chrome tann / crust chrome finish

[Lexy]

10 hours ago, Rahere said:

Possibly excessive. You'd be suprised at what goes into wax for wooden floors, and the sprays used for general furniture. But you have to start somewhere.

One thing that puzzles me, though, is that that leather doesn't look like chrome. I did a search for what you have, as you saw from the link, the products on the Avenue Moscow shop may well be, but that looks more like pull-up, a rather expensive veg tan, or latigo, a hybrid tan. What happens when you dampen the surface? Does it go darker for a while?

yes it goes darken for a while

[Lexy]

38 minutes ago, Matt S said:

@Lexy That's a good looking bag! May I ask how you finished the edges?

thx this is my 3rd attempt of making bag . i used fiebings edge kote and sand paper 4 times with S,paper 280 edge kote, S.paper 600.. and same process with 1200 and 2000. but it cracks in a few days.. im gonna try now vernis or uniters edge paint now..

38 minutes ago, Matt S said:

Chrome tanned leathers (and a lot of veg tanned ones) are essentially pre-finished from the tannery. A little quality leather dressing applied periodically will keep it in good condition. If you can't find any commercial ones, try melting together beef or lamb tallow, beeswax and neetsfoot (calve's foot) oil in a 3:1:1: ratio. If you can't get neetsfoot oil most cooking/vegetable oils like sunflower or olive will work. Avoid anything petroleum based.

This is a traditional mixture for hard-working leather gear, but it does smell. You can add a little bit of scented oil to improve the smell. A lot of people recommend beeswax and oil in a 1:1 ratio but I find that far too oily.

well im learning : )) im im scared to not mess up something.. so i want to buy already tested and good care/protection creme or something.. i can buy from amazon or from rmleathersupply .. i bought Saphir delicate and uniters cream gonna test them but im not sure how they will do the job

[Lexy]

51 minutes ago, Matt S said:

If you can't find any commercial ones, try melting together beef or lamb tallow, beeswax and neetsfoot

too many on amazon.. i just cant decide which is best to buy or test giardani has. uniters also. fenice. saphir and many others but i cant trust my self :D for now.. would be great if some more experienced will recomend me some <3

[mike02130]

12 hours ago, Rahere said:

Georgia tbilisi doesnt have any good leather care products... 
what about saphir and uniters? i want to try 

I use (neutral) Saphir Medaille D'or and Uniters leather protection cream.  The Saphir gives a slightly better shine than the Uniters.  For flat items like wallets I use the Saphir paste.  Handbags I use the Uniters.  The only reason I use Uniters on the bags is that it easier to apply and buff a larger 3-dimensional object such as a bag.  A final buff with a horse hair brush really brings out the shine.

 

[Lexy]

56 minutes ago, mike02130 said:

I use (neutral) Saphir Medaille D'or and Uniters leather protection cream.  The Saphir gives a slightly better shine than the Uniters.  For flat items like wallets I use the Saphir paste.  Handbags I use the Uniters.  The only reason I use Uniters on the bags is that it easier to apply and buff a larger 3-dimensional object such as a bag.  A final buff with a horse hair brush really brings out the shine.

 

Tank you! thats all what i needed <3 thx!

[mike02130]

By the way,  Uniters edge paint is much much better than Fieblings.

[Lexy]

51 minutes ago, mike02130 said:

By the way,  Uniters edge paint is much much better than Fieblings.

i wanted to test / buy Vernis edge paint. price is same as uniters.. so ill buy uniters thx :))

[Rahere]

5 hours ago, Lexy said:

yes it goes darken for a while

This and the fact it's taking edgekote argues it's not chrome leather, though, whatever it is.  Chrome doesn't allow water to soak in. Try tooling it, this may be a translation issue. Could it be a mixed-blend latigo?

[Matt S]

4 hours ago, Rahere said:

This and the fact it's taking edgekote argues it's not chrome leather, though, whatever it is.  Chrome doesn't allow water to soak in. Try tooling it, this may be a translation issue. Could it be a mixed-blend latigo?

Sorry chap, going to have to disagree quite strongly with you there. Nothing inherent about chrome tanned leather that prevents water from soaking in, nor from taking edge kote. It's still a nonwoven mesh of fibres. A kitchen sponge, a piece of felt and a scotchbrite pad will all absorb water and take edge kote, doesn't make them veg tanned leather. A better test is: if you wet it then bend it, does the piece of leather /hold/ a shape after it dries?

[Lexy]

5 hours ago, Matt S said:

Sorry chap, going to have to disagree quite strongly with you there. Nothing inherent about chrome tanned leather that prevents water from soaking in, nor from taking edge kote. It's still a nonwoven mesh of fibres. A kitchen sponge, a piece of felt and a scotchbrite pad will all absorb water and take edge kote, doesn't make them veg tanned leather. A better test is: if you wet it then bend it, does the piece of leather /hold/ a shape after it dries?

ill do it and post a pic. but i doubt it will hold the shape will post pic later