Need Help With Flesh Side Of Leather Strap.

[humperdingle]

I rub some Aussie Leather Conditioner into the flesh side If I want it 'less fluffy'. Seems to work ok.

[r lenna]

The back can be burnished also. it's cut leather just like the edges. then you can use what ever kind of finish you want.

[veedub3]

The back can be burnished also. it's cut leather just like the edges. then you can use what ever kind of finish you want.

I am aware of that and I did state that the strap was burnished first with water and a glass slicker then a coat of gumtrag. More reading and research on this forum as well as other forums tells me that the gumtrag was the culprit. I am following Cybertrasher's advice and leaving the gumtrag on the shelf never to be opened again.

For now, a simple burnish followed by tan kote seems to do the job. I have a few other finishes I tried on scrap just to see which one I like best, but going forward, I am laying off the gumtrag.

Karina

[Ember]

Just thinking out loud, but if it was me, I would try drawing a blade across the leather to knock off the stragglers, or skive, and then re-burnish as per what you originally did.

[veedub3]

Just thinking out loud, but if it was me, I would try drawing a blade across the leather to knock off the stragglers, or skive, and then re-burnish as per what you originally did.

I have a leather splitter and if a piece is not smooth as I would like, I always run it through the splitter to clean it up. I can't remember if I did that to the original strap but I definitely did it to the replacement strap.