Simple ladies wallet

[Frodo]

3 hours ago, bladegrinder said:

I think for large pieces air brushes don't give enough penetration, or I should say depth unless you spray it 100 times. at least for me when I first started using an air brush on leather it seemed to me like a light scratch exposed un-dyed leather.

They are great for fading, I only use mine anymore for doing a darker fade from the edge of the piece inwards over lighter dyed work piece.

That same thought has run through my head more than  once

[Aven]

Purplefox66   I hope you are sober now and want to apologize.  That was totally uncalled for.

 

Frodo, there are a few videos on youtube about using an airbrush for dyeing leather.  These are the ones that I've gone through and bookmarked for when I get around to using an airbrush.  Maybe you'll find a nugget or two in there that can help sort things out for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inZcoxkuylk

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h96qn66FExw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLOT1Jkq9wk

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YA_cNnATi0

[chuck123wapati]

8 hours ago, Frodo said:

That same thought has run through my head more than  once

I've done bible cover, holster and purse size pieces with no problem and penetration is a matter of how many coats you put on i usually soak it pretty good side to side then top to bottom then diagonally, with light applications it comes out nice and even and wet enough to tool. An oz. of dye is an oz of dye no matter how you put it on the leather it will go the same distance.

[Frodo]

1 hour ago, chuck123wapati said:

I've done bible cover, holster and purse size pieces with no problem and penetration is a matter of how many coats you put on i usually soak it pretty good side to side then top to bottom then diagonally, with light applications it comes out nice and even and wet enough to tool. An oz. of dye is an oz of dye no matter how you put it on the leather it will go the same distance.

True, my friend. I appreciate your experience and thoughts   

the mixture I use of mahogany and light brown have different shades or hues ( if that is the correct word)  depending on the thickness being applied

single light coat is a tan,  heavy coat is mahogany

my issue  with the air brush is simply I need more practice using the air brush

i have used it up to this point only fading in edges and a monkey can pull that off with out problems 

 

 

Aven, I have not had a chance to look at those links yet. I will some time today as time provides,  thank you for posting them

 

purplewtf ever,  I hold no animosity

 

[purplefox66]

Frodo I would like to apologize for my nasty comments so I'm very sorry for what I said. You at least are doing things and posting. Like I said I am very sorry for my bad behavior and I also wanted to apologize to the other forum members.

[Frodo]

On 1/8/2024 at 2:18 PM, purplefox66 said:

Frodo I would like to apologize for my nasty comments so I'm very sorry for what I said. You at least are doing things and posting. Like I said I am very sorry for my bad behavior and I also wanted to apologize to the other forum members.

Not a problem ,  appreciate that you have enough class to own it. 
lets just put it behind us and move on

 

[dikman]

I guess purplefox was having a bad day when he made his original comments. Happens to all of us.

Frodo, airbrushes aren't intended to do large areas, something I discovered too, it is very difficult to get uniform coverage. You need to go up in size and get a small spraygun to do that, you can find them on ebay/Aliexpress.

Interesting heritage you have there, perhaps we should call you Frodo the Black.

[Frodo]

8 hours ago, dikman said:

I guess purplefox was having a bad day when he made his original comments. Happens to all of us.

Frodo, airbrushes aren't intended to do large areas, something I discovered too, it is very difficult to get uniform coverage. You need to go up in size and get a small spraygun to do that, you can find them on ebay/Aliexpress.

Interesting heritage you have there, perhaps we should call you Frodo the Black.

As a youngster ,  being called a Black Douglas always confused the crap out of me

 

https://archive.org/details/johndouglasfamil00doug/page/n6/mode/1up

john Douglas blood line