Hello, I'm David from beautiful North Devon in England and I have been making since 2013. I used to have a lovely 'Persian stained' wallet and was wondering if anyone knew how to create this patterning? I tried a couple of methods but they were awful, as i didn't get the smokey effect.
My other question is has anyone found a supplier for French Saregum glue? I have searched all the usual online places. I have learnt so much from Philip over the last month, even though I am a veteran of 8 years. A huge thanks and worth every penny!
I tried something similar, but I'll give it a go.i don't fancy the oil based floating in water, it just forms puddles. Let you know if it works.
@dhowells2094, Have you ever tried this?
If you use vegetable tanned leather, you can moisten it a little with water before you paint it.
With a wad of scrunced newspaper that you dab in the paint and then on the leather, you get the structure of the creases in the leather. Where there is a lot of paint you get a dark effect, less paint gives the smoky effect you are talking about.
If you're afraid of dabbing too much paint on your leather, dab the excess on a piece of cardboard or paper first before dabbing it on to the leather.
Once the leather has dried completely, you can oil it and then treat it with, for example, acrylic resolene.
If you are going to give it a try, I am of course very curious about the result.
Kind regards, Monique
Sorry, meant GP Silicone, for non slip.
@dhowells2094 Welcome to the forum David! Thank you very much for the kind words. It's a pleasure to have you join us here.
That looks similar to leather marbling. It's where you have leather dye on the surface of a pool of water, then you carefully dip the hide in to absorb the floating dye.
It could also be hand applied, but to get soft edges to the design, you would need to dampen the leather first before applying the dye with a scrunched up cloth or sponge.
A hard one to decipher!
Have you tried Evo-Stik solvent free contact adhesive? I have Saregum too and I much prefer the Evo-Stik. You can get it in B&Q too for about £7 (or online). You can water it down and it works just like Saregum, or you can use it thick and enjoy faster glue-up times.