Jimbob Report post Posted April 1, 2011 hi there ya all... OK, been doing black seats and some black seats...then some more black seats...finally a friend want's a natural leather color seat!!! hurrraaaaa!!! The bike is candy pearl orange!!!!! So my idea was to make it out of 3-4 oz natural veg tan leather ( top ) 2-3 oz ( skirts ) tool the difficult design and then add orange highlights... Now the question is HOW?? Let me know if I think this right: First tooling, then dry....later a coat of neatsfoot oil, then I would use neat lac to seal....next I like to add opaque orange color to some main details....now it gets difficult: I want to add a antique finish/rubb , but not brown...I like to use orange!! Would I use orange dye?? Or could I use orange leather acryl paint ( that's what I use to add color to the main details in the design ) can I rubb dye into the cuts and whipe of...or is the more paste like acryl color better Should I thinn down the acryl paint....to rubb into the cuts....will I be able to whipe exess off so only a light hint/rubb of this orange will be seen on the carving??? After that I would let it dry, then seal all with more neat lac.....last some kind of wax finish to get it somewhat water resistant??? Crazy....yea, impossible....dont know...guess I need help from you guys! Let me know what you think and any idea how to pull this off right would be so cool!! Thanks and thanks again.. Greetings Jimbob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spinner Report post Posted April 1, 2011 Hey Jimbob, one solution would be to use an acrylic medium with your acrylic paint to make it a bit more workable and to take the gloss out of it that acrylics naturally produce. Golden makes a nice matte medium that I have used in the past, might be something to look into: http://www.dickblick.com/products/golden-polymer-and-matte-mediums/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
