How to age leather?

[s.t.]

I would like to age one of my new leather straps, to make it look real old and vintage.

Has anyone got tips how I get the best results in the shortest time? (I thought about salt water, UV Rays, heat, ect. )

Thanks

[docdoc]

I would like to age one of my new leather straps, to make it look real old and vintage.

Has anyone got tips how I get the best results in the shortest time? (I thought about salt water, UV Rays, heat, ect. )

Thanks

What about bleach ? I had good results with the cheap leather replica straps.

[maas]

Yop there was a tutorial somewhere on how to age the strap of a PAM... I need to find a link.but it was not here (sorry)

http://www.repgeek.com/showthread.php?t=30...ight=pam+bleach

Edited January 5, 2009 by maas

[s.t.]

Hey guys,

Thanks for the reply. What I tried was boyling salt water, sandpaper, fire ( ...ok just a candle) and dubbin.

Worked out pretty well. The "not so cheap" band now looks like i've been fighting on the battlefield, but at least like I have worn the strap for the last 10 years. I'll post pics later on.

Bleach sounds great. I just started to age that strap.

[s.t.]

And thanks to the word "bleach" the search here on the board spit out a few more solution.

Thanks again guys.