Replacing leather welt

[grogimus]

I managed to booger up fitting my edges on a sheath while gluing up and didn't notice until after it had been tapped and clamped together with barge cement.

Being that it's barge cement the leather in the welt gave before the cement.

My first thought is to use a sanding drum on a Dremel on its lowest speed to get to clean leather but I imagine this is something other people have run into before and was curious how you deal with it, or if you just start all over. I imagine acetone would work to remove the glue but I also can't imagine it being good for the leather.

Thanks for any help!

 

[WhiteKnuckle]

Honestly, I'd just glue the new welt in right over that mess. Cleaning it up will be more trouble than it's worth, and between the new cement you put down and your stitching the sheath will be more than strong enough.

 

[leatherman]

What he said, Just glue in a new welt and keep running!

If it looks too awful fuzzy to you just take some rough grit sand paper and run it over that welt line and pill it up. As you rub over the area the leather will pill up and come off.

 

[sheathmaker]

I'll second WhiteKnuckle and Leatherman. The new Barge will reactivate the old Barge and everything should come out fine. Just clean up the mess during the edge finishing process.

Paul