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gyoung

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 211
Location: Republic of Texas

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: Molding leather help needed

I'm considering  covering the fiberglass switch panel I made with the same leather I bought  for the seats/sidewalls. The trick is the inset for the controls so it needs to  be molded somehow. Picture attached if it gets through. I've never done  anything like that before but that's part of the fun isn't it? (gulp!) It  sounds like wet-molding may work but what I've turned up is very short on  details and focuses on holsters and sheaths with stitching and rivets, not a  covering to be glued on. Has anyone done something similar and can offer some  pointers or source for more info? I'm hoping it turns out to be simple but I'd  prefer not wasting a lot of leather to find out otherwise.  Thanks

  

Regards,

Greg Young - Houston (DWH)

RV-6 N6GY - project  Phoenix

Navion N5221K - just an XXL  RV-6A

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Larygagnon(at)aol.com
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject: Molding leather help needed

Greg, If a good heat gun and some stretching in the area of the recess in the center   aren't enough to get the material to lay flat you could cut a horizontal relief in the material in the area of the cables and cover the cut with a separate leather wrapped overlay of thin aluminum. Matching vinyl material if available would be more pliable then leather.   If you make pattern out of vinyl a local upholstery shop should be able to sew the material for a custom look but you have to be careful where you put the seam to keep it out of the way.

 

 Larry Gagnon

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gyoung

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 211
Location: Republic of Texas

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:08 am Post subject: Molding leather help needed

Thanks Larry. Are you talking about using a heat  gun on dry or wet leather? I hadn't seen that. Does it work like vinyl?  I've thought about sewn seams (I've got a machine for upholstery - still  learning that too) but am concerned about the multiple thicknesses. Since it's  going to be glued down I thought about butt-joint seams but wonder if they will  lift or swell/shrink over time. So many questions... Thoughts  anyone?

  

 Regards,

Greg Young

  



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Greg, If a good heat gun and some stretching in the area of    the recess in the center  aren't enough to get the material to lay flat    you could cut a horizontal relief in the material in the area of the cables    and cover the cut with a separate leather wrapped overlay of thin aluminum.    Matching vinyl material if available would be more pliable then leather.     If you make pattern out of vinyl a local upholstery shop should be able to sew    the material for a custom look but you have to be careful where you put the    seam to keep it out of the way.



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