In a message dated 8/2/2011 4:10:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
ambritts at bellsouth.net writes:
> I am assuming that you are referring to the arm rests and the curve piece
>
> that goes up the rear fender. The way I did mine was to create a wooden
> form
> that was placed in a bench vise that the metal piece sat on while the
> leather was carefully stretched on to it. The leather was soaked in water
> over night in my tub. I used 3M spray adhesives and they came out great.
> When the leather dries it is usually after the adhesives has, so it forms
> a
> nice tight fit as it shrinks. The trick is the sharpest curve at the
> bottom.
> This takes patience and a slow process of rolling it out with your
> fingers.
> Any kind of mechanical roller like a wallpaper roller will only flatten
> out
> the grain and it looks like crap. If you go to fast than you get wrinkles.
>
> If you are interested in the form, I can try and dig a picture out. I
> remember that I saw the form on this forum, so someone else has it also.
>
Interesting, I wouldn't have thought the wet leather would stick to the
glue. What I need are some spare pieces to learn on. I always seem to get it
wrong the first time out.
Thanks
Dave
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