NoLifeTilLeather Report post Posted August 23, 2021 My girlfriend and I have been altering and customizing leather jackets for a while, something she has been doing for years on her own, and recently I decided to get back into making leather stuff from scratch so we can collaborate on that kind of stuff as well. She uses Angelus acrylic paint and I was wondering about the best way to use those paints on veg tan and chrome tanned. It's been years since I did this kind of thing and the finishes I have are not great, so I know some of the recommendations will be to get different/better finishes (and I'm open to hearing what those would be too), but in terms of process, when should I let her apply the paint? The other day, I let her paint on an old notebook cover that I made years ago, which I believe was finished with Eco-Flo supersheen. She painted on that with the Angelus acrylic paint, and then we coated it with Angelus acrylic finisher. It seems like it has held up for the time being, but it has only been a week. If I'm making something with veg tan, should I apply a finish first, then let her paint it, and then apply the Angelus finisher over the paint? Or would it be better to let her paint on the unfinished surface and then apply the paint finisher over the paint, and *then* finish the entire thing? Or maybe something else entirely? I'd also like some insight into painting on chrome tanned too, but for the moment, I'm trying to figure out the process with veg tan first. Thanks! -Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
