lael

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Thanks All, I should have known better...really. I just finished washing / stripping the sheath. All I can say is wow!!!! Woww!!!! That all came off so easily. Three applications of dye and three applications of satin sheen...washed right off in warm water..very little scrubbing required. All I can say on top of that is that Im very disappointed in the salesmen at Tandy leather and myself for trusting their advice. I have totally lost my profit on this project. Im just glad that it didnt go out and bleed off on my client in the field. I have never dyed any of my leather work...only oiled and never had a problem. This was the first time I had a request for a dyed piece. This has been a good lesson. Again, Thank you all for your feedback and advice.

Rayban, Are you saying apply USMC black polish or dye over the eco flo dye and satin sheen that are already on the sheath then apply more satin sheen?

Taking the eco-flo products back to Tandy tomorrow and cursing myself today for having used them. The red flag should have sprung when the salesman said "water based"...I know better than to think a water based product is going to hold up in wet environment.

It is black. It is for a client and they insisted on black. Ive spent far more time on this mess than I spent hand stitching the piece. Ok so before I wash this and start at square one again...can I put an acrylic finish over the satin sheen or do I need to strip all the ecoflo off first? Thanks

Thank Thank Thank You both! I will post results and some of my work. Thanks a million for answering my million dollar question!

Hello All, While Im not a newby to leathercraft I am a newby to using dyes. In addition, I have poured through this forum looking for answers to my soon to be presented problem. While I have discovered much info concerning what I SHOULD have done or SHOULD have used... Ive not found an answer to my problem. By recommendation of the folks at Tandy I purchased the Eco-flo dye/sealer and Satin Sheen. I informed them that this knife sheath would see a great deal of weather and I didnt want the dye to bleed when Im in the field durring rain. They assured me that these were the products I wanted. I did 2 applications of the dye with 1 day dry time and buffing between coats. I then let it dry for a good 24 hours. Im in New Mexico and things dry very fast here but I let it go longer than what was even recomended to me. I applied the Satin Sheen this morning. After about 3 hours (told that 2 would be fine) I checked it and felt and by all means felt dry. I began to lightly buff with a Tshirt. I soon found that the dye was coming off slightly and that the dye was also coming off on my sweaty fingers. So the million dollor question is where do I go from here. I dont need to know what I should have done...I got that. But what can I do now that the piece is presentable but not yet functional? Do I need to wash it until it washes free of dye and start over with alternative dye, sealer and finish? Can I do somthing to this that will truley "seal" it from bleeding (such as snow seal or Bee natural wax etc...)? Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully offer a solution.