An Idle mind is the Devil's playground.
Well at least that's how the Google search worded it.
I'm sitting here contemplating as to whether I should attempt covering Winkin' and Blinkin'.
The real hard part would be turning the stuff, down into the bezels where the mesh is and getting it to stick well enough w/o getting that damn spray glue all over the mesh. One path I've contemplated has been to paint the mesh first, let it thoroughly dry, mask it off, then spray that glue in the center first and force the leather down to the mesh edge. I'd take an XActo knife and trim the excess off at the mesh.
The other way just popped into my head, and I did a few quick searches to see if it could be done, and look decent. (follow me here)
I trim the leather edge at the top of the bevel. Cut it clean, then do a thing called burnishing the leather edge (sanding) dyeing it black, then sealing it. The inside bezel would be black then, w/ the mesh gold.
By doing it this way, the very outside edge of the bezel will still maintain it's sharpness, and since I'm sanding the leather it will kinda round over to that edge by sealing it, then painting it, I think it'll blend the raw edge, but still leave two distinct edges exposed (the leather, and the metal)
I'm gonna go and do this w/ a piece of scrap 1/8" steel, and a little piece of leather as a test, and I'll see if i like it.
Well at least that's how the Google search worded it.
I'm sitting here contemplating as to whether I should attempt covering Winkin' and Blinkin'.
The real hard part would be turning the stuff, down into the bezels where the mesh is and getting it to stick well enough w/o getting that damn spray glue all over the mesh. One path I've contemplated has been to paint the mesh first, let it thoroughly dry, mask it off, then spray that glue in the center first and force the leather down to the mesh edge. I'd take an XActo knife and trim the excess off at the mesh.
The other way just popped into my head, and I did a few quick searches to see if it could be done, and look decent. (follow me here)
I trim the leather edge at the top of the bevel. Cut it clean, then do a thing called burnishing the leather edge (sanding) dyeing it black, then sealing it. The inside bezel would be black then, w/ the mesh gold.
By doing it this way, the very outside edge of the bezel will still maintain it's sharpness, and since I'm sanding the leather it will kinda round over to that edge by sealing it, then painting it, I think it'll blend the raw edge, but still leave two distinct edges exposed (the leather, and the metal)
I'm gonna go and do this w/ a piece of scrap 1/8" steel, and a little piece of leather as a test, and I'll see if i like it.