Red and black

[jawilliams]

Hey everyone need to know about red and black leather. I think I understand that black is dye, but what about red? Is it a dye or is it a paint? I have entered a contest with a red and black theme and want to do the leather that way. Any advise would be welcome. Thanks,

James

[Tina]

I use red dye from Angelus but I guess there's plenty of other brands out there. Good luck with your contest:-)

[craftsman827]

If you want the color to last use dye.

Also to get a good & bright RED, try to get the leather light as posable.

Veg taned leather has many different shades to begin with.

So try and get the lighest you can.Also you may want to reduce the red just a little.

so it dont come to dark.

[tashabear]

Hey everyone need to know about red and black leather. I think I understand that black is dye, but what about red? Is it a dye or is it a paint? I have entered a contest with a red and black theme and want to do the leather that way. Any advise would be welcome. Thanks,

James

I have gotten great results with Ecoflo Cranberry. I find Fiebing's Oxblood very hot pink/fuschia. I've also had great results with acrylic paint; I like Liquitex Basics Alazarin Crimson. It depends on whether I want all over red or detail.

[TomSwede]

I use Fiebings pro oil dyes and I dilute the red some. I don't have a recipe for how much i dilute it but I use denatured alcohol.

Heres a set of bracers where I used a brush to handpaint all the colours.

The red looks a bit more pinkish in pic than it really is.

I need the red to be not too dark because otherwise it will be too dark after antiquing heavily.

Tom

[jawilliams]

Thanks everyone! Now to get what is needed, then to start. Will post pictures as I go and when I figure out how.

[Raven]

Heres a set of bracers where I used a brush to handpaint all the colours.

Tom

Nice Chaos bracers