fiebings professional oil dye

[Kustom]

Do you condition your leather before your seal it when you use fiebings professional oil dye? They say there's oil in the dye, I wonder if it's good enough to use alone.

Thanks, Steve

[Frank]

Do you condition your leather before your seal it when you use fiebings professional oil dye? They say there's oil in the dye, I wonder if it's good enough to use alone.

Thanks, Steve

If I have to dye anything with the oil dye, I put a good coat or two of NF oil on the leather. I then let it soak in for a day, then dye and finish. I got in a hurry once and used just oil dye without conditioning and the project developed stress cracks because it was too dry. Conditioning before dyeing seems to set the dye evenly...to me anyways. I hope this helps.

Frank

[Kustom]

If I have to dye anything with the oil dye, I put a good coat or two of NF oil on the leather. I then let it soak in for a day, then dye and finish. I got in a hurry once and used just oil dye without conditioning and the project developed stress cracks because it was too dry. Conditioning before dyeing seems to set the dye evenly...to me anyways. I hope this helps.

Frank

Thanks Frank. How do you apply the neets foot? When ever I use a dauber I can't get it on even.

Steve

[Frank]

Thanks Frank. How do you apply the neets foot? When ever I use a dauber I can't get it on even.

Steve

No problem Steve. I use sheep skin remnants to apply both dye and NF oil. If I run out of scrap shearling, I buy a couple bags of scrap sheep skin from my local Tandy. Just get a good amount on it, but not saturated and rub in a circular motion until even.

[Kustom]

No problem Steve. I use sheep skin remnants to apply both dye and NF oil. If I run out of scrap shearling, I buy a couple bags of scrap sheep skin from my local Tandy. Just get a good amount on it, but not saturated and rub in a circular motion until even.

Thanks for the pointers Frank.