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Of that's a relief! I was honestly quite worried that I'd screwed up somehow! Thank you so much!! Also thanks for the advice @tsunkasapa. @Dwight, @Hags and @Silverd! Really appreciate the input! I should have clarified that I only just used water to clean/"deglaze" it cause I read elsewhere on here that deglazer is generally unnecessary unless there's a particular issue (oily hands or similar). But I am curious as to the reasons behind your suggestion to pre-oil for non-black dyes? This may seem like a silly question, but I thought the whole point of needing to deglaze leather before dying is so as to remove the oils in there to get a better spread of the dye? Cheers to you as well @Garyak! I only just got into leatherwork so I've been trying to not go overboard buying things yet, haha.. But I have looked into airbrushes a bit already cause it's been recommended to me a few times now Fingers crossed I'll be able to afford it... One day, haha

Hey everyone, I'm quite new to leatherworking and I'm having a bit of a problem with dying my cuts. I recently used some Fiebings Pro Dye to dye some veg-tan I got. I did one coat (circular motion with a cotton cloth), waited for around 4 hours and did another quick coat and then let it dry for around 24 hours. But for some reason when it dried the edges of the cuts seem to be a bit... Off? I'm not really sure how else to describe it so I've attached some images to it. In the images, basically what I want it to look like is what it looks like in the middle of the cut (like the dark plain look), but the edges all look shinier/rougher for some reason) Is this because I didn't do enough deglazing on it? Or is it just the quality of the leather or something? I'm a bit lost as to why it's happening and not sure how to fix it at the moment... Any advice would be much appreciated!