Dwight Report post Posted September 27, 2014 I bought a spool of "made in India", . . . brown lacing to use on the occasional laced piece I do (maybe one every other year). It keeps "catching" in the lace holes and the side of it rips. Then it not only looks bad, . . . but will break in about two more holes or three, . . . and I have to hide another splice. I just got frustrated, . . . had to re-lace a 4 inch section of simple overhand looping, . . . 4 times because the lace ripped. Question: Is it bad lace? Am I doing something wrong (re-lacing an old purse, . . . probably 40 years or so old) ? Is there any "prep" to lacing other than setting up the needle and punching the holes? Honestly, . . . never ran into this before, . . . but again, . . . I'm a stitcher, . . . not a lacer. May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoubleC Report post Posted September 27, 2014 Dwight if you use a conditioner on it, it will straighten out the lace and may moisten it enough to keep it from breaking. Cheryl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted September 27, 2014 Conditioner and / or saddle soap might help. Then again, it might just be crap lace. I've run into a spool or two. Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
