bigskyxj

Thanks for the excellent explanation.

Ok i could only post 1 actual picture in this thread for some reason. My first post has links to my photobucket account that has more pictures of the leather after I dyed it. Last not I tried some samples. First I coated them all in neatsfoot oil and buffed them. Then I dyed them. They didnt turn out rock jard yhis morning but they are still extremely dark. I really don't know if I could put less dye on this leather without it looking extremely blotchy. I will add that I am using 4-5oz vegetable tanned from tandy leather. Are there some other dyes that I should consider trying o. This thinner leather? Like I said I am really nrw to all of this and frustrated at this point. I have a motorcycle seat that I have been working on for like 4 months that I want to dye before I sew it so that the thread contrasts the leather but I can't be having a rock hard motorcycle seat. Thanks for the help. Any more suggestions would be helpful.

Sorry for the doulbe posting. If any mods could, please delete this thread. I double posted

Well i am not sure if the pictures in my first post worked or not and the website keeps telling me i can only upload 1.46 mb. So i guess let me know if you all can see them thanks.

Hello all. I am new here and new to leather work. I was making a bracelet and a wallet and when i died them using fieblings medium brown and dark brown leather dye they both became extremely dark. Almost black. I let them both dry overnight and they did not get any lighter and they also became very stiff. I tried applying neatsfoot oil today and it softened them up a little but the bracelet cracked when bent. Almost like beef jerky, lol. Here are a couple of before and after pics of the stuff.

Hello all. I am new here and new to leather work. I was making a bracelet and a wallet and when i died them using fieblings medium brown and dark brown leather dye they both became extremely dark. Almost black. I let them both dry overnight and they did not get any lighter and they also became very stiff. I tried applying neatsfoot oil today and it softened them up a little but the bracelet cracked when bent. Almost like beef jerky, lol. Here are a couple of before and after pics of the stuff.