Members TheTrooper Posted October 23, 2007 Members Report Posted October 23, 2007 Hello folks, I am wondering if this is be true or not ?!? Someone told me that Fiebings was buyed by Tandy an that the colours are the same products just with different labels. Does anyone of you can approve that, or was it just a fairy tale the guy told me ?? Regards from germany, M. Quote FKA adamant-leather Feel free to visit my site adamant-leather.de
Guest Posted October 23, 2007 Report Posted October 23, 2007 It is my understanding that Fiebings made the dye for Tandy. I guess that means that it is the same dye just in different bottles. Also you will note the dyes have different names and Fiebings has more colors than Tandy. But this is all meaningless since Tandy had discontinued all spirit dyes and gone to water based dye. That is my understanding of the situation. Dave Theobald Quote
Members unicornwoman Posted October 23, 2007 Members Report Posted October 23, 2007 Why is it meaningless? I mean, okay, so Tandy doesn't carry it. It appears you can still get it elsewhere. Fiebings had fliers at IFoLG this last weekend. Their website is: http://www.fiebing.com/ Quote Melody D. Snow The Unicorn Woman (established 1980) Lillian, Texas, U.S.A. Miniature Tackmaker, Leathercraft Artist, & Freelance Writer http://www.unicornwoman.com
Members TheTrooper Posted October 23, 2007 Author Members Report Posted October 23, 2007 Why is it meaningless? I mean, okay, so Tandy doesn't carry it. It appears you can still get it elsewhere. Fiebings had fliers at IFoLG this last weekend.Their website is: http://www.fiebing.com/ @unicornwoman THX for the link. But their website I already know OK, than this guy told me not the truth. I also couldn´t imagine that Fiebings were bought by Tandy. So Fiebing´s is just making the dyes for Tandy. OK not all colors are available and the name is different, but it is still the same dye... for a lower price Quote FKA adamant-leather Feel free to visit my site adamant-leather.de
Members Mike Posted October 29, 2007 Members Report Posted October 29, 2007 I would do some research before I would take a Tandy dye over a Fiebing's dye just because of the cost. Sometimes a company has another company make things for them but according to their own specs. Just because Fiebings may make Tandy dyes does not neccesarily mean they are the same quality. Maybe you could email someone at Tandy for the lowdown on it. Mike Quote
Members Rawhide Posted October 29, 2007 Members Report Posted October 29, 2007 My local Tandy has not discontinued Fiebings dyes. They have discontinued the Tandy Pro dyes in lieu of the Eco-Flos. I don't know how much help this is, but just thought I'd chime in. Marlon Quote Marlon
Members JPH Posted November 26, 2007 Members Report Posted November 26, 2007 Hello: I hope no one minds a total neophyte interjecting here...but why not simply mix you own dyes?? I mean I have been doing that from like 30 years now...talk about cost effective (make that cheap...) and you can mix custom colours as well.. Just a thought.... JPH Quote
ScottyEvil Posted November 27, 2007 Report Posted November 27, 2007 Dr. JPH: Would you mind creating a thread explaining what ingredients/process you use in making your own dyes or the basic recipe you use? I, for one, am curious as I've seen you mention making your own dyes in another thread. I hear making dyes and I think of crushing rocks for pigment and various alchemy type flasks of liquids. By the way, I really enjoyed reading your books. Truly impressive work. Scott Quote
Members JPH Posted November 29, 2007 Members Report Posted November 29, 2007 Scott: Ok over the years I have tried to make my own stains from everything from ground up black walnut husks (the leather like skin of the nut..what a mess but boy did it stain) to rusty steel wool to just about every olde tyme formula/recipe I could find..Most worked OK..some worked great others didn't work well at all. About 6 years ago I "discovered" via a dear friend of mine the world of "wood stains". I was amazed at the colour variations you can get in the ready made powers for water, oil or alcohol based stains. VERY resonable in price...with the most expensive, the oil based stains costing approx 25 US a gallon depending upon the oil you use... Being the paranoid olde farte that I am about rust (after all it is an "instant product"..as far as carbon steels go..all you need to do is add water..) I settled on the alcohol based dyestuffs and just mix my own..cost me like 12 to 16 dollars a gallon depending on the price of the actual dyestuffs and the going rate for the alcohol...MUCH less than buying the "ready mixed" stuff..plus you can mix up colours that you cannot readily get other places by experimenting and mixing the dyestuff powders. Plus there are dozens and dozens of colours of ready made powders if you just want to go "off the rack"... I have gotten pretty good using these to "fossilize" bone..especially my (in)famous "Bovine Ivory" that people just drool over... I will probably never go back to buying ready mixed dyes because these work so NICE and well I am a chea....no um....FRUGAL..yeah that's the word..frugal old man stuck in my ways... Oh..thank you for ther kind words in regards to my books... Hope this helps... JPH Quote
Members Peter Ellis Posted November 30, 2007 Members Report Posted November 30, 2007 Jim, one of the reasons that people aren't making up their own dyes is the learning curve on being able to produce something satisfactory, and then reproduce it consistently. While the dyestuff is inexpensive, trial and error adds up fast. For those of us that are primarily hobbyists, it's a whole added layer of process and learning for which we just don't have the time. I'm also under the impression that the aniline dyes are not to be treated lightly. Some pretty toxic chemicals involved there that need to be handled properly. Quote Peter Ellis Noble Lion Leather
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