How to keep a lining wrinkle free?

[RockyAussie]

8 hours ago, JerseyFirefighter said:

Im interested in the remedy to this. Particularly for dog collars since I have some suede and calf skin sitting around not being used. Would the appropriate method be to over cut the liner around the outer piece, and cement them together around something like say a coffee can or pvc pipe so it molds correctly? Or is there a trick to glueing prior to stitching that compensates for the bend in the final product?

In this case if you are using the suede as a liner it would not be much of an issue. Cut your suede length about a 1/4" shorter and stretch it evenly over the length to reach when you glue attach it. Presto.

[RockyAussie]

On 29/12/2016 at 5:37 AM, CaptQuirk said:

When I'm using a heavier leather outside, and a lighter liner, it isn't much of an issue. But I recently did a holster with 5/6oz inside and out. After gluing the layers and bending it over, the inside wrinkled worse than an old woman after a long bath really bad. Is there a way to prevent this, or is it even an issue?

Whatever the leather thickness is and I want to be sure, I cut 2 strips normally about 3/4 to 1" wide and wrap one over whatever and cut or mark its length. With the other i now put it over the first and mark its corresponding length. Whatever the difference is should work well enough. 

[JLSleather]

EXACTLY!  Best way to know.  I think where folks get into "issues", they make a pattern (often from paper) and then use that pattern to mark the OUTside instead of the INside.

 

[CaptQuirk]

Somewhere along the way, I read somebody say to glue the 2 pieces together and treat it as a single piece. I tried it, and that didn't work out. I will go back to forming the outside, then gluing the inside to it. Never had a problem like this before.

[RockyAussie]

3 hours ago, CaptQuirk said:

Somewhere along the way, I read somebody say to glue the 2 pieces together and treat it as a single piece. I tried it, and that didn't work out. I will go back to forming the outside, then gluing the inside to it. Never had a problem like this before.

If you are using the inside lining thickness the same as the outside thickness then I would do the inside forming first then overlay the outside to it and trim. Least ways that's the way I do a formed knife pouch when I cover in croc.

[CaptQuirk]

@RockyAussie- I usually also form the outside, just to get a little more detail, then lay it over the inside to form them together. It just gets a little tricky to glue them together, punch the holes for stitching, etc. Gluing the two layers first sounded plausible, but just didn't work out as well.