NorrinRadd

Thank you very much for the replys here, very helpfull!

Is acrylic paint the same normally across the board? the Acrylic I have is left over from doing little models, so it's not specific for leather, do you guys use any particular brand?

Anhurset: I've never thinned them down, I didn't even think of that, Thanks, I'll give that a try out! Billybopp: Thanks for your post too, I do thin down my dyes with isopropyl, I have too really or it doesn't give the result I want, and I'd rather go for several layers to gradually approach the color I want^^ I'm still pretty new so it's nice learning new things:)

Thanks for your response:) I do use acrylic paints normally, but I feel like once you use them, as they sit on the leather, rather than in it, You sort of lose the grain of the leather, And the piece I'm doing with have the majority of it as light green, so I wouldn't want it to lose all of that leather feel, Ofcourse There might be other finishes/acrylics that are better than the ones I use, I've not used any specific to leather, maybe I should^^

Hi everyone! I hope someone can shed some light on an issue I've found:) basically , Is there any way to make dye ( I use fieblings spirit) stand out more? For example, I've got red, and purple dyes, but once applies they are both quite dark, Is there anything you use on leather like a primer? To get a brighter finish? I ask because I've been asked to make a plaque, and it will need some very light, bright green, and before I go and buy some green I'd like to know if there is anything else I'll need. I've tried looking around but keep hitting a brick wall, Thanks for reading! Edit: Just noticed this double posted, Not sure why, Sorry about that.

Hi everyone! I hope someone can shed some light on an issue I've found:) basically , Is there any way to make dye ( I use fieblings spirit) stand out more? For example, I've got red, and purple dyes, but once applies they are both quite dark, Is there anything you use on leather like a primer? To get a brighter finish? I ask because I've been asked to make a plaque, and it will need some very light, bright green, and before I go and buy some green I'd like to know if there is anything else I'll need. I've tried looking around but keep hitting a brick wall, Thanks for reading!

Thanks for the replies everyone! I would've posted a picture had I thought about it, The leather I had cut out for the sheath, I damped it on both sides, then left it flat under some weight for half the day, and now it's as straight as an arrow, i think the problem I encountered with the quiver I did was i didn't make sure the leather was straight to begin with, and foolishly assumed it would magically sort itself out!

Well, I have had it stored in a curl, Which I recently found out was a bad idea, But it's a problem I'm having with smaller pieces I've cut out, as I said, the quiver I made has a slight twist in it, and the leather I've now cut out for the Sheath I'm making also has a twist, I presume it's from my storing the leather wrong(and not flat) I wasn't sure if there is a good way to make sure the leather doesn't twist, other than storing it straight, i know you can manipulate leather if you case it, so was wondering if it's easier to straighten it like that, Sorry if I'm hard to understand lol

Hello everyone, Newbie Leather worker here, had a few fun projects, been getting the practice in, But there's something I can't find info on, I had a problem with a quiver I made, it's not straight, it sort of twists towards the bottom, and now I'm making a couple sheaths for people for Christmas, and I've been laying my leather out, and noticed it's doing that, Is it simply a case of flattening under something heavy (which I'm currently doing) or is there something else to keeping it straight? Thanks a lot! Chris