kobblers Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Believe it or not, for the first time in 25 years I've been asked to recover a heel in patent leather. I'm having a problem with it Normally, I'd dampen a leather heel covering and stretch it into place but I tried that on the patent and it just wrinkled and looked a right mess. Any ideas? Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfman Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 generally the patent I to thick rick try soaking it and then skiving it down as thin as poss let it dry and warm it up to soften the poly and you should ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormwelt Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hi Rick. Does anyone near you have a splitter? I am lucky as I know someone at Cordwainers in Hackney who splits mine when I need it done. Do you have a belt maker or some such near you as the one near me also has a splitter, however, generally theirs only go down to 1mm when it would be better to go down to 0.5mm. But I have used 1mm covers before without much of a problem. Cheers Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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