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That may off course be, but the flesh side looks pretty smooth and the edges does feel solid, but as I'm new to this I really don't know. I'm thinking of buying this leather, maybe that will work better with the dyeing. Thank you! I'll pick some up on monday and try again. The second piece dried down to a fairly good color, though not perfectly even and slightly darker that I expected. How can people dip dye if the dye is so concentrated? I'd really like to try that, but I can't see how I'll get the correct color using that technique. Okey, so I tryed dyeing on a new piece, but this time I only applied dye moderately on the flesh side. And guess what? It soaked up and went straight trough to the other side and the piece is now as black as the first two. And this was also a thicker piece then the first two I dyed.

Thanks for all the replies. There is still no difference in the color. Both pieces still look black and the color is very even, and the only way to see which piece is which is by looking on the flesh side where it's actually brown, even though it's very uneven. I used this leather from The Identity Store (hard to find online shop with cheap shipping to Norway). I did not use any dye prep as I've seen people on YouTube dyeing leather with the Fiebings Oil Dye without using dye prep and getting a great result. I've bought some sponges (one small sponge mounted on a wooden stick and one sponge mounted on a plastic roller) and thought I'd try to dye a couple of pieces with the walnut dye, as it's the lightest color, and see if the result is the same. Thanks for all your tips! By the way, would it help if I provided you guys with some pictures? Okey, so I tried dyeing to new piece again using the sponge and this time I only used the walnut colored dye. The first piece I died all over and it turned out just like the first two. Then I dyed the second piece, but this time I didn't touch the sides or the flesh side. By being very gentle with the sponge i managed to give the leather piece a dark brown color, with some black spots where I had applied to much die. I checked with this color chart and the second leather piece has color that's just a little darker then what it should, though quite uneven. If I'd dip dye a piece I bet it would've turned out all black. It almost seems like the dye is too concentrated.

I recently got a two bottles of Fiebings Professional Oil Dye, one in the color chocolate, and the other in walnut. To test them I cut two pieces of veg tan (1mm kipside) and dyed them using a cloth (daubers haven't arrived yet, so I had to make due with what I had). I applied one layer of the chocolate colored dye on one leather piece, and one layer of the walnut color dye on the other piece. But now, even after 5 hours and some buffing, they both still look black. The only thing that got remotely close to the correct color was my finger (stupid me bought some extremely poorly made rubber gloves). So, the question now is what am I doing wrong? I've seen people on YouTube almost pooring dye over the leather, but it still soaks in fairly quick and fades to the correct color. And also, if someone could give me a tip about how to remove the dye from my finger, I'd be very happy.