Thread: Making a paddle strop--questions.

Originally Posted by JimR

Also, the back of this leather is pretty smooth--not all rough and thready like most hide, but like velvet. It's soft, as well...would this be ok for pasting? I've got enough for both sides of the paddle, one pasted and one not...What do you think?

Last question--wood glue is ok, right? I don't need some special leather bond or anything?

Thanks, guys, and don't laugh, ok? I'm new at this!

Jim I don't by any far stretch of the imagination claim to be anything of an expert on this, and if anyone else has a PROVEN method, I would defer to them.....

The velvety finish sounds like a perfect surface for pasting to me, I would also IMHO not use a wood glue to affix the leather, if it were me I would be looking more toward a spray style contact adhesive.... I am seeing that you would want a perfectly smooth surface, and the wood glue can not accomplish that, and would leave hard spots under the leather...