My leather desk is slowly getting a patina and I want to try to keep that nice surface unspoiled for as long as possible. So while the leather cover was originally meant to protect the desk surface, now I want to protect this leather with another layer of protection. So I’m finishing the leather work pad with stitching and Resolene.
I want a protective covering (the blue self-healing cutting mats aren’t optimal) so I made my work pad from scrap leather last week.
I updated the pad with some Mexican double-braid borders and applied Fiebing’s Resolene to the surface to make it a bit shinier and hopefully protect it from liquids. Although leather cannot be made fully waterproof, I hope that some small water resistance to wine, beer and other noxious chemicals can be achieved.
Lacing takes time, more time that threading since I’ve got to take care not to twist the laces as I work my way around the outside of the pad. And if I pull too tightly I’ll tear the lace and splicing it back together without the seam showing is a finicky and slow process.
The task is a great one to do in the evening while listening to music or watching something (relatively uninteresting) on the computer.