Pink?

[toxo]

Been asked for a pink dog collar. Got red fiebings, got white acrylic,  they don't mix. Any ideas peeps?

[fredk]

I found Fiebings Oxblood came up pink

[toxo]

38 minutes ago, fredk said:

I found Fiebings Oxblood came up pink

On veg tan Fred?

[Littlef]

paint and dye won't mix.  Oxblood makes a very dark - very pretty red at full strength.  I used the search parameters on this forum, and found a prior thread:  it said, "You can also make pink by diluting red about 10:1 with denatured alcohol. 90% Isopropyl will work just as well."  I'm sure It'll take a bit of experimentation to get the shade you are looking for. 

[SUP]

On veg tan leather, Fiebings Oxblood  becomes a bilious pink. I tried a very diluted form - still a bilious pink. No idea why it's called Oxblood. I gave up trying to get a pink. Will watch here, I hope  someone knows how to get a good pink on veg tan.

@Littlef I did not get a red, I got a pink - a deep pink or a light pink. Maybe it was the leather. Beg tanned leather has various shades.

Edited May 2, 2024 by SUP

[fredk]

3 minutes ago, toxo said:

On veg tan Fred?

yes

[Littlef]

3 minutes ago, SUP said:

On veg tan leather, Fiebings Oxblood  becomes a bilious pink. I tried a very diluted form - still a bilious pink. No idea why it's called Oxblood. I gave up trying to get a pink. Will watch here, I hope  someone knows how to get a good pink on veg tan.

@Littlef I did not get a red, I got a pink - a deep pink or a light pink. Maybe it was the leather. Beg tanned leather has various shades.

I got nothing.  That'd odd.  I have a holster that I made with a usmc black exterior with an oxblood liner.  Its vivid deep red.    Normally I just use oxblood to mix with browns to bring out a reddish hue.

[DieselTech]

I think you got to mix some sort of light gray dye with a red dye to get a pink dye I believe. Can't remember where I saw this at, but I think it can be done. It might be mahogany & white dye mixed together to get pink. 

If not you could buy a panel of pink veg-tan leather.

[DieselTech]

I think it was on a Leather Element with Chuck Dorsett & I think it's oil dyes needed to make a pink dye. 

[DJole]

Angelus dye has a Light Rose color. I've used it on veg tan, and it is pink.