Dye Removal

[cazio]

I did a search and found some info but wanted to ask just to be sure. I have a belt that I have several coats of cordovan colored dye on (tandy pro dye) I wanted to give the belt a bit of a darker finish and used a little bit of black, I then used a leather dye solvent (tandy) to take some of it off. My question is this, is there any other products you folks can recommend for doing this? once dye is applied is there much that can be done to remove it? It isn't that big a deal since the belt is mine and I know I should have experimented on scraps first. I have a holster that I did and the color is just what I wanted on the belt and I wasn't sure how I did it(now I remember) I can always just leave this belt black and do the next one with the color that I wanted now that I remember what I did to get the effects I wanted.

Thanks

Robert

[Rawhide]

You're pretty much stuck with it. You'd do more damage than good trying to remove the dye.

[TwinOaks]

I found that liquid latex will pull dye out...sometimes.

I was using it as a block out for airbrushing and ran some over a line. No big deal, it'll peel off later. Well, yes, it did peel off and took all the sprayed on dye under it off. All the way to clean leather! Retouch time. I don't think that's what you're wanting, but that's a way to remove some dye.

[cazio]

Thanks for the advice guys. I figured I was stuck so I went ahead and dyed the belt black, I'll do my next belt in the cordovan. I'll post some pics of the gun belt when I finish it, cartridge loop stitching isn't fun.

Robert

[kevinhopkins]

Hi Robert....sounds like you've done what all of us have done at least once. It reminds me of what I tell my beginning leather students that are always fearful of not beveling perfectly, or some such thing. I tell them, "you can always dye it black", and you'll still have a good belt! And by the way, the liquid latex will take off some dyes if they're sprayed on, but if the dye has been put on with a dauber, forget it....

Kevin Hopkins