Found a way to age the veg goat...

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Posted by Patterson from spider-tm021.proxy.aol.com on April 01, 2001 at 03:12:29:

In Reply to: Re: Always thought the veg goat was supposed to be a match for the original Raiders' leather in color (nm) posted by MK on March 31, 2001 at 10:49:15:

: Patterson feels that the veg goat is closer to a movie jacket he saw. I am basing my opinion on the movies and photos. Also the chrome goat has the beige highlights and I have yet to find a way to make highlights on the veg. When I saw Lee's jacket at FS, I only had new shinny jackets to compare it to. Also we were busy doing other things. What I really need to do, is get together with Lee again and really compare it with different samples. Also with my goat now that I have taken the shine off and aged it a bit. But the leather Lee's jacket is made of is nothing like Peter's current lamb.

On a sample, I was able to age it using alcohol. First, I had to break down the top coat of the finish by lightly but consistantly rubbing with a very fine synthetic scrub pad. This barely dulled the finish, but apparently opened it up to the solvent. I applied the alcohol liberally with a cotton ball, and it took the pigment right off.

Just thought I'd share - cheers!

Patterson

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