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Step 4Covering the structure
This is an easy but long process. First glue about 1 cm of the structure, on the back side. Allow the glue to dry, then proceed 1-1,5 cm at time, tending the leather to avoid creases. When you reach the front hole (you can cover the side hole without problem, I think), glue only the side part. Then roll the leather around the front hole, matching on the other side (where you see the seam). It sounds hard, but it's easier to do than to say.
One the glue is dry, cut all along the structure border, leaving 5 mm all around. The part where the leather is touching itself, cut exactly one flap, the other at 5 mm of distance. Fold in half that flap, creating a border, then glue on the other flap. Finally, carefully fold and glue the border, cutting if you need to.
Now you have two holes covered by the leather (one is actually a leather cone). With a sharp blade, cut the leather on the side hole in 6-8 "slices". Before gluing, try to insert your plate. If the hole is too tight (there is leather, now), refine its edges to fit. The plate should enter with some effort, not too loosely. When the hole is fitting right, fold the flaps and glue them. Cut also the cone at 5 mm from the hole edge, add some perpendular cuts, fold and glue again. The last thing is to cut at the center of the rectangular hole, along it's length, and inserting the strap. This time there's no need to glue, because the strap will hold everything in place.
Fold the strap in a way similar to that used when gluing the seam, securing it from slipping.
You should obtain something similar to the pics.
One the glue is dry, cut all along the structure border, leaving 5 mm all around. The part where the leather is touching itself, cut exactly one flap, the other at 5 mm of distance. Fold in half that flap, creating a border, then glue on the other flap. Finally, carefully fold and glue the border, cutting if you need to.
Now you have two holes covered by the leather (one is actually a leather cone). With a sharp blade, cut the leather on the side hole in 6-8 "slices". Before gluing, try to insert your plate. If the hole is too tight (there is leather, now), refine its edges to fit. The plate should enter with some effort, not too loosely. When the hole is fitting right, fold the flaps and glue them. Cut also the cone at 5 mm from the hole edge, add some perpendular cuts, fold and glue again. The last thing is to cut at the center of the rectangular hole, along it's length, and inserting the strap. This time there's no need to glue, because the strap will hold everything in place.
Fold the strap in a way similar to that used when gluing the seam, securing it from slipping.
You should obtain something similar to the pics.
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Maybe cover the sides with duct tape to keep the sharp ends safe, would that be a good alternative?
Using spray paint was one of alternatives I thought, but I found that it was more expensive than acrilic, at least for me.
If you apply it directly on plastic, be sure that it can be applied on this kind of surface.