Best Resist For Spirit-Based Dye?

[RavenAus]

Hi, I'm using Cobblestone spirit based dyes and am having a hell of a job getting a resist to work. Basically it just goes straight through them. What do you find the best resist to use for spirit based dyes, particularly one I can airbrush on?

[NVLeatherWorx]

There is nothing that you can do to resist a spirit based dye. The best way to highlight the areas that you want to stand out (whether natural or full-color) is to brush paint the areas around the section that is to be "resisted" (for lack of a better term here) and then finish the rest of the main color with a dauber or other method. If the area to be highlighted was to be a lighter shade of the base color then what I do is give it an application of antique paste finish that has been blended down with reducer and apply it to the "resisted" section and the immediate surrounding areas. If the "resisted" area is full-color I will give it a Clear-Lac treatment (2 coatings, allowed to dry for 24 hours) and then go over it with an antique paste that matches in base tone to the dyed area. Time consuming work that many don't want to put into a finished project but the results are amazing when you get it down.

[TomG]

I use Resolene. 2 coats. 3 is better. Dry 24 hours. Apply dye quickly. Don't "scrub" the dye into the resist or it will get blOtchy. Results will vary.

Or, if you have a steady hand, use the latex mask stuff. Do a search for it here.

Tom

[RavenAus]

I have liquid latex, I guess I'll have to use that. When I started I was using Tandy dyes and the resist on them is easy, now I have the spirit based I'm finding things are a lot more work. The dye is better but there's a few things I miss eco-flo for, resist being the main one