Gary H Phillips
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Joined: 2007-05-06
Location: Seekonk, MA
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Tim,
I work with leather all the time. I think you will find that if you glue it with good old fashioned hot hide glue the results will be more than good. Size the MDF with a slightly thinner mix first and if it soaks in too much, apply a second after it dries. You actually want a bit of a "finish" look to the MDF before actually gluing. What happens is the glue size gives a surface for the glue to bond to rather than just soaking into, like when painting.
Apply a good solid coat quickly and then roll out the leather. Peel back a section and if the leather doesn't have enough glue, peel back 50% of the surface and re glue and repeat on the other 50% of the surface.
Take a clothes iron on rather low heat and through a cloth of some kind, like an old bed sheet, iron the leather lightly. Alow to dry a few hours.
It will never come off unless you want it too after that.
Hide Glue is a wonderful thing!
Cheers
Gary
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