badLoveLeather Posted February 6, 2010 Report Posted February 6, 2010 Hey Guys, I've done a lot of trial and error testing trying to get a good Olive/Khaki color with Fiebings Pro Oil dye. Anyone done this before? Anyone have a good formula? I've been using yellow and black and for the most part its been a pain. Any advice here would help Travis Poole Bad Love Leather Quote
Members jeffroberts Posted March 6, 2010 Members Report Posted March 6, 2010 Hey Guys, I've done a lot of trial and error testing trying to get a good Olive/Khaki color with Fiebings Pro Oil dye. Anyone done this before? Anyone have a good formula? I've been using yellow and black and for the most part its been a pain. Any advice here would help Travis Poole Bad Love Leather Travis: I got a great olive drab with 1/2 bottle of green Ritt cloth dye in a bottle of rubbing alchohol, blk /red/yellow works great too. You can see some on my FB page albums @ jeff roberts Quote
Members Sylvia Posted December 13, 2011 Members Report Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Hey Guys, I've done a lot of trial and error testing trying to get a good Olive/Khaki color with Fiebings Pro Oil dye. Anyone done this before? Anyone have a good formula? I've been using yellow and black and for the most part its been a pain. Any advice here would help Travis Poole Bad Love Leather Hi Travis. I come from the tie dye arena so mixing dyes is something we do a lot. We normally buy, turquoise, yellow and magenta for dyes. For me to get a Olive Drab color I would have to mix 4 parts Magenta (mixing red) 5 parts yellow, and 3 parts Turquoise. There is no black or if I use black it would just be a few drops. I don't think Pro Oil has the colors you need to do this. To get a better idea of how colors mix into other hues, try this online mixing gadget. http://painting.abou...ingpalette1.htm I would avoid the Rit dye because the colors on the bottles aren't necessarily what you end up with. Fiber Reactive Dye's found at Dharmatrading is what I use. You could mix those with alcohol but strain them through a fine mesh strainer to avoid blotchiness. I just got some leather dye from Dharma too "Angelus" brand dye ... I ran a test swatch and I think if you get Rose, Yellow and Light Blue, you can get the color you want. Good luck LOL I just realized how old this post was. Oh well, perhaps my info can help another someday. Edited December 13, 2011 by Sylvia Quote
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