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Attaching Leather To Wood. I have some fairly thick (8oz.) veg tan leather that i want to attach to a curved strip of wood. With a flat putty knife, kindly work on smoothing the leather to remove unwanted creases and wrinkles that may occur.
Never had the bond fail and i always put at least 2 coats of glue on both surfaces. The curved strip is be 1/2 by 6, and the piece of leather is 6x6. The contact area will be pretty minimal.
Apply a single layer of contact cement to the side of the leather that. If you glue it, then you will have a hard time replacing it should the need arise, quote. The curved strip is be 1/2 by 6, and the piece of leather is 6x6.
Never had the bond fail and i always put at least 2 coats of glue on both surfaces. Use a clamp and piece of wood to hold it in place. Like dan, i have always used contact cement to glue leather faces to mallets i have made.
What i would do is to wet form a piece of veg tan 8/9 oz around your jaws. Apply cement glue to the leather. Smooth the leather and trim excesses.
The contact area will be pretty minimal. It is important to firmly use a roller to roll the leather into the glued surface of the wood to get good adhesion. I have some fairly thick (8oz.) veg tan leather that i want to attach to a curved strip of wood.
Gluing leather to wood step 1: Now, cut the excess with a pair of scissors if the leather sticks out of the wood. I was considering either liquid hide glue or epoxy.
