Natalie O

Hello and thanks for your reply, I ll try to upload a picture of it later (although the outcome makes me very NOT proud to show it in public ) Well, i cleaned it with alcohol (someone told me its good to use it, i dont know if its right???). and basically that kind of dries instantly. As for the tooling....the dye that came off was actually frost a part that wasnt tooled at all! I left it dry but not over night. Maybe it needed more time, i dont know. And also another thing that happened with this product is that it says that if you use 2 layers of it , it can be used as a resist finish. i was trying to work my way around the patern but the dye just didnt look consistant (using a small brush to do the details) so i put 2 layers of the product, let it dry, and thought that i could then just work the dye on the patern, having the patern to remain in its original colour and the rest of it to get dyed evenly.....The patern changed colour too. I know there are special products for that but it said on the bottle it could do the same thing. Any ideas about that? Thanks

Hey guys, I am kind of new at leather crafting. I have been making quivers mostly wich didnt require any tooling but i decided to start some new projects. I bought books, stamps, tools, dyes and everything that seemed to be needed. I tooled my leather, cleaned it to remove any wax or oil, and then when it dried i proceeded with the colouring. I used a water based dye (eco flo). I let it dry, i buffed it and then i applied the finish. I used a super shene....and it was a disaster! I only wanted one part of the project to be dyed and the rest to remain in its natural colour. I took a cloth, put some of the product on it and started working it on the leather. The dye came off the coloured parts and just spreaded on the rest of the project which now looks so bad i ll have to throw it away. Any ideas about why this happened??? Please!! Thank you!