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I'm finally going to start tooling the panel for the nappy backpack, which means working with wet leather. And since wet leather stretches (especially the thinner leather I am working with), I line the back of it with painters tape. Quite a bit of painters tape for a piece this large. While it may not completely stop all the stretching, especially if you are working with a thinner piece that is a little too wet, it makes a huge difference in how the tooling looks when it's done. For those intere