NR - Painting Leather

[claryce at ix.netcom.com]

First of all, how small of an area are you talking about? I've been able to "paint" dye into 
some rather small places. The other idea would be to use acrylic and then seal it with some sort 
of sealer. The problem is that I don't know how long the sealer would last under fighting 
conditions.
The other problem with using any kind of surface paint is that any oils or other moist 
compounds..ie water,sweat,leather conditioners will eventually soak through the leather and 
"pop-off" the paint.
If your armor is tooled, you might want to go with some sort of leather stain, and then a 
sealer.
Remember that you only want to try and seal one side of your leather if you can help it. This 
way you can still add leather conditioners as you clean your armor. This will help extend the 
life of the leather so you don't have to repair or replace it within a couple of years.

hope this helps,
Aethelstan
Namron


>I am wanting to paint the leather parts of my armor. Does anyone have any
>suggestions as to what to use? I don't want to re-do it in a year, and it
>will be used for fighting, so I don't want it to come off easily. I am
>assuming that leather dye would be best, but it spreads so easily that you
>can't paint small areas with it. Will fabric paint flake off? How about
>magic markers or something similar?
>
>Gilyan
>Mooneschadowe



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