Angelus Antique finish

[Yukonrookie]

Hi everyone,

I’m in the process of ordering some Angelus Dye and see that Angela’s also makes an Antique finish, which they call “Acryl Antique Finish”. Has anyone tried it before? I’m wondering if it works similar to, for example, Fiebings Hi-Liter, paste or Antique Gel? Does it highlight carving or stamping? Or is it just an Acrylic finish that gives the leather a vintage look, without making carving/stamping stand out?

It being Acrylic, can the leather be oiled through it?

Is it more glossy after it dried, or more on the matte side? 
 

I know, that’s a lot of questions…. If anyone has any experience with it, I’d be grateful to your opinion. 

Thanks in advance 

 

 

[Yukonrookie]

By the looks of it not many people used theirs Antique finish. 

[jrdunn]

@Yukonrookie,

Yeah, sorry that I'm no help.  I have really only used a couple products from Fiebings and wouldn't say that I frequently meet with success.  I don't really like the looks of antique and usually only use it when someone "just has to have it".  It could just be my lack of experience or I'm not using the right product.  JM2C, Jim

[DieselTech]

Yeah I was going to say I use the Fiebings antique gel. I like it. 

Don Gonzales has a good tutorial video on using the Fiebings antique gel & the application process he uses. 

This is what I adopted to use & usually turns out good. 

[Yukonrookie]

17 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Yeah I was going to say I use the Fiebings antique gel. I like it. 

Don Gonzales has a good tutorial video on using the Fiebings antique gel & the application process he uses. 

This is what I adopted to use & usually turns out good. 

So far I have only used the paste and Fiebings Hi-Liter. I like both actually. I’m thinking of ordering some of the Fiebings vintage gel and or antique stain. Do you use the stains or the vintage gel? I have been wanting to try the gel for a while now but what kept me from doing that was that I thought it was more for giving a vintage look and not so much for highlighting carving and stamping. Was I wrong to think that? 

[DieselTech]

21 minutes ago, Yukonrookie said:

So far I have only used the paste and Fiebings Hi-Liter. I like both actually. I’m thinking of ordering some of the Fiebings vintage gel and or antique stain. Do you use the stains or the vintage gel? I have been wanting to try the gel for a while now but what kept me from doing that was that I thought it was more for giving a vintage look and not so much for highlighting carving and stamping. Was I wrong to think that? 

Ok @Yukonrookie I might have gave the antique the wrong name. 

This is what i use, but most of the time I hear it referred to as antique gel, so maybe I been misinformed.

This is natural veg-tan with a resolene resist coat, then let dried & the antique gel/paste applied & let set 30minutes. 

Then i reapply resolene to remove most of the antique gel/paste. 

This leaves all the low spots darker/antique looking. 

[Yukonrookie]

19 hours ago, jrdunn said:

@Yukonrookie,

Yeah, sorry that I'm no help.  I have really only used a couple products from Fiebings and wouldn't say that I frequently meet with success.  I don't really like the looks of antique and usually only use it when someone "just has to have it".  It could just be my lack of experience or I'm not using the right product.  JM2C, Jim

Thanks for the reply. I guess I’m  the opposite a bit. I tend to overuse antiques lately. I’m still fairly green mind you, but I like to stamp and carve and chase that antique look. Well it doesn’t always look the way I had hoped and I wish I had used less antique lol.

I’ve used the paste and Fiebings Hi-Liter and like both. I actually prefer Hi-Liter a bimore but after some experimenting been getting decent enough results with the paste too. Gonna try the gel and stains next, I think. This acrylic antique from Angelus sounds intriguing too, though.

[Yukonrookie]

1 hour ago, DieselTech said:

Ok @Yukonrookie I might have gave the antique the wrong name. 

This is what i use, but most of the time I hear it referred to as antique gel, so maybe I been misinformed.

This is natural veg-tan with a resolene resist coat, then let dried & the antique gel/paste applied & let set 30minutes. 

Then i reapply resolene to remove most of the antique gel/paste. 

This leaves all the low spots darker/antique looking. 

Looks awesome! I’ve used the paste too and after experimenting I eventually got decent enough results. I tend to get better results with the highlighter antique. My stamping and carving isn’t up to snuff enough yet for posting pictures though

[DieselTech]

34 minutes ago, Yukonrookie said:

Looks awesome! I’ve used the paste too and after experimenting I eventually got decent enough results. I tend to get better results with the highlighter antique. My stamping and carving isn’t up to snuff enough yet for posting pictures though

Heck my are not either. But I post my stuff from time to time. I am just starting the leather carving adventure. 

[Yukonrookie]

2 minutes ago, DieselTech said:

Heck my are not either. But I post my stuff from time to time. I am just starting the leather carving adventure. 

Well, in that case….. 
So I got a few Sergey Neskromniy Stamps just recently and just to check out that look of one of them I stamped up a little test piece. Just for the heck of it I threw some Hi-Liter Antique on it. I didn’t do the edges or anything else mind you. Just the Hi-Liter. Here it is…..

 

 

[DieselTech]

10 minutes ago, Yukonrookie said:

Well, in that case….. 
So I got a few Sergey Neskromniy Stamps just recently and just to check out that look of one of them I stamped up a little test piece. Just for the heck of it I threw some Hi-Liter Antique on it. I didn’t do the edges or anything else mind you. Just the Hi-Liter. Here it is…..

 

 

Looks good. Nice work. Yeah I been wanting some of Sergey stamps. 

Looks nice I would say you are doing just fine on your tooling. 

Does the high lighter just come in 1 color? 

Thanks.

[Yukonrookie]

Yeah, I like his stamps. Although I only got his Stainless stamps and the rest are brass. 
The Hi-Liter only comes in dark brown as far as I know. I wish it came in different colours. Which is why I want to try out some of Fiebings Antique stains. I find the Hi-Liter is harder to resist than the paste though.

[Yukonrookie]

2 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Yeah I been wanting some of Sergey stamps. 

Looks nice I would say you are doing just fine on your tooling. 

Does the high lighter just come in 1 color? 

Thanks.

 

Yeah, I like his stamps. I only got one of his Stainless stamps and the rest are brass though. Better price tag. Will hopefully last me a while anyway.

The Hi-Liter only comes in dark brown as far as I know. I wish it came in different colours. Which is why I want to try out some of Fiebings Antique stains. I find the Hi-Liter is harder to resist than the paste though. 
 

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