The Best Way To Apply Embroidered Patches To Leather

Embroidered patches have existed for hundreds of years dating all the way back to ancient Asian civilizations

. Yet not until recently has it been possible to place them to your clothing using a hot iron and heat-activated glue. With today's patches you can without difficulty apply them on most fabrics without ever needing a needle and thread. Thankfully having the ability to affix them with a hot iron means that your fingers won't get sore and it is much easier and quicker to do. The only problem is, you can't iron patches to leather - at least in the traditional sense.

Hot Temperatures and Leather Do not Go So Well Together

With respect to affixing embroidered patches to clothing with a hot iron, what you are actually doing is heating up the glue on the back of the patch until it gets quite soft. That requires a great number of heat; heat that can damage the sensitive finish of leather.

It is true that leather is a very durable material, but the surface is easily damaged by concentrated heat sources. This presents two problems. First of all, the glue are not going to adhere to the damaged leather and the patch will fall off. And when the patch does fall off, the leather will be left with an ugly mark where the iron has burned it. Other materials such as vinyl and faux leather will have the same problems. You should also consider the fact that if you could get the patch hot enough so that it would stick to your leather, one slip of your hand could imply the rest of your leather could get burned and scorched. So using a hot iron near leather clothing as well as other goods is never advisable.

There Is Another Way

We previously mentioned that it is not possible to place embroidered patches to leather with a hot iron in the traditional sense. We use the expression "traditional sense" because there is a non-traditional method that works well. The way to do this is with a special glue and an iron that has not been heated. Yes, an unheated iron. You're only going to be using your iron to press the patch on.

Because leather can be quite difficult to work with, you're going to need special glue in order to make this work. In order to find this special glue, you'll need to look at sewing shops, craft fairs or a high end leather goods store. Just be sure you carefully read the directions on the bottle, making sure that use on leather products is specifically mentioned. Otherwise you might possibly be flushing your hard earned cash down the toilet.

The glue needs to be applied to the back of the patch as per the instructions on the bottle and then you should carefully place the patch onto the part of the leather where you want it. Next thing you need to do is use your cold iron to press down firmly onto the patch for the number of time as stated on the glue bottle. After you might have held it down for the required time to give the glue time to stick, you can release the iron and just wait until it dries. Ensure You know for certain where you want the patch to be before you lay it down. Once you've placed the patch on the leather, you can not remove it or you will be left with a stain.

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