100% wool felt

[barra]

Yes wool felt is as expensive as poison. You can also make your own burnishing disk by getting hold of some scrap canvas or denim and sewing together enough disks to obtain the thickness you want. Nothing fancy, big stiches will do fine. It is a chance for those old wranglers to keep on giving.

Barra

[Don101]

Have you tried ebay Item number: 200195502565 im not sure if thats what you want, Don

[esantoro]

Hi Bill,

All wool felt is not cheap, the ultra density stuff they order from who knows where, but f-1 and lower felts are roll goods that they sell by the yard. If you go to Brownell's or one of the auto finishing sites you can buy felt polishing wheels, I think a six by 1" medium wheel costs around $36. So it sounds like the price from Aetna was much better.

BTW, John is now using leather wheels to do edges, my felt ones haven't worn out yet (they seem to be getting better) so I haven't tried them yet. You build them like the felt wheels except from veg tan.

Art

Art,

Will any felt at a fabric store be sufficient for dying edges. I imagine all I must do is cut the felt the width of the edge I'm dying. Put the felt in a clothespin and go to it. Is this about right?

ed

[barra]

A passable dauber can be had by substituting the thick engineering felt with thick carpet underlay (free offcuts from the carpet store). Cut the long straight section out of a wire coat hanger. Spear it through the thickness of the underlay, bend over the wire and squash it in a vice. To fashion a handle you can just bend over the other end to give yourself something to grip or semi sharpen the end and twist on a cork.

Barra

Edited March 2, 2008 by barra