Painting Stamped Letters And Will This Dye/finish Hold Up

[FireFighter25]

I just started making radio straps and suspenders for my crew at the fire station. So far I've used the Eco flo antique and finished it off with 4 coats of fiebings leather sheen, the spray one. Is that a good combo to hold up being used for 24 hours (radio straps) every 3rd day. I don't want the color to bleed off or the suspenders and straps not last long with. Good finish

Also how do I paint the letters and with what and when in the dying process

[Dwight]

Let me suggest that if you have a Tandy store local, . . . go there and ask if they have any classes available.

We could write all day, . . . and they can show you in 30 minutes, . . . twice what you would absorb here.

May God bless,

Dwight

[FireFighter25]

They don't have classes

[Tree Reaper]

It will depend on the use or abuse but they can always be touched up again considering you will still have access to them.

[Dwight]

I do very little "coloring" of leather projects, . . . but of the few I do, . . . the acrylic paints Tandy sells were recommended highly.

I'm told they are basically the same type product as Resolene, . . . but are pigmented to give color, . . . and don't need anything over top of them after they dry.

Realizing your firefighter environment is not "genteel" to your equipment, . . . I'd say "Good Luck", . . . but that is the way I would start.

Take a look on my website, . . . on the Product Example page, . . . lower right hand corner, . . . an IWB holster done with those paints.

May God bless,

Dwight

[MojoGeorge]

I have had good luck with angelus acrylics

Mojo Geo

[FireFighter25]

It will depend on the use or abuse but they can always be touched up again considering you will still have access to them.

What should they be touched up with?

Or when I sell them what care should I recommend.