Bought some dye.

[dikman]

Browsing marketplace (as one does) and saw some dyes advertised for $50. After a couple of weeks it was still there so offered $40, she said ok so I just picked them up. 2 big bottles of English Bridle (full), 1x Light Brown (50%), 1x Dark Brown (50%), 1x Black (almost empty) and 1x Neatsfoot oil (full). She also threw in some ecostain (Slate gray and Silver), 1x small bottle of Mahogany, 1x Black edgekote and some glitterlites. I'm not sure what I can use the glitterlites for, might be good on fishing lures?

I'm feeling pretty chuffed, just need to try the English Bridle to see what it looks like.

Edited November 8, 2024 by dikman
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[DieselTech]

Nice snag! Deal of the day I would say. 

[kgg]

11 hours ago, dikman said:

2 big bottles of English Bridle (full)

Excellent find.What I have found with the Fiebings Bridle when applied by hand using a cloth / brush / Wool Dauber I always got uneven dying appearance. I now just through it in a flat pan so the item gets dyed in one shot. Probably just me.

kgg

[bladegrinder]

English bridle is my go to dye for knife sheaths and holsters, cut 50% with reducer and applied with wool shearling.                          With stamping - carving highlighted with Fiebings brown antique.

[jrdunn]

14 hours ago, dikman said:

. I'm not sure what I can use the glitterlites for, might be good on fishing lures?

I don't think I've ever seen a leather fishing lure.  

[toxo]

19 hours ago, dikman said:

Browsing marketplace (as one does) and saw some dyes advertised for $50. After a couple of weeks it was still there so offered $40, she said ok so I just picked them up. 2 big bottles of English Bridle (full), 1x Light Brown (50%), 1x Dark Brown (50%), 1x Black (almost empty) and 1x Neatsfoot oil (full). She also threw in some ecostain (Slate gray and Silver), 1x small bottle of Mahogany, 1x Black edgekote and some glitterlites. I'm not sure what I can use the glitterlites for, might be good on fishing lures?

I'm feeling pretty chuffed, just need to try the English Bridle to see what it looks like.

Great find dikman. It's good to have a choice to experiment with. Just this week I cut a bag out of some leather I hated the colour of and tried different colours. red came out very well.

[dikman]

6 hours ago, jrdunn said:

I don't think I've ever seen a leather fishing lure.  

  I guess I should have made it clearer, I've been experimenting with casting lead jigheads and powdercoating them, I wondered what would happen if I added the glitter stuff to the pc before baking it.

That's nice to know, bladegrinder. I need to try it on a decent size piece as I've no idea what the final finish looks like, I'm hoping I like it since I've got so much now. And yes, I've now got enough to dunk stuff if I need to. As an aside, the big bottles are now $75 each and the Neatsfoot oil $45 so I think I did well!