Hi.
Please can someone advise me here. I make bags and would like to use leather for the shoulder straps. However I have ordered from three different suppliers (in Europe, I’m in Germany) and every bit of black leather I have received bleeds. It’s especially bad when wet but even if I rub with a dry cloth it’s still coming off.
Since a shoulder strap is obviously a high friction area I don’t want to use this leather and risk people ruining their clothes.
I have been applying several coats of Resolene (diluted 50/50) and it’s still not great. I wouldn’t be confident it would hold up in the rain. And anyway it is pretty labour intensive and adds a lot of fuss to the bag making process.
So am I crazy for expecting colourfast black leather here? Does it exist? Is there something I should be looking for when ordering?
Thanks for reading..
