Frodo Report post Posted September 15, 2019 I bought some of this rough cut from SLC Leather, the ''details" lead me to believe one side was finished because it says. ""Get a nice grainy Finish on your wallet back'' I can not make it shine, I have burnished it with glass, and used boot wax, buffed till my arm is sore any tips? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) You'll find it very hard to shine splits..best you can probably do is the slick the side that you want to be shiny with saddle soap, and then burnish with a glass "slicker"..Splits have no "top grain" at all, they are what is removed ( split off ) from under the leather to leave the top grain that is normally what you would want..Splits are for "re-inforcement" or "padding" like in a belt..or for practice when you are cutting out patterns to see how it all sews together..They don't take tooling well..Nor will they usually "dye up" even..By "backside"..they mean "inside"..But most people would rather put something else on the "inside"..or leave the inside "as is"..Splits are basically "waste".."upsold". You could also try , after doing the saddle soap and glass slicker, then painting Gum Tragacanth on and slicking that with a glass burnisher..or even resolene ( or any other acrylic finisher ) and burnishing that..That might hold the fibres down a bit..but splits are never going to look like top grain leather ..and if you've done any tooling on them, all that rubbing with glass and additional liquids is going to squash down your tooling. Edited September 15, 2019 by mikesc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
