What does it look like?

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What does it look like?

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Has anyone distressed a authenic goat. If so how did it look pictures please. How hard is it to distress compared to other leather lamb, cow. I also hear that goat can have a gray color and not the desired black and brown we all seek. Any info would be great?
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Post by Indiana »

I know MK's distressed something... I just dont know what.
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Post by brex »

well I hope he can hurry up, I about to order another and I'am leaning towards goat Just want to see what it looks like distressed.
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Post by cliffhanger »

Go up to the "Search" button and type in "Goat", then pick this forum, "Gear Care and Distressing".

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Post by Marc »

Go up to the "Search" button and type in "Goat", then pick this forum, "Gear Care and Distressing".
Naaa, he's to lazy...

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Naaa, he's to lazy...
(ob1al breaks into hysterical laughter...)

Oh no, here we go again! Brex, get to grips with that search button before this becomes a running joke! :shock:
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Post by auntsugar »

I distressed my goat the other day, she didn't like it......
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Post by ob1al »

I distressed my goat the other day, she didn't like it......
Auntsugar, you should read these forums more often! NEVER try to distress your goat with an electric cattle prod!

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What can I say dumb or dumber? I can see this is going to follow me. :idea:
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Post by Rixter »

IMHO, if you are set on a goatskin, and thinking of heavily distressing it, I personally wouldn’t go with the authentic goat since it’s suppose to be close to the ‘overall’ color already - meaning you can’t add rich dark tones as easily. Which also means you may just wind up making the jacket lighter than you want. Now if you went with the dark brown goatskin, you have the dark already and can concentrate on adding various shadings of lighter tones (old oil painting adage - if you want to show light you need to have dark) as shown here for a very rich looking jacket:

http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic ... thentic+go

And I don’t see any gray in ITG’s fine jacket.

But if your looking for “easy,” you might just want to add various amounts of Fuller’s Earth to your jacket since using acetone or nail polish will require some elbow grease and may easily tire you out, at least your upper arm, in order to achieve a well distressed jacket like the one shown in the link. Oops, 15 yards for piling on. ;)

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Just having a little "play on word" fun, don't need to get nasty.
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