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Anyone can suggest me best leather conditioners for me. Thanks in advance!
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Not sure which of the forums I'm on will have the most airbrush guru's, but lets give it a shot! I inherited a few Airbrush's with my Dad's old leather tools, and have picked up a couple myself over the years. He had them from back in his Hollywood days doing props and special effects. He often was given antique leather goods that he had to make 3 to 10 copies of so they didn't destroy the original, and an airbrush was one of the tools he would use to detail stuff with paints and dyes to make it look authentic (I find that whole industry fascinating, as those craftsmen will regularly make convincing works of art that are often destroyed during or post filming). We've…
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A friend of mine threw up on my brown leather couch and it seems permanently stained. I used baking soda to get the smell out and tried the normal leather cleaning products to no avail. I was thinking of vinegaroon'ing the whole couch to see if I could just make it black. What are your thoughts? I saw on here that I should try to avoid adding oxygen to the vinegaroon so perhaps I should brush it on vs using a spray bottle? Does the neutralizing with baking soda eliminate the vinegar smell? Should I add the baking soda it to the vinegaroon solution it's self or make a rinse afterwards? Thanks for your time. I know I have a lot of questions, Kristina
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My all in one guide to Vinegaroon Hey everyone. I’ve been lurking around these forums for a while now and haven’t posted much, so I thought I’d finally make a contribution. I’m going to University for a Chemistry degree, and surprisingly some of the things I’ve been learning in my labs are actually applicable to my leatherwork! I thought I'd write up some of my observations and experiments with vinegarroon, to try and help shed some light on what is actually going on in the reaction. Please, read through and share any knowledge you have working with this stuff! (I know this is a lot. I was bored just typing it. You can skip to the bottom if you don't hav…
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I like the effects that an airbrush can provide. The fade-in edges, etc. But have no desire for an airbrush. Had one ages ago and never again. But, could an atomizer or spray bottle be an alternative? I see small bottles sold for perfumes, essential oils and the like. Anyone tried it?
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So I've been using Nasvidal's airbrush to dye my leather, but I'm stepping into a huge problem, and that's cleaning. Whenever I spray paint leather, this is how I work and clean: -isopropanol - brown dye - isopropanol - black dye - isopropanol - resolene - isopropanol. I always go from lightest to the darkest (even because of my designs) so I don't get any small blobs of previous dye thrown out, although I get sometimes a black mark while using resolene on finishing leather. Now I'm getting a huge huge problem with (mostly black) Fiebing's pro dye, since I cannot get it out of airbrush 100%. I've been changing airbrush guns every 6 months, as they are clogg…
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Hey all, So I’ve been playing with the Angelus purple dye (on 5oz veg tan, if it matters), but I keep getting splotches of metallic/iridescent gold-ish color. How do I prevent/fix this? Thanks, AZR
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Newbie here and I need some advice on dye rub off. Sorry if I have made some mistakes in what I was doing. I have a old leather jacket that I dropped some oily dip on which stained the leather. I managed to remove the stain, using a degreaser and leather cleaner, but that took off some of the original dye. So I set about redying to cover up this section with a leather recolouring balm as I thought it was easier to use this compared to liquid dyes. But I could not find a colour the same shade as the original, so I decided to dye the whole jacket 😆 Anyway I deglazed it (water tested to make sure water seeps in easily) and redyed a small p…
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Hi, been reading the forum for a few months but just signed up today. I'm working on a leather belt for my Mom and she wants it brown like the pair of boots in the photo below. I've always used Fiebings leather dye and there's nothing similar to a brown like the boots. By the time those dyes get lighter, they start to get orange. These boots are still brown even though they are nice light brown. Do I need to mix colors together or is there a dye on the market that is the color I'm looking for? Any advice would be appreciated. Below is a photo of the brown boots I would like to match And here is a photo of a scrap with medium brown dilute…
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Hello again, I recently constructed a sheath for an antique-style hunting cleaver with a by-knife and fork in side pockets. The main sheath, side pockets and facing are all thin, molded veg-tan, with a small amount of Titebond hide glue to hold the facing in place. This is the first time I've built a sheath like this. I just dyed it this afternoon and found that in certain areas the dye was patchy. I suspect these are areas where the glue either soaked through or got onto the outside. Is this likely to be the problem? If so, is there anything I can do about it at this point? Thanks very much for any advice.
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