Dying wet leather?

[ThisIsMyFirstRodeo]

Hey all, I have a somewhat hypothetical question about dying leather…

Has anyone attempted to dye while the leather is still damp from casing? What were your results?

I imagine it would be different results for water-based than oil-based, and while I have used water-based (Eco Flo), I usually work with Fiebing’s Pro.

Right now, I’m staring at a sheath I just finished tooling, and I’m getting antsy to keep working, but it’s still relatively saturated (rookie move, still learning). Which is where my question comes. I’m still going to wait until it’s dry, but I was hoping to hear (and learn from) other people’s successes and failures on the subject. 
 

Still feels like my first rodeo,

AZR
 

[DoogMeister]

I wait until thoroughly dry - most often at least overnight.

however, this would be a good time to do some testing on some scraps and post your findings.

[fredk]

I always  wet/dampen leather for dying. No matter the type of dye. And I always recommend it to others

Wet or heavily dampened leather helps the dye seep through the leather avoiding 'hot spots' or uneven coverage

Edited June 4 by fredk

[FrankHester]

USMC Black worked real well for me with wet leather-like cased and then dyed.

[chuck123wapati]

but don't wet your leather too much, or the tooling may lose some of its definition. I, too, dye when the leather is moist.

I think they may put structions on the bottles, but I've never looked lol.

[ThisIsMyFirstRodeo]

Thank you all for the input. 
I wound up dying when it was just shy of damp, still cool to the touch. 
I dyed what I guess is becoming my “signature” finish, but in a different method than usual. 
Didn’t turn out bad, by any means, but not exactly how I was intending. I don’t know if it was moisture, method, or a combo of the two. I think I nailed it down pretty close to my others though. 
 

Thank you again,

AZR