How to finish leather with a hard, resistant finish?

[whimsicaldragon]

Greetings all,

I am working on a leather coronet (crown) that I am putting gold leaf on.  I need a way to finish the leather that is very resistant to scuffs and scratches so the gold leaf doesn't get scratched off.  Almost like a lacquer or something like that.  Floor polish?  Wood polyurethane?  I am not sure.  Thin layers of some kind of glue maybe?

I don't even know what to search for to try to find the answer on this forum so I apologize if this has been discussed before.  Any experience or ideas are welcome.  Thanks!

[Dwight]

I would make sure first by doing a test area on another piece of leather.   But my first attempt would be a sprayed on 50/50 solution of Resolene and water.

Second thought would be 50/50 Mop and Glo and water, . . . but you dip this one.

May God bless,

Dwight

[bking54]

I use an airbrush gun to airbrush on acryllic resolene. It always turns out nice and even finiah, no streak's or smears from a cloth.