I'm new to leatherwork, and though I've watched a lot of the leather dying tutorials available on youtube, I've hit a bit of a snag. I'm playing around with leather dyes and finishes, and am focusing on getting the dye to stay on my leather, and not mark up other things.
I dyed my leather with Fiebing's dark brown pro oil dye, let it dry, and buffed the snot out of it to grab any excess pigment. I then applied Fiebing's carnauba cream, let it dry, and then buffed to a nice shine. Before applying the carnauba cream, I could rub the leather with a white t-shirt, and didn't see any noticeable color transfer (if I really bared down on it, I could see a tiny amount, but regardless of how much buffing I did, I couldn't get that to quit). After applying the carnauba cream, it easily marks up the t-shirt. I assumed the solution was more buffing, so I buffed until I thought my arm was going to fall off, and the leather is nice and shiny, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've thought about putting a coat or two of 50/50 Resolene/water to try to make the leather more colorfast, but if there is a problem with my overall technique, I'd rather fix the root cause, rather than put a bandaid on.
