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Ok, I have never wet molded before... well... not really... and I need advice. I am about to start my rear seat and have decided to stretch/mold the side gusset to fit, and wrap it under the bottom to staple to the pan. I then intend to round braid lace the top to the sides and be complete, but, before I finish with the sides, I want to put a carving onto the gusset. Can I tool it then stretch the leather, and the carving be left intact? I understand that I look at distorting the carving, but would it mess up the depth of the carving and the tooling? Should I tool it after I have stretched it an allow it to dry? How would you do this?

If I haven't explained myself clearly and you need farther explanation of what I am trying to be, just ask, and I will try to post pix and make it clear what I am asking.

Thanks

Mike

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You got me thinking in two different directions and my answer would be confusing.

I think you said that you intend to wrap the gusset around the pan to staple from under.

I'm guessing you are making your P-pad a rectangle box, is that close?

If so, why don't you do it similar to how you did you s-bar pad? Make it to fit the foam. I don't see why you can't just make the 'box' (top and gusset laced) then stuff the foam in and then pull the bottom edge of the gusset around the pan and staple. Get those corners smoothed out then between the corners. Maybe I'm invisioning something different from what you are doing, but I don't see why you are going to do enough stretching to distort your gusset tooling. Maybe I do need some pics. You should be able to turn that gusset leather under while it is 'on the dry' in such a way as to not put too much stretch on it's tooling. What waight is the gusset lether?

Let's talk some more. GH

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Hide, Yeah, nothing like the ppad... and I guess I wasnt clear enough... this is not the main seat, its the p-seat.... cant do it like the ppad... http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=692

I will get pix of the pan and pad on the pseat tomorrow and post em, give you a clear idea what i am doing... Leather will be 3-4 oz for the gusset/sides. Sides will wrap around without seam from front back to the front and seam in the front, tuck around under the pad to staple to the plastic pan, and then top will seam in an oval to the sides. In the back, I want to tool it, but I will have to stretch the leather and form it around the contours of the sides of the pad and pan.

"The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE

Her: Hit Me

Him: Do you want me to use the knife?

Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!

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why don't you tool it and then stretch it without rewetting? if needed add a bit moisture to the bottom where it wraps around

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and why would wrap the side and then lace the top?? go ahead and lace the top to the side then tool the side an install it while still wet from tooling. you are better of using pop rivets over staples. the way veg tan leather shrinks the staples are not the way i would go

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I dont think rivets will work on the plastic pan.... end up breaking the plastic.

"The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE

Her: Hit Me

Him: Do you want me to use the knife?

Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!

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I dont think rivets will work on the plastic pan.... end up breaking the plastic.

i use rivets in plastic pans. they don't expand.. they pull down

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Beeza said what I was getting at. I agree with rivits. I've redone my Mag seat and redone it again with the same holes, I do keep different sized rivits on hand for the the corners where the puckers are. Git those pics when you can. GH

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Ok, here are the pix I told you I would upload yesterday.... Yesterday was alittle fast paced and did not allow me time to do much...

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"The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE

Her: Hit Me

Him: Do you want me to use the knife?

Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!

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What I want to do is wrap the entire side with one piece, starting at the front which is pictured here:

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And tool the MAGNA Logo on the back here:

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I am thinking I can cut a 6 inch strip the full length to wrap around leaving 1 1/2 inch to fold under the seat to be attached to the plastic pan. I am thinking I can stretch the leather around it, and connect the ends and allow it to dry, then cut it at the proper height, then take it and cut a top to match the freshly cut sides. Then remove the side, tool the Logo in the back of the side, then align the top with the side and put my holes into the side and top to accommodate the lacing to attach the two together. then dye and finish the two pieces, then lace them together and attach to the pad and pan, and then lace up the seam in the very front of the side where the two ends come together. then wrap underneath the pad to the pan and attach to the pan....

What is wrong with this series of steps? Will this work?

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"The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE

Her: Hit Me

Him: Do you want me to use the knife?

Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!

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