Edge flex procedure?

[Dun]

Just want to be sure I got this. I have a bottle of tandy edge flex but no instruction.

 

-apply edge flex

-heat

-sand?

-Repeat

[garypl]

I don't use the Tandy Edge Flex, but with any edge paint I would sand and burnish the edges, then apply the edge paint.  Let dry, sand lightly and apply a second coat.  Very lightly sand second coat and optionally apply wax or some other type of finish for extra protection.

I use Giardini Edge paint and I have found it to be extremely durable with no extra finish required.

Gary

[Dun]

I hope to try giardini in the future, but for now I need something that will work for some pigskin and chrome tan edges. And I'm stuck with this very large bottle of edge flex. So no heat needed for it? (which is good cause I don't have any heating elements)

[garypl]

57 minutes ago, Dun said:

I hope to try giardini in the future, but for now I need something that will work for some pigskin and chrome tan edges. And I'm stuck with this very large bottle of edge flex. So no heat needed for it? (which is good cause I don't have any heating elements)

I never use heat with edge paint.  I experimented using a pallet knife heated over an alcohol lamp to see how it would smooth the paint.  It did work and does melt the paint, but at the end of the day I saw no value to doing it because the edges look good without heat!

Play around with some scraps and see what works best for you.

Gary

[bikermutt07]

12 hours ago, Dun said:

I hope to try giardini in the future, but for now I need something that will work for some pigskin and chrome tan edges. And I'm stuck with this very large bottle of edge flex. So no heat needed for it? (which is good cause I don't have any heating elements)

Always be looking elsewhere for leather tools. A common hair dryer makes a pretty decent heat gun.

[Mattsbagger]

A wood burner is a decent Filituse for heating and smoothing an edge also. End Tandy Edge Flex is Fenice edge paint bottled for Tandy. It's pretty good stuff actually. 

[Dun]

14 hours ago, Mattsbagger said:

A wood burner is a decent Filituse for heating and smoothing an edge also. End Tandy Edge Flex is Fenice edge paint bottled for Tandy. It's pretty good stuff actually. 

Edge flex is actually good? Could a soldering iron work? I could have been having nice edges all this time?

[Mattsbagger]

Yes edge flex is good. I have a $30 adjustable temp wood burner from Micheals. A soldering iron probably work but carefully cuz it's hotter than you need. Some just sand between coat and burnish with beeswax after your happy. Practice on scrap and see what works for you.