Depending on room temperature, wet forming can take 2 hrs or an entire day. The new formed wet leather piece doesn’t need to be 100% dry while on the press. I usually let it get about 80% dry before unclamping and removing it off the wooden form. This is a good time to stamp letters, logos or hand tooled designs to the piece. Then with a hand held heat gun, I’ll finish drying the piece and this heat adds some hardening to the veg. tan leather.
Pictured is my 2 part leather form. The gap between the 3/4” poly bard and 1/4” aluminum plate is the thickness of the 8oz. leather piece.
For now, just leave it clamped down and walk away. It will be a few days till I get another chance to finish these Weber tong handles.
Chris
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