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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Leather finish
« on: April 11, 2010, 10:44:07 pm »
Would I be totally nuts to spar varnish over my leather arrow pass?  I suppose I'd lose some of the quietness if I did so?  Has anybody done it?

Thanks!

Garett
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2010, 11:59:31 pm »
Leather need to breath. I would not varnish over the leather.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2010, 01:47:07 am »
Thanks, Pat!  Appreciate the response.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 02:35:15 am »
back when I was tooling leather all the time I always finished with neetlac leather finnish, a shelac, can't hurt to ty it as long as it's not ruffside out
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 03:43:11 pm »
Thanks for the tip, bubby!
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2010, 05:34:42 pm »
Neetlac is a great product, but Tandy no longer distributes it. I have yet to find a suitable replacement.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2010, 08:24:37 pm »
Found a leatherworking forum thread about neetlac replacements.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=15013&hl=neat+lac

Based on page 1, the frontrunners seem to be "Clearlac", and "RTC".  There are 3 pages though.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Leather finish
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2010, 01:50:16 am »
Guess that shows how long it's been since I tooled any leather, hope the newer stuff works out
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