Fenice Leather Edge Paint

[Ferg]

As many of you know, Tandy is distributing the Italian edge paint from FENICE.

I bought some dark brown and some red the other day and have been experimenting.

A few things I have found about using the product:

The little steel bladed tool Tandy is selling is great for doing the edges. They have a short tutorial showing how to use the tool, if you try this product, view the tutorial.

I wouldn't want to use a "Dauber". Too messy.

You need to have the edges of the leather cut as near perfectly vertical as you can. Glue completely to the edge of both or many pieces and roll them down and then using a flat faced hammer, pound them down as tight as possible. It takes many coats of the paint to fill the joints if this is not followed. When I cut straight lines/edges of leather I find I can use a roller blade and get a very good edge on the leather.

I tried two pieces of thin Kangaroo, two pieces of 3-4 Oz. veg tan cowhide, one piece of Kangaroo glued to one of kidskin, and a piece of upholstery leather glued to some veg tan cowhide. I read somewhere, you cannot use the edge paint on soft chrome tanned leather. That is not exactly true. You need to apply more coats to fill the pores but it still works. None of these pieces have been done long enough to see how they perform when bending or roughing them up etc. After cutting the leather I sanded with 600 grit sandpaper. Not sure if that is necessary when the edges of the leather are tightly glued.

I did not stitch any of the trial pieces I done before applying the edge paint. I would definitely do that on a finished piece, after I get more experience at application. Too much paint on the metal wand can make a mess. It will run over the edge and onto the face or back side.

I love to do rolled edges. They are time consuming if you want them to look good. The edge paint is time consuming if you

want them to look good. I am sure the edges painted with Fenice is going to be something I am going to work with and learn to use properly. The edges are beautiful, especially since we can use quite a few colors.

When the paint is dry I will take some photos and post them.

BTW: When you hold the metal wand correctly you will have a nice rounded edge. I glued two pieces of upholstery leather together, rounded the edges with a tool, painted it. The paint will go to the rounded spot on the leather but not over the edge as you might expect.

ferg

[huffdad]

Link to the Tandy video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5VeMyOCew

I recently purchased some of this paint, but haven't tried it yet. Thanks for this.

[needles]

Stahl edge paint is far better in my humble opinion, you can get clear and colour to what ever colour you want.

or just keep it clear

[Ferg]

needles

You can accomplish the same thing with the Fenice Brand. They even have a kit of all basic colors plus clear to use for over 100 different colors.

ferg