Vinegaroon then tooling or vice versa

[BradB]

Which is the best route to go, I just tested my batch that has been sitting a week and it works great... But not sure which to do first the tooling and then dying with the vinegaroon or the other way around. Will dunking it and rinsing it after tooling make the leather swell and ruin the tooling? I guess I could do a test piece....

[sodapop]

brad i'm no expert with the vinagroon...but i filter my batch every so often with a t-shirt so its clean of particals and such for the most part...but i tool and assemble...then dunk...i don't rinse after...virtually no smell with my old batch...i just let dry and oil (help with richer darkening) and aussie...my batch is pretty potent i did in the spring and its a fairly quick dunk...if ya seen that last sheath i did...with the sheridan U and border stamp...i didn't have any issues with it messing up my tooling...not even the little subtle ridges on the mule stamp i used to lightly accent part of the lower U with...

i think ya may want to always dip after...it also seems to me...that the vinagoon also stiffens up the leather as well...

also remember you can paint on the vinagroon if it applies to what your doin...

darryl

Edited September 9, 2008 by sodapop

[BradB]

Thanks Darryl!! I figured as much but this is gong to be a purse for the wife and I didn't want to mess it up.