Members Andres Posted January 24, 2017 Members Report Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) Hello: I'm interesting in wofk with bracelets, cuff, and leather for watches and i want to know what is the best workflow to do this. I mean this: -cutting leather -clean leather -casing leather -drawing and carving it (I have a Swivel Knife buy from china. Which one you can recomend?) -tooling leather Till this part of the process i have it clear. But from now, how do i have to proceed?: -to conditioner leather first -then to dye leather -or burnishing edges first and then dye -and what about slicking? -do i use alcohol first previous dying? And after that, how do i avoid it to loose color? Thank you very much. Edited January 24, 2017 by Andres Wrong place Quote
MADMAX22 Posted January 24, 2017 Report Posted January 24, 2017 27 minutes ago, Andres said: Hello: I'm interesting in wofk with bracelets, cuff, and leather for watches and i want to know what is the best workflow to do this. I mean this: -cutting leather -clean leather -casing leather -drawing and carving it (I have a Swivel Knife buy from china. Which one you can recomend?) -tooling leather Till this part of the process i have it clear. But from now, how do i have to proceed?: -to conditioner leather first -then to dye leather -or burnishing edges first and then dye -and what about slicking? -do i use alcohol first previous dying? And after that, how do i avoid it to loose color? Thank you very much. -cutting leather -clean leather - some use alcohol for this -casing leather -slicking (usually done before carving or anything of that nature) -carving -drying --now some will oil before dying and others will do afterwards, practice on some scrap to get your preference. Just remember whenever you oil/condition let it sit for a good while to properly absorb. -dye -buff -this is where I do the edges dye and burnish -condition and top coat. Quote
Members snubbyfan Posted January 25, 2017 Members Report Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) Video series on making a lined leather holster with basket weave stamping. Shows the workflow I used in making it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQtTNBOy6Ky8t-cr279l8RKlh9zENgEmM Edited January 25, 2017 by snubbyfan Quote Keep on Chooglin'Check out my YouTube Channel, comment and subscribe for updateshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOM3hbruUKHov9kquIxXKlA
Members Andres Posted February 2, 2017 Author Members Report Posted February 2, 2017 Thank you very much madmaxx22 and snubbyfan for your help. I'm beggining in this and i have a lot to learn. I will apply these advices to the bracelet and i would show it to see your opinion. I just saw the videos and they are really great. Thanks a lot the two of you, again. Cheers. Quote
Members snubbyfan Posted February 3, 2017 Members Report Posted February 3, 2017 Lookin' forward to seeing what you come up with. Quote Keep on Chooglin'Check out my YouTube Channel, comment and subscribe for updateshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOM3hbruUKHov9kquIxXKlA
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