Sylvia

Interesting. Did Oregon Leather tell you whether or not they had seen this type of thing before? How much color came off when you buffed the the balm?

Good job! You might want to try smoothing out those beveler marks with your modeling spoon. Overall I think you did awesome for your first challenge. Bravo! S

Do you have a US military base near you? If so ask someone that has access to get you a bottle. S

Uh... that is a Vinegaroon recipe. It produces a black color on veg tanned leather. It is NOT an antique but a type of dye.... well not really because it works by a chemical reaction between the Tannin in the Leather and the V'roon. It does produce good results if you want something black. Watch this to see.

I might be interested in the skirting if it's large enough pieces.

Hmmm... anyone else who doesn't have a broken smeller want to help me out here?. I can't afford to buy things and can't use it because of the smell... would it help if I say "pretty please!" ??

LOL I thought you might get a kick out of that one. I'm full of ideas. Pick one. if you have enough leather. Rubbish bin toilet tissue cover remote control tray toaster cover guitar pick guard. spats Hat/visor First aid bag sewing kit sporran Beer can cozy Flower pot cover mouse pad desk blotter three legged stool Milking stool (the one legged kind) Lamp shade umbrella holder Book ends and of course the usual things wallet, purse, cigarette case key fob, belt, etc.

Dom: Try searching for "Dragon coloring pages" They are usually simple. S

I was thinking a jig from a piece of wood with a V shaped notch and using a small vice to hold it and the tube. I do have a drill press...

I know the feeling. Sometimes it's tough to come up with a catchy short name that won't take half a day to type in the web browser. Some things to think about are 1. position in the phone book. There are reasons that people go with "A-1 plumbing" "Ace hardware" "AAA" These names position them in the phone book and other directories at the first of the list. 2. Names with unusual or difficult spellings. there are two schools of thought on this. If it's just difficult to be memorable then it's ok. If it's hard to spell and long and you can never remember if it's ea or ie.... forget it. Go with a first name if you can. 3. Alliterative names: "Bob's Burger, Steck's Store" (his name is Bruce Steckler) The repetition of sound helps the client remember the business name. 4. Names with which your target market can relate: If your target market is wealthy, you want a posh name like "Royal Caribbean" "Tiffany's" If your target market is self described cowboys... "Hitchin' Post" "Barry's Barn" I hope this helps some.

Now THAT is a brilliant idea! I might try to drill out the other end. Thanks!

Hi Craig Is this logo for your website, business cards... and other publications? If so you are going to pay through the nose on any of them to have them color printed. The printer will have to strip the image down to the color layers and they will charge you for that process. Then when they print... you will pay a set up charge for each color. Now, do yourself a favor and turn each of these logos into black and white. See what it looks like. I would be willing to bet it all becomes one grey black blob. The whole idea of a logo is to have a symbol that will instantly identify the company. Think of some of the big companies like Apple, IBM, and Merrill Lynch Apple is instantly recognizable and so they don't have to put "Apple personal computer company and other very cool electronics" on their logo. Essentially, this idea is "KISS" or Keep it Simple Sunshine. I hope this helps. Syl

Your best bet is to buy a copy of the manual. I found one for you here. http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/instruction-manual-singer-111w155.aspx

:D Maybe your smeller is broke? It really smells like PineSol to me. Like someone is cleaning floors and toilets with the stuff. YUCK!! I can stand ammonia smells, mint, even lemon... and the old fashioned shoe polish smell. But the fake pine smell is nasty.

I have heard some folks do that dampen first with water thing. I've never had much success with it myself. May I suggest you try dying a piece of the same scrap without with dampening with water or anything? If I recall my Fiebings says to use a deglazer before dying. So you may want to get the appropriate deglazer and try a piece of scrap that way too. Good luck.

First let me say, I dislike the smell of pine-sol or any faux pine scents. Which is a problem because several of the products I've purchased smells just like pinesol. Gum Trag, Tan Kote, Bag Kote, all smell like pine-sol to me and frankly stinks to high heaven. So I come to my buddies here to ask for help to determine which products have this scent so I can avoid those products. Could you please list products you know smells like pine other than these?

When you dampened the leather was it with tap water for distilled? If you have particularly hard water, I know from tie dying,... it can change your color. I've not had it happen to me with leather dyes though. . Can you tell us what brand of dye it was? I feel for you. To me the dye and finish process is the most surprising and frustrating part. I hope you find a solution

Yep it looks gold! Hmmm... have you buffed it yet? I find that if I use spirit dyes and get over zealous in applying I get a metallic-like sheen. But when I buff, it seems to go away along with excess pigments.

here here! I'll gladly accept old Stohlman books too.

Well, hmmm... Let me just say this. Opinions are like behinds... we all have them and they all stink. In the future, instead of spewing a statement like this in all CAPS....please try to offer an alternative resource which you prefer.

That skive does look really nice. And I love your table too. It would be nice to have a permanent space to work. Maybe this summer I'll get the garage arranged well enough I can take most of my stuff in there.

Can you post a picture? I have got to see this "gold" purple.

LOL oh yeah I can!! I got a mess of my own that would make any messy man blush.

they work great. I even used it on my ceramic beader blade from tandy that came kind of rough.

I'm going to say "thank you for the suggestion" instead of "oh boy here we go again!" lol I have other knives with standard blades and I don't want to futz up my keen edge. BARRY needs to stop being a (expletive) and either make a jig, or an adapter to fit the keen edge and have it available to for sale. ohh... don't get me started. lol I've heard that Chuck Smith has a tool similar to Keen Edge but they have yet to answer a single one of my dozen or so emails.