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I dyed some natural vegtanned leather with fiebings oil dye saddle tan. I let it dry and the color came out the way i wanted. When i applyed the tandys super shene it darkened the whole piece into a very dark brown color, far away from the original color. I thought that it would go away when the piece dryed but it still got the very dark brown color. Is this normal or did I do something wrong here?

Will leather balm work as a blocker when antiqueing and protect acrylic paint (when used) from bleeding out? I could get my hands on either some balm or something called aussie wax. Wich one would be prefered as a color sealer and make a nice looking finish and also give water protection? Should I just throw away tan-kote, sheene and acrylic resists for saddle purpose?

But I need to use some form of sealer before the antique and to seal the color right?

Hello! Im new on this forum and got in to working with leather.. I live in Sweden and leather crafting isnt really huge here so im glad I found this site for a good source of information and questions! Anyways.. I got in to this because I wanted to make my own seat and got some (i guess) pretty basic questions.. When coloring and sealing a seat I pretty much have to stick with what I can get my hands on here in Sweden, my plan this far is this: 1-Oiling the finished product 2-Color with feibings oil dye 3-seal it with super shene? 4-Antique 5-Finish with super shene? 6-What do I use in this last step? Is there any need for other conditioning? I know from years on the bike that weather and wearing will take some serious damage to the leather on bikes. Is super sheen a good choise at all for this matter? (The leather is tooled and i really want a nice finish to it..) I've seen pictures of seats claiming they dont use any shene at all..is that true?

Just started tooling and found out that beveling is much easier without using a mallet. Just pushing the beveler down hard with the hands and move it back and forth along the carving. Never seen people doing this in videos of beveling. It gets pretty deep, gets a burnished look and it gets an even print. Am I doing something wrong or, if this is possible, is the leather too wet? Thanks.