Bee Natural saddle oil

[pete]

Man I love this stuff! I went to Springfield leather last week and needed more Bee Natural saddle oil. I always oil the piece after tooling as most of you do, let it absorbe, and then dye and finish.

Kevin didn't have any and didn't expect to order more(why I don't know) but said to use Bick's instead. (He sells it by the gallon, I use it by the quart)

I bought another bottle as I was almost out ,again,came home and just finished a project.

I tooled it and as it was almost totally dry by this time, I spread on a thin film of Bick's with a sheepskin scrap and not wanting to wait, I immediately started dying the background OX Blood RED (It was a checkbook cover so there was a LOT of small places)

HOLY COW! I could almost glob the dye on and it didn't spread > It stayed exactly where I put it and soaked in! NO running or "bleeding. I could fill the tinyest of spaced with an #00 brush.

I hope this is of help to you who do a lot of dying especially detail work. I do mostly belts, purses, wallets, etc but all sheridan style so I am always careful when doing the background work. After oiling I would constantly change brush sizes so as not to bleed the dye onto the tooling. This has really sped up my work and I'm getting a better finish.

pea-aire'