iWERKS Report post Posted April 15, 2015 I apologize if this is a dumb question. After a month into the hobby, I felt the need to jump from working on projects with leather remnants from Tandy to something a bit larger in scale so I picked up a side of craftsman oak from Tandy. Not exactly knowing what to look for, I took the piece the worker recommended. After dying a piece for a passport wallet, I noticed that the leather is covered in what appears to be insect bites. Closer inspection of the side, I would say most of the leather is covered in bites. Is there anyway to remove the bites or make them less noticeable or is the only way around it is to buy higher quality leather? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglew Report post Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) well first buy better leather.... are they bug bites or are they the grain of the leather? better leather less surface flaws Edited April 15, 2015 by biglew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramrod Report post Posted April 15, 2015 yup...can't remove them. most people don't like blemishes like that on their leather. i don't mind - and neither do my customers. they are fascinated by it's "naturalness" i guess. it pforve that the cows really WERE out on the range....or feed lot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iWERKS Report post Posted April 15, 2015 Understood. Lesson learned. Here's a photo of a piece in the original question. I'm sure I'll still find plenty of use out of it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
