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- From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Hemming Leather Pants
- Message-ID: <tcora-250193081819@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 13:31:38 GMT
- References: <28190@sybase.sybase.com> <1jovhaINN52i@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
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- In article <1jovhaINN52i@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed
- Green - Pixel Cruncher) wrote:
- >
- > In article 28190@sybase.sybase.com, leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey) writes:
- > >
- > >Damnear any sewing
- > >machine will sew garment leather (which is what I presume the pants are
- > >made of) -- but do make sure you have a heavy-duty needle.
- >
- > If you don't have a sewing machine (or don't trust Leigh Ann), find a
- > shoe repair shop. I've found the little hole in the wall shops,
- > downtown, with the 80 year old man, do the best work. They've got all
- > the stuff for sewing leather, putting in grommets, zippers, etc.
- > Reasonable prices, and they usually do really good work, it being such
- > a nice change of pace for them and a break from fixing buckles on
- > smelly old shoes.
-
- I got some gloo from a crafts store (on recommendation of a friend's wife),
- which smells just like the stuff the shoe repair guys use. So far, it seems
- to have held up well, but then I've only worn them once. (Damn if I can
- figger out how to carry my skis on the K-whiner.) As Leigh Ann says, I can
- always sew them up later, should the gloo begin to let go.
-
- ObGABE: GetABikeEd.
-
- tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
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