Nowandagain Report post Posted Tuesday at 12:38 PM (edited) Any suggestions for dying veg tan brown or burgundy using household materials? Leather dyes are hard to find where I live (Amazon won’t ship them here), and I want to avoid exposure to VOCs for health reasons. Haven’t found neatsfoot oil here, either Coffee comes out much too light, no matter how strong I brew it, how long I leave it, or how many coats I use. Adding ketchup to the coffee helps, but not enough. One website claims you can use pomegranate juice. They were wrong. Has anyone tried diluting vinegaroon (I’ve never used it) with coffee? Or adding steel wool to strong coffee? Any luck with strong tea? Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance. Edited Tuesday at 12:47 PM by Nowandagain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Littlef Report post Posted Tuesday at 12:52 PM Something I heard of, but never experimented with is using walnuts shells or pecan shells. I found this youtube video of a guy talking about his process: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nowandagain Report post Posted Tuesday at 02:36 PM I had seen this but I have no source for walnut skins, only shells. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted Tuesday at 10:12 PM 7 hours ago, Nowandagain said: I had seen this but I have no source for walnut skins, only shells. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1961Mike Report post Posted yesterday at 06:15 PM Hi, I live in Oklahoma, and there is a pecan orchard a few miles from home. I purchased a 25 or 50 pound bag of Pecan Hulls, a lingerie bag to boil them in, and now I have a dark brown dye. Walnut hulls also work very well. If you want DARK brown, almost black leather, use dark roast coffee that's been reduced by about half. It is HELPFUL to make some trial leather pieces to see how long to soak the leather in the dye. Later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites