I'm new to this forum and not-so-new to the leather stitching, but right now, I came to the part, where my experience and knowledge doesn't help anymore.
I had a supplier, who delivered me finished leather, ready for use, which means, I never really had to deal with treating leather anyhow, I just cut and sew it into finished product.
But now I lost that supplier, and moved on. I started to buy leather from ebay, named "5-5.5 oz. Natural Veg Tan Cowhide".
I don't have a single clue how by any mean, how to treat that kind of leather from beggining to the finished product.
How to soften it, to shape it? How to treat it? What dye should I use? What finish after dye should I use? What should I use for edges? How, what, where...ahh, too many question. Any guide anywhere, I could find?
Many thanks to any reply.
I had a supplier, who delivered me finished leather, ready for use, which means, I never really had to deal with treating leather anyhow, I just cut and sew it into finished product.
But now I lost that supplier, and moved on. I started to buy leather from ebay, named "5-5.5 oz. Natural Veg Tan Cowhide".
I don't have a single clue how by any mean, how to treat that kind of leather from beggining to the finished product.
How to soften it, to shape it? How to treat it? What dye should I use? What finish after dye should I use? What should I use for edges? How, what, where...ahh, too many question. Any guide anywhere, I could find?
Many thanks to any reply.