Dyeing leather

[Samalan]

Dyeing leather: I just watched a video from Tandy Leather. The video was on how to dye leather. The guy opens a one-quart bottle of black leather dye, then he opens a small jar. You can see where this is going as he tilts the bottle: the dye runs down it, spilling all over the table, and some goes into the jar. There was enough dye on the table to dye the piece of leather about five times. Then the acid brush application.

Well, at least he had gloves on. The instructional video should have been titled Why You Need to Wear Gloves When Dying Leather. 

[kgg]

9 minutes ago, Samalan said:

Tandy Leather. The video was on how to dye leather.

You should put a link to the video. I need a chuckle.

kgg

[Samalan]

YouTube Tandy dyeing leather video

[Mulesaw]

Nothing like an instruction video that messes up. Incredible that a company don't re-take" the video.

Brgds Jonas

[kgg]

43 minutes ago, Mulesaw said:

Nothing like an instruction video that messes up. Incredible that a company don't re-take" the video.

In think they just gave up doing retakes. Title says it all " Tandy Skills Dying "

Example at 0:44 clean area between spilled dye and the jar of dye and a patch of leather with the person dunking the brush in the bottle then at 0:46 there is dye around the leather patch before he gets the first brush of dye to the leather patch.

By the end there is more dye on the sheet of paper covering the table then on the leather pieces. My real beef is they show no prepping of the leather.

kgg

 

[BlackDragon]

1 hour ago, kgg said:

In think they just gave up doing retakes. Title says it all " Tandy Skills Dying "

Example at 0:44 clean area between spilled dye and the jar of dye and a patch of leather with the person dunking the brush in the bottle then at 0:46 there is dye around the leather patch before he gets the first brush of dye to the leather patch.

By the end there is more dye on the sheet of paper covering the table then on the leather pieces. My real beef is they show no prepping of the leather.

kgg

 

OK who actually puts dye on like that. I understand dipping it but the other technique are... odd.

It would take an hour to finish dying something. lol

[chuck123wapati]

I'm really at a loss for words.

 

[Samalan]

It's almost unbelievable. Here's the thing: someone got paid to make that ridiculous video, and someone else okayed it!

[TonyV]

NOthing wrong with that video, except....  the title, which should read "How not to use leather dye"

 

[chuck123wapati]

shoulda been titled dying.

If it takes you that long and you waste that much product and charge your time by the hour your ripping people off. 

This isn't nothin though Dont google How to make a wallet videos if you want to keep your sanity. Seems you gotta be an origami expert to make a friggin wallet nowadays. 

Now I could do a thousand words on this lol don't get me started on you tube leather videos.