How do I glue a wallet liner ?

[Leather Bum]

Can anyone give advice on how to glue a wallet liner (prior to sewing, of course) so the liner will not wrinkle when the wallet is folded? I'm dealing with a pigskin liner, and I want the wallet to fold easily without the liner wrinkling. . .

Thanks for any advice.

L'Bum

[Johanna]

Fold the top piece and begin to glue outward from the center. You can always do a final trim later, if need be. Pocket items can be done with fingers, but on larger items, a plain old rolling pin can be quite handy.

HTH

Johanna

[Luke Hatley]

Can anyone give advice on how to glue a wallet liner (prior to sewing, of course) so the liner will not wrinkle when the wallet is folded? I'm dealing with a pigskin liner, and I want the wallet to fold easily without the liner wrinkling. . .

Thanks for any advice.

L'Bum

LEATHER BUM. Try not gluing the entire lining , this has worked for me.

or if you want to glue the lining, fold the back in to a" u" shape and insert the liner into that .

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[william]

When gluing I use the binder clips from like an office supply store to hold the lining in place works for me and I reuse them every time.

William

[Johanna]

Just watch those clips so that they don't mar the good side of the leather. I always use a scrap in between a clip and the work to protect it.

Johanna

[Leather Bum]

Hello again,

Here are some pictures of the finished wallet. Thank you to everyone for their suggestions; I did get the liner glued in without wrinkles. I think what I did (I don't fully remember ) is apply Duall #88 to both pieces, glue one side first, begin the fold, and then glue the rest; right afterwords, I folded it entirely and let it dry with something heavy on top. As you can see, it's not made out of carving leather; it's one of the scrap pieces I picked up at Tandy one time, so I'm actually not sure what type of leather it is.

This simple wallet is the same pattern as the Tandy Card Case Kit, except it's a little longer to allow cards to fit better. . . Although I did get the edges pretty smooth eventually, I wonder if anyone has a better procedure to slicking the edges of this type of wallet (one layer of unknown leather [maybe chrome-tanned cowhide?] and a liner and pockets made out of pigskin). . . So how would you suggest smoothing this type of edge?

EDIT: Oh yeah, heh, you will probably notice that I stitched the entire wallet backwards (not on purpose)! The inside stitches should be on the outside. . . Oh well, it doesn't look too bad. :D

L'Bum

Edited June 30, 2007 by Leather Bum