Bad bottle of dye?? Is this possible?

[Fraulein]

Thanks all for taking the time to reply!!

New bottle of dye finally arrived yesterday and I dyed a few pieces and... It worked! Came out the same beautiful, consistent color it did before I started having the problems. So that confirms my suspicion that it was just that bottle of dye causing the issue. It still just seems so strange that that bottle of dye was so different. I wouldn't expect that kind of inconsistency in such a reputable product as fiebings.

[Dwight]

6 hours ago, Fraulein said:

Thanks all for taking the time to reply!!

New bottle of dye finally arrived yesterday and I dyed a few pieces and... It worked! Came out the same beautiful, consistent color it did before I started having the problems. So that confirms my suspicion that it was just that bottle of dye causing the issue. It still just seems so strange that that bottle of dye was so different. I wouldn't expect that kind of inconsistency in such a reputable product as fiebings.

Thanks for the update . . . and the heads up that it can happen.

May God bless,

Dwight

[JLSleather]

I absolutely HAVE got "bad" dye.  Most often was the saddle tan - had a different smell, and would not dry evenly even when dunking the leather in the dye.  Ordered another quart, same thing.  Fiebings said they'd send a replacement, which turned out to be just fine.  Cause me to wonder if there's a shelf life for the stuff, or maybe just was a bad "batch" that the distributor had on the shelf.  Once I tossed out that "old" dye, no more problems.

Long as I'm on this type of topic....

Do not "mail order" your tan-kote or other acrylic type stuff in northern climates in the winter.  It will likely freeze sitting on a UPS truck somewhere and even after warming up it will not function correctly.  Guess maybe it separates, er sumthin'....  Straight from Fiebings "do not freeze", so I always drive to get these products if I have need to replace in cold months.

[Doc Reaper]

On 11/15/2023 at 7:11 PM, Fraulein said:

I really think it's the bottle of dye but that just seems hard to believe. Has anyone else ever had this issue or heard of bad bottles of dye?

I had 3 of the quart size bottles, it was Fiebings Dark brown pro dye, I called on the phone and gave em the numbers off the bottle. Apparently there was a bad batch of some mixture that makes these colors

Edited December 22, 2023 by Doc Reaper
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[Fraulein]

On 11/29/2023 at 7:03 AM, JLSleather said:

I absolutely HAVE got "bad" dye.  Most often was the saddle tan - had a different smell, and would not dry evenly even when dunking the leather in the dye.  Ordered another quart, same thing.  Fiebings said they'd send a replacement, which turned out to be just fine.  Cause me to wonder if there's a shelf life for the stuff, or maybe just was a bad "batch" that the distributor had on the shelf.  Once I tossed out that "old" dye, no more problems.

Long as I'm on this type of topic....

Do not "mail order" your tan-kote or other acrylic type stuff in northern climates in the winter.  It will likely freeze sitting on a UPS truck somewhere and even after warming up it will not function correctly.  Guess maybe it separates, er sumthin'....  Straight from Fiebings "do not freeze", so I always drive to get these products if I have need to replace in cold months.

Thank you for posting! Glad my theory's not crazy about the bad bottle of dye. Did you buy directly from Fiebings? Wondering if they replace bottles bought through other sellers (Amazon, Springfield Leather Company, etc.).

On 12/22/2023 at 9:15 AM, Doc Reaper said:

I had 3 of the quart size bottles, it was Fiebings Dark brown pro dye, I called on the phone and gave em the numbers off the bottle. Apparently there was a bad batch of some mixture that makes these colors

Thanks for posting! Were you able to get a replacement when you gave them the bad batch numbers? And if so did you buy your dye directly from fiebings or through somewhere else? Dye is such a a huge expense and I'd like to have peace of mind when I'm buying that I'm not just gambling and wasting my money every time I get a bad bottle.

Edited January 11, 2024 by Fraulein