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So I tried something out tonight that seemed to work fairly well. After all was said and done for my final burnishing touch I rubbed some beeswax on a piece, then flame kissed it with a lighter and immediately used my burnisher on it. I like the results, but I am not sure if this is a valid technique. 

1. Has anyone else tried this? 

2. Will this damage the leather piece?

3. Is there a better way? I like to use beeswax on my edges to seal them up instead of edge kote. 

4. Thank you.

 

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I cant remember the exact mixs for everything but there are a few threads around giving details for this exact practice. Its been a while but the mix of bees wax/rosin/neetsfoot oil that I use for my thread waxing I will use on edges of vegtan projects. If I remember right there is another mixture for edges that works well also that is a little easier to apply. The BW/R/NF oil creates a pretty hard brick/ball when it hardens and it will soften up with heat so takes some work. 

 

Also look at hidepownders sticky above.

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Ok so I forgot some of my techniques, been a while since I did any nice vegtan products (leatherwork in general really). 

Here is a thread where myself and others go over some of this stuff 

Man links attach weird now, anyhow. 

There are a ton of these threads if ya look around some. 

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Thanks Madmax!

 

 

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Thanks Madmax again. I need to learn how to type in the proper search terms when I am searching for a specific topic. 

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3 hours ago, Chief Filipino said:

Thanks Madmax again. I need to learn how to type in the proper search terms when I am searching for a specific topic. 

Honestly, I have found it easier to search on Google and then click on all the topic links that it provides to this site. That just seems to work for me.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Good idea Biker thanks!

 

Halo-Halo Creations your home of culturally inspired handmade leather, calligraphy, and more.

http://tinyurl.com/hhcreations

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1 hour ago, Chief Filipino said:

Good idea Biker thanks!

 

Might get me banned. Hahaha

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Hopefully not! You're still using the site so I think it should be fine. The search doesn't pull what I am looking for unless I type in just one or two tags, but then I have to go through so much to find anything I'm looking for. That's just my experience anyway.

Halo-Halo Creations your home of culturally inspired handmade leather, calligraphy, and more.

http://tinyurl.com/hhcreations

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i mix beeswax and coconut oil. i use one part coconut oil to one part beeswax (measured by weight) melt them in a double burner and apply to leather. i usually only do it to leather that will have heavy use such as motorcycle seats and outdoor products.

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