around eyelets the spray is way easier to get on.

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very nice work thanks for showing.

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