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Thank you all

Hello all, I've tried to repair those armguards using your advices. Damp sponge, same brand/based products and more patience So i hope you like it. Thank you for your help.

TwinOaks, thank you. I will surely look for replacement like you wrote. Grey Drakkon, thank you. It's good to hear that my work isn't totally wrong

@TwinOaks : Thank you, next time will not mix those products. You're right maybe cloth wasn't good decision, i will try damp sponge as you wrote and as well the whole procedure. One problem is that here in Slovakia (Middle Europe) are not any shops specialized in leather working, so it's pretty hard to buy professional dyes, finishes etc. I'm ordering it from Germany or Britain but shipping cost me more then actual products :/ But leather working gets being my passion so I will save some money to get right products @NVLeatherWorx : Thank you I would like to use sheep wool, I saw it in some videos and working with it looks great, but i'm not sure where to get it. Here in Slovakia probably just from some farmers. As I wrote probably using dry cloth was a big mistake. I regret that I didn't come here for advice from you experts, before dyeing it. Your advice really help me, also next time I will be more patient and let it dry at least for 24 hours. This were my first amrguards, before that I also tried to create belt but I ended with same critical problem - dyeing. Thank you both, again I'm glad that here are people willing to help newbies as me.

Hello Jaymack, thank you for advice, next time i will wait at least 24 after applying finish. I've also uploaded again those images, hope you will see it now.

Hello guys, yesterday I finished tooling my first armguards and I decided to dye it. I was following video tutorial from youtube but it didn't went so well. So I want to ask what I was doing wrong and how should I improve it for next time. Btw I'm not from english speaking country so please apologize my english skills. Here is the way I was dyeing it : This is how it was looking before dyeing - I know it's not perfect but it was my first try. I've colored some lines : When I was done, I have applied fiebing's finish on that. Wait about 2 hours then applied Eco flo antiq gel. For applying antiq i used piece of cotton shirt and did in circular motions. It was my understanding that after buffing color with paper tissue color will stay in impressions and make the impression look darker. Well it didn't work as I presumed, some of impressions are darker but some not. Here is result : Can you please tell me some advice how to avoid such a things ? Thank you.

Hello all, at first I'm sorry for my English, I'm not from english speaking country so i hope you will understand I'm newbie at leatherworking and I still need to learn a lot so maybe you will help me. I'm also looking for something like neat-lac but in my country is hard to buy something like that and buying it from US will be too expensive for me due to shipping. I'm not even sure what exactly neat-lac is, i've just saw that almost everyone in here is using it. Can someone explain me on what is that lac based ? is it something syntetic of natural ? I know this thread is old one but I hope someone will notice it. Thank you.

Hello guys, is it still working ? i've tried it several times but i didn't received any email. I have waited for few days but there was no response. Even when i've tried access page of lederkraft directly (lederkraft.com) it said that Shop is closed and site is under construction. In case it's not working will be any of you so kind and send it to me directly, via mail ? I'm newbie at leatherworking and this seems to be really helpful. Also I'm sorry for my english, it's not my native language