Joelandersson

So, ive done some more testing. Grain layer wont penetrate on this leather. Tried to sand ir down with 120 grit sand paper no difference dye stops between grain and flesh layer. Took some scrap true veg tanned non finished leather. The dye soaked up good and eventually went all the way true. Ill just use this as a natural leather piece. Case closed no loss ends. If you are going to dye leather, only dye unfinished veg tan leather of good quality.

So ive done some more testing. this is what ive tried: Dip dye: will eventually dye trough the leather but it takes long time. I applied dye with a dauber from the flesh side (alot of dye) to see if it would penetrate the surface which it kinda did very odd i got small dots of dark color and the rest just was just the alchol comming trough. I made the dye thinner by adding denatured alcohol and "soaked" the grain side which gave me better results and deeper penetration but again it seems like its mostly the alcohol which is getting trough. a quite pale coloring deeper in the grain. Going to keep testing different ratios to see if i can get the result which im looking for. Next time ill take this in consideration before i buy leather. Thanks for all replys!

As said that was after sanding the surface. Without sanding it is very shallow. i just thought you would be able to get the dye deeper. Right now it quickly conecentrate the color so its hard gettinf anything else than dark colors. Ill try the dampening tomorrow and reply with the results!

Picture only show dye atemp on tge grain side. Will de fiebing deglazer work much different than denatured alcohol:aceton?

so here is a picture wich is dyed. this one i acctually sanded down abit before i dyed it. so without sanding the dye penetrates even less.

I will, cant get the pictures to upload from phone, but will try with the computer asap! Thanks for your replys! It is veg tanned according to the supplier which is a trusted one.

First of all, Im new to leather working. Been doing smaller things for a year or so. Recently i have interested myself into dying and finishes. Ive been trying out various spirit based dyes and right now my favorite is the Fiebings Professional Oil Dye. I get great results with this dye and it penetrates the leather well. However i recently acquired a natural colored leather side 1,5mm thickness. It seems to have a light finish applied to it. Ive tried to dye this leather but the color only penetrates a very little amount. By very little i mean that a nail scratch penetrates the color and the natural color is exposed. Ive tried removing the finish with both denatured alcohol and aceton, same result. Ive even tried sanded the leather with 240 grit still bad color penetrating. So obviously something is stopping the dye to soak in. Could the fibers on top be compressed in anyway? I want to learn why it is behaving this way regardless if it can be fixed or not. Ive tried dip dying still bad results. Color penetrates flesh side very well but stops when reaching "grain side layer" Appriciate any help!