Teach you how to apply edge oil well. How should edge oil be applied?

Author: Uplayer https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/29391572 Leather friends often ask us questions, how to apply edge oil? Handmade Leather goods Beginners are most afraid of the oil on the top, which often goes out of bounds. , unevenness, etc. Let’s share our experiences here. What is edge oil, how to apply edge oil, how to polish and iron edges, if these issues can be understood, edge oiling will get twice the result with half the effort when making handmade leather goods. Some words need to be written in front. Every time I share the process of making handmade leather goods, the entire team spends a lot of time on production, photography, retouching, and editing. We are happy to share, but that does not mean we are obligated to share or accept malicious "pointers". If sharing is helpful to you, we will be very happy and hope you will forward it to more people to know about us; but if you cannot agree, please close this sharing silently.

We are deploying I have also read a lot of information about edge oil. Here we will briefly explain what edge oil is. Edge oil is a colored, liquid material made of resins such as polyurethane resin, polyvinyl chloride or water-based polyacrylic resin. By the way, let’s introduce the professional terms of these organic polymer materials. The full name of polyurethane is polyurethane. It is an emerging organic polymer material. It is known as the "fifth largest plastic" and is widely used in many fields of the national economy because of its excellent performance. Polyvinyl chloride is PVC. , I believe everyone is familiar with it. It was once the most widely produced general plastic in the world and is widely used. Water-based acrylic resin is, yes, one of the main components of water-based edge oil on the market. Excellent edge oil should have the following characteristics: excellent fluidity and film-forming properties, quick drying, high hiding and adhesion; environmentally friendly, non-toxic and harmless. If it is to meet EU standards, the SVHC concentration should be less than 0.1%; After the coating dries, it can withstand high temperatures without melting and low temperatures without bursting.

We are handmade Leather goods lovers, how do you oil the edges? We introduce three ways of applying oil for your reference. The first oneUse an awl, the second type uses a cotton swab, and the third type uses an edge oil box. All three methods can be used to apply edge oil well. The premise is that the technique needs to be proficient. If you practice more, you can apply edge oil well. 1. No matter what method is used to apply oil on the edge, the prerequisite is to level the edge first before applying oil. Leveling method: 1. If the edges of the leather are not aligned, use a Japanese leather knife or utility knife to cut off the protruding part along the short edge. 2. There is a dent in the middle of the edge of the leather. If the dent is serious, you can cut a piece of leather to fill it. This is the last resort. We try to avoid this situation during the production process. If the dent is not too severe, use 400-grit sandpaper to smooth the edges. 3. If there are leather fibers on the edges of the leather that cause the edges to fluff, you can use an edge iron or electric iron to flatten the edges. Leather fibers are mainly protein, and the fine fibers will be burned when ironed at high temperatures. Make the edges even. 2. How to apply edge oil with an awl: Use an awl to apply a small amount of edge oil on the tip of the awl. The appropriate amount is not in the form of drops. Starting from the tip of the awl, scrape downward while pushing in a specific direction towards the edge of the leather. Use the right angle formed by the leather surface and the edge of the leather to scrape the edge oil of the awl so that the edge oil remains on the edge of the leather. Repeat left and right. Once, if the middle is not covered, gently pull it with the tip of the awl so that the edge oil evenly covers the edge of the leather. It is difficult to express the technique in words. To summarize, one principle is: find the right angle and scrape.

3. Steps to use cotton swab to apply oil: If using an awl to apply oil is suitable for thick application, then using cotton swab to apply oil is suitable for thin application. First Dip the cotton swab into the edge oil. The amount should not be too much. It is better if there is no edge oil flowing on the surface of the cotton swab. Gently wipe the edge of the leather back and forth, be gentle and do not squeeze the cotton swab, otherwise the edge oil in the cotton swab will After it is squeezed out, just wipe it gently back and forth. Because it is a thin coating, it dries quickly. After drying, use an edge ironing machine (about 4.5-5 gears) to heat the edges. Pay attention to the speed. What speed is it? It’s difficult to express. Readers can accumulate experience on their own. Then polish the edges, apply edge oil again, and repeat until you achieve the effect you want.

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