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I thank you all sincerely for your helpful comments. I have tried a different method today and it has worked much better. I burnished with water before dying the edge, put on less dye than usual - this was almost automatic as the edge was much smoother of course, and this also made it easier to control exactly where the dye was going. I did still use a q-tip but kind of further down the bud towards the stick if you follow, and this was much more controllable. So a mixture, really, of your kind advice and I am very much encouraged with the results. I will post a pic tomorrow. Nowhere near the quality of Danne's work as yet but there you go. Something to aspire to. Once again my thanks and best regards. David

Hi Everyone. First time posting, beginner. I'm having trouble with dye bleeding into the flesh side when edging. I also have problems when burnishing (with a normal round hand burnisher) as the edges tend to become quite soft and plasticised somehow and are consequently somewhat misshapen when I burnish them flat. All this makes the edges look quite scruffy and unprofessional (photos attached). I do, at some point, hope to recoup some of my outlay by selling pieces but am not happy with the quality yet. I use 1.8 - 2mm veg. tan shoulder or side, and am currently making (attempting) notebook covers and small card wallets. I use Fiebings spirit dyes and either tokonole or tan Kote for flesh side. Method - I cut then oil / finish skin side, tan kote or tokonole flesh side, then sand edges then dye edges then burnish edges with a little water. I try to be really careful when dying the edges (with a Q-tip) but it seems that I either don't get enough on to cover or it bleeds in almost uncontrollably. Any help or advice would be gratefully received. Best regards David