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I have now started to recondition the leather on the wheel. It's a multi step process so I will post pictures at each stage.
The following pictures are after a thorough clean with white spirit and single coat of leather colour. The leather looks a little lighter than in the other pictures but trust me it's the same. In fact I have only put the leather re-colour on the affected areas and the main leather had not been touched. I was quite suprised how much a single coat has done.
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Second Coat of leather colour
I left the first coat dry and then applied a second coat. I'm getting more impressed with each use.
I have a little spillage as I was not steady enogh with the brush I used but still. It's starting to look quite good.
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15th February 2009, 18:50 | #13 |
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Looking at the progress
If you look at what I started with compared to now I think you'll agree it is quite suprising how good this stuff I'm using is.
Before After
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15th February 2009, 18:51 | #14 |
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That is looking very good!
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15th February 2009, 19:06 | #15 |
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Thanks. I want to try and re-smooth the leather where it has been rubbed a lot. At the moment it's a little frayed and does not quite feel the same on the large area. Any ideas?
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15th February 2009, 19:18 | #16 |
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Could you shave it??
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Hi Steve,
Glad its working o.k, when i used it after 4 or 5 coats it looked like new. I dried mine with a hair dryer between coats to make it quicker. Cheers Mel:lol: Last edited by Mel Dawson; 15th February 2009 at 19:42.. Reason: misspelling |
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HI, Yes it's working great thanks.. The colour is a perfect match. I'm in no hurry but I did also use a hair dryer to dry the first coat. I think it will look excellent when finished but i don't think it will feel perfect. I'm tempted to shave it and then use a fine wet and dry to just clean the worst of the 'frayed' edges.
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Id be very careful Steve as you may make it worse perhaps try it on the back of it.
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I will probably try the wheel out for a few weeks after I've finished this attempt. If I don;t like the feel only then will I get a little more drastic. The other option is to transplant some leather from a non wood wheel as they are cheap enough.
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