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Burnishing Chrome tan leather (lemmy.ca)

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I am having some issues burnishing some chrome tans. I would love to hear what everybody is using to burnish edges please

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Tokonole pretty much on everything. I recently had a chrome tan though that was (for me) impossible to burnish. I tried a wooden slicker and canvas and all it did was fray. Does Tokonole work on all chrome tan for you? I am still quite the beginner so I wouldn’t doubt it’s me.

Edge kote is that similar to Tokonole or more a thicker liquid to coat the edge?

[–] SaladFragments 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No some leather won't burnish, it's not just you. I'm not a pro at thus stuff either. Like chromexcel you can get a decent burnish on. But when I've used crazy horse and similar leather I just edge koted it instead. So it really depends on the leather.

[–] SaladFragments 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the edge kote is more like painting the edges, it has a color to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That’s good. I use lots of different colours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok thanks. I’ll pick up some Edge Kote then and see if I can work it with that.