Wearing Inner Flesh Side To Make It Smooth

[mollix]

Okay, I'm back! I found time today to try out the technique on a leather off cut with the following method:

1. Heating the leather with the hair dryer.

2. Heating the wax with the hair dryer and then rubbing the wax onto the warm leather.

3. Spreading the wax with a wooden bone folder in all directions into the leather's skin side.

The following images are what I ended up with:

http://imgur.com/AFPeuF7

http://imgur.com/JPMMW81

http://imgur.com/tkoLJ74

http://imgur.com/kRZqVQP

I did rub my card over the waxed area and it was like the other smoother side of the leather, so it seems like it works.

Any advice on technique please?

[druid]

ok...the grain on the back side is long and loose. If it were me, I'd either

1. not use leather with that 'open' a grain structure.....but if I were limited to using that kind;

2. use some method of "splitting" the piece or 'shaving' the back side to try and remove that 'hairy' grain; or

3. use some sort of lining cemented and sewn at the edges to completely cover it.

In a perfect world, I'd probably go for #3. Use a nice, soft and supple goat or pig skin as a lining. cement it in place and while it's curing, bend the watch band around a tube similar in diameter to the wrist. Once cured, sew the edges together, edge bevel it and then burnish the edge to a nice round contour.

[mollix]

Hi Members and thank you for your input. Just so you know the piece of leather that I used was only a test piece, I didn't think to check for something that would be like the leather I was to work on, although in hindsight that seems like the logical thing to have done now.

So here is a photo of the wallet I am to work on (dark blue) and the off-cut, side by to side:

http://imgur.com/PmhXvY7

The skin side of the leather used on the wallet itself is much shorter and neater, I can't modify it because it's already made and I don't know how to do it anyway, but applying the wax I can do. Please see the product link to see what I am referring to thanks: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/204091079/woman-wrist-wallet-wristlet-purse

If you need any more imagery to make a judgement just let me know thanks.