Does this work??

[Dwight]

4 hours ago, Tequila said:

@Dwight I don’t understand when you say “properly moistened”, how wet is that?  The couple of times that I wet molded it took overnight to dry, so I’m guessing that I must have  over-wetted the leather.  Thanks for any advice. 

Knife sheath . . . holster . . .  cell phone case . . . all get a wet molded experience with me . . . sometimes more than one . . . but usually one is enough.

I literally dunk it in a jar or pan of room temperature water . . . leave it for about 10 seconds . . . pull it out . . . use paper towels to suck up any excess.

Then I mold . . . and quite honestly . . . I use a vacuum pump and a bag to do most of the molding.  A cigar case would not need that . . . only the form.

And yes . . . it is an overnight to 24 hour process . . . you really . . . really need to let it dry before going on.

You can help it along with heat . . . just make sure you stay below 145 deg F . . . and you can "force dry" the project.  Be advised though . . . that will turn it the next thing to rock hard.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Bert03241]

I don't think you can really over wet. I like my leather soaked but not mushy so like Dwight says 10 second is good I like 15 to get it really soaked thru molds easy. yes takes a while to dry but not to bad here in the desert sun temps in the 100's

[Tequila]

@Dwight  thanks!