myjtp Report post Posted December 5, 2016 What's the best practice for adding snakeskin or some other thin leather to the other side of an 8oz leather belt to cover up the rough side. I assume add contact cement to both pieces then glue them and let it dry then stitch the edges? I have one belt that i bought but for some reason the guy put two more stitches on the inside is there any reason for this? or will it work just fine without the extra two stitch lines in the middle? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MADMAX22 Report post Posted December 5, 2016 Maybe the guy didnt glue it and as such added the extra stitch lines to keep it down. You can use the contact cement like you mentioned or I have used the 3M 77 spray and it works good. Snake is not ideal for belts because of the skales, usually being coated with some kind of lacquer when used as such. Ive done a few snake inlays and used a lacquer (dont recall the type) which gave it a shiny finish, worked good for those products but may not be what your looking for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockyAussie Report post Posted December 6, 2016 51 minutes ago, MADMAX22 said: Maybe the guy didnt glue it and as such added the extra stitch lines to keep it down. Another reason possibly is that often snake has to have joins to get the full belt length which is often just skived, glued and overlapped. If the backing is a bit soft and stretchy, as the furry edges make me suspect then the extra stretch would make the join likely to undo. By putting in an extra line he may have thought that, that would reduce the stretching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MADMAX22 Report post Posted December 6, 2016 Good point Rock, didnt think about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptQuirk Report post Posted December 6, 2016 I have used snakeskin on a vest once. It did ok for the first few years, but then the stitches started ripping through the edges. I did not glue it down. The scales held up ok, but it is a very thin and brittle material. Perhaps it had something to do with the tanning? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myjtp Report post Posted December 6, 2016 All excellent points!! thank you so much! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glamb Report post Posted December 7, 2016 Found domed rivets in Tandy catalog, gold star tools.com pg26, Ohio travel bag of 5. About 7.00 #100 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myjtp Report post Posted December 11, 2016 On 12/7/2016 at 0:18 AM, glamb said: Found domed rivets in Tandy catalog, gold star tools.com pg26, Ohio travel bag of 5. About 7.00 #100 woah PERFECT!!! i think this is it! now i just need to figure out what size i need lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
