CAUTION: For projects which will not be lined, the use of cement on flesh side of tooling leather to adhere to backing can cause difficulty.
Water can also stain leather. It is possible a few drops of water will accidentally spill on a piece of leather, and going unnoticed, will be allowed to dry. This will cause a definite stain and créate a darkened área that cannot be removed, unless treated at once! If water has been dropped onto dry leather, moisten the entire piece of leather at once. Apply more moisture to the spotted área with a sponge, fading out the surrounding áreas. Enough moisture has to be applied to the spotted área to render it invisible, or the spot will always remain. In other words, the área surrounding the spot must have an equal amount of moisture added so that when the entire piece dries, the spotted área will dry unnoticed.
TRANSFERRING YOUR DESIGN A tracing pattern is a drawing of the outlines of a design, indicating the Unes to be cut with the swivel knife. Even when the design is an original creation, a tracing pattern is necessary. Decorative details or uses of the stamping tools are usually not shown on the tracing pattern.
Tracing film is recommended for making transfer patterns.Tracing film will outlast tracing paper, but either is satisfactory. Never use carbón paper on leather.
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