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Help with Antique Baseball (I think I killed it)
Posted By: ZCollects
Looking for some advice, looks like I screwed up my baseball pretty bad. I've posted this on other sites but figured this was a good place too. I have a game-used Official AL Harridge baseball that had a thick coat of lacquer. I stripped most of the lacquer but I couldn't get the shellac from inside the laces and some spots. |
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Help with Antique Baseball (I think I killed it)
Posted By: William
OUCH! Did you use lacquer thinner or alcohol to take it off or were you scraping/sanding it off? Whatever you did, I agree, it looks horrible. Forget about matching the color with a new coat. It takes years to yellow and when you overlap the edges there will be a distinct line. |
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Help with Antique Baseball (I think I killed it)
Posted By: ZCollects
Thank you for the tip. I will try that if I don't find a safer solution first. I may look into dying the rest of the ball to match, or mud rubbing it first. Might practice on some cheap balls I have. |
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Help with Antique Baseball (I think I killed it)
Posted By: William
Try the alcohol first. It evaporates in seconds and shouldn't hurt the leather. Dying, or trying to add color to it using other means will be a total write-off. The horse hide is bone dry at this point. You'll never get an even tone across the leather or through the shellac. Never mind the damage that you'll do to the stitching. |
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