kenyapilot Report post Posted June 30, 2013 godday, i live in kenya which is great whenit comes to enjoying the outdoors. i usually bring quality veg tan leather back with me from trips abroad. but i have not yet found anything workable locally (seems all leather goes into shoe production). i was lately sold veg tan leather which might work for machine stamping, but it is too soft, soaks right up, when i try to tool it and the pattern wont catch or stay. any ideas if its possible to treat it myself for acceptable results? also, it is grey in color. any ideas on how to bleach it? cheers, steven Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mechanical Cowgirl Report post Posted July 2, 2013 Hi Steven, I don't know about bleaching the leather, but would it work to use some sort of a slicker to firm up the leather? Get it damp and use a piece of glass or very smooth wood to rub it down and hopefully compress the fibers. I've also heard of someone adjusting their splitter so that it only rolls the leather through it, compressing it, without splitting it. Not sure if this helps... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
