vizslakeeper

Thx for the tips! But I have not applied anything to this piece except the pro oil dye and Antique Paste. I ran the tests mentioned above on a separate piece of scrap i do have some shearling that I can use, for this piece I used some clean and fairly loop-y terry cloth (cotton). I can go add some resist to the tooled area and reapply the Paste if it is the smarter way to go? Just hopeful that is not the answer lmao Does that info chamge your thoughts?

I have used Fiebings Antique Paste with their Pro Oil Dyes on a myriad of projects in the past - with no issue. This time, I went a grabbed a new tub of Sheridan brown, as it's been a while and the old one is nearly empty and pretty firm - just wanted to make it easy as I was behind schedule for this project. I am using ~6oz veg tan for the cover. I don't love the 'muddy' look that leaving a little extra Paste can have, and there are a lot of fine details in this carving (way different from my norm but custom for a gift...) Point being that the only differences were the new tub of Paste, and, I did remove more residual Paste than I have in the past. Within about 10 minutes of applying and wiping, I get this white haze? It is extremely noticeable in person :/ pic reduces the white a bit The haze does sort of wipe off, but not in the depths of the tooling. I took a couple of spots on a test piece and tried: - neatsfoot oil, made no difference - coating w tan coat (my planned finish), and, in one area the Paste darkened up to pretty much normal, where the other darkened a bit but still also showed some of the haze. I thought just maybe someone else would have another idea for me to test Ive still got a day or two before I have to make a decision - and really appreciate any thoughts you guys might have (I hope the pic works ok- resized on my phone. I'll post proper photos once it's all done )