Sanding a Leather Belt Before Painting

Video Transcript

"If you've chosen a newer belt. Some of them have like a really shiny finish on them. You're going to need to take a little bit of it off in order to get the paint to adhere to it. The easiest thing to do is to get a really fine grit sandpaper, like the finest that you can buy. Basically, you're just going to want to lightly sand it to get the finish off. That way your paint we be able to actually soak into the leather. That finish will really prevent the paint from sticking and it'll just sort of sit on top. That's pretty much going to help you really get that paint to sit in there and stick in the belt. That's it. "