Re: Leather Hardening

[bearslayer@juno.com (Christopher M Dawson)]

Poster: bearslayer@juno.com (Christopher M Dawson)

What type of wax?  Bees wax?  Parafin?
Please, some one correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't parafin wax make
leather a little harder than just bees wax?

In, Service,
Nikolai Bearslayer
 
On Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:23:31 -0400 (EDT) Michael Surbrook
<susano@access.digex.net> writes:
>
>Poster: Michael Surbrook <susano@access.digex.net>
>
>Greeting unto Cheapside!
>
>I am currently rebuilding my arm harness and am looking for 
>suggestions on
>how best to harden a leather vambrace.  I've already rubeed wax into 
>it
>and backed it for about 2 hours at 170 degrees,but it's still too
>flexible.  Any other ideas?  Should I soak it in wax, boil it in hot
>water, back it longer?
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael Limner, esq
>
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