[CR]Re: leather shaping

(Example: Framebuilders:Masi)

From: "Wspokes" <wspokes@penn.com>
To: "Dennis Young" <mail@woodworkingboy.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <BB63AD76.2755%mail@woodworkingboy.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:12:41 -0400
Subject: [CR]Re: leather shaping

Hmmmm....

So with a glove you put a ball in it...tie it up...for a week... So with a seat...I put my WOW in it...and tie it up...hey that sounds like a plan. Gotta go find the girlfriend. But a week sounds like a really long time!

Walt "all joking aside, thanks for the advice" Skrzypek


----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Young
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: leather shaping



> A scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates (I was in their sights for awhile) told
> me that to shape a good pocket in a new glove, one should soak the whole
> thing in water, put a ball in the pocket and tie it up with string, then
> throw it under your bed for a week. It comes out kind of hardened after it
> dries, but oiling it remedies this. If I were applying this method to old
> hardened leather, I would rub a tiny bit of oil into it first to slightly
> loosen up the leather, then do the water tie up treatment. Forcing dried
> out leather into shape might damage it. After tying it up, I'd be inclined
> to shoot some heat on it from a hair dryer. If it dries out too quick, dunk
> it again.
>
> Dennis Young
> Hotaka, Japan
>
>
> > I like the lace idea...
> > I have an old Titanic seat on my Vicini which is ancient and showing the
> > signs. I didn't know quite how to restore it but this sounds like a good way.
> > I was following this thread closely and now have a question or two of my own.
> > My seat is currently dry. no oil. should I wet it and mold it into shape
> > first like others do? wet it and lace it while it is wet? any suggestions??

> >

> > THanks