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Hi everyone,

Been googling all over and finding tonnes of great info around burnishing and using edge paint. Where I’m stuck for this project is dealing with edges on a single piece of leather (I think chrome tanned - certainly not easy to burnish) so the flesh side is exposed.

This happens to be a notebook cover and the picture attached is just part of the flap. The flesh side is beautifully soft so I want to keep that as is. I’m just not sure how to deal with the edges. Is there a common approach to treating edges like this? I thought about edge paint but am worried about how that will affect the flesh side of the edge. I will try on some scrape, but if anyone has some suggestions that would be fantastic.

Thank you!

Greg

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If you are leaving the soft fuzzy flesh side "as is" I would just sand the edges. I don't really do much with chrome tanned edges other than leave them be. If it gets lots of use it will sort of burnish over time.

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