High Liting Carved Leather? >Antique<

[Jimbob]

I have been carving more and more leather latly and enjoy this very much.....now I thought I do some highlites with dark dye...antique ?

Went and protected my finished carving with tan-kote let it dry well and applyed (sheepwool) some antique dye from Tandys, let it set for 3-5 minutes and gently rubbed off overflow......boy was I mad when I discovered the mess....all the anthique dye had somehow made its way into the unfinished leather, I was able to whipe off most but it made a nasty mess and just about ruined the piece.....not what I wanted.

Was tan-kote wrong.......it does a great job on protecting my acryls on leather, big time!!

I have some leather sheene.....is that better for this task>>>>??

TNX fer all help on this

jimbob

[hidepounder]

I have been carving more and more leather latly and enjoy this very much.....now I thought I do some highlites with dark dye...antique ?

Went and protected my finished carving with tan-kote let it dry well and applyed (sheepwool) some antique dye from Tandys, let it set for 3-5 minutes and gently rubbed off overflow......boy was I mad when I discovered the mess....all the anthique dye had somehow made its way into the unfinished leather, I was able to whipe off most but it made a nasty mess and just about ruined the piece.....not what I wanted.

Was tan-kote wrong.......it does a great job on protecting my acryls on leather, big time!!

I have some leather sheene.....is that better for this task>>>>??

TNX fer all help on this

jimbob

Jimbob,

When you say you used an antique dye I am confussed. Dyes are different from antiques. Dyes penetrate the leather where antiques do not. TanKote will not act as a resist for antiques....it is actually used to thin paste antiques. NeatLac is still the best resist for applying antiques, in my opinion. I have been told that Bee Natural's RTC finish is a good resist also, but I have never tried it. In my opinion Fiebings paste antique is vastly superior to Tandy's liquid antiques...I won't use anything else.

Bobby

[Jimbob]

Jimbob,

When you say you used an antique dye I am confussed. Dyes are different from antiques. Dyes penetrate the leather where antiques do not. TanKote will not act as a resist for antiques....it is actually used to thin paste antiques. NeatLac is still the best resist for applying antiques, in my opinion. I have been told that Bee Natural's RTC finish is a good resist also, but I have never tried it. In my opinion Fiebings paste antique is vastly superior to Tandy's liquid antiques...I won't use anything else.

Bobby

Bobby

tnx fer ur time....Great, so I used an antique paint from Tandy on Tan-Kote that actually is a thinner for these antiques...hihi....no wonder!!!

It is all in the knowledge....oh well, back to the carving block....

I thought Neatlac is a spray can laquer for top finish....??

We will purchase some Fiebings antique and some resist....then we try again.

I will send u some pictures......

Again tnx and good day from SW VA

Jimbob

[bex DK]

Can the water based sheen stuff be used as a resist for Tandy's antiques or the fieblings? I have some of both and intend to try it at some point, but maybe you could fill me in before waste a lot of energy messing around?

I don't think the others are easy to get here. I might be able to get them from England but the cost would be high.

[hidepounder]

Can the water based sheen stuff be used as a resist for Tandy's antiques or the fieblings? I have some of both and intend to try it at some point, but maybe you could fill me in before waste a lot of energy messing around?

I don't think the others are easy to get here. I might be able to get them from England but the cost would be high.

Someonme else will have to answer that question because I don't know the answer......sorry

Bobby

[Tina]

Can the water based sheen stuff be used as a resist for Tandy's antiques or the fieblings? I have some of both and intend to try it at some point, but maybe you could fill me in before waste a lot of energy messing around?

I don't think the others are easy to get here. I might be able to get them from England but the cost would be high.

I have used both antiques and the sheen stuff :-)

I always apply 2 layers of the waterbased finish (Tandys super/satin sheen or Angelus waterbased finishers) Then the most important thing...Put it away and let it set for 24 hours before using the antique (Tandys or Fiebing's). This works out great for me.

Good Luck//Tina

[alb]

Tina - do you use the liquid, paste or gel antiques?

Bobby - how do you apply the neatlac as a resist? I find that I am having a difficult time staying out of the cuts. The last carving I did - I don't really do much- I resorted to using a very small paint brush and painting on the resist in certain areas. It was very time consuming.

Thanks in advance.

Ann

[hidepounder]

Tina - do you use the liquid, paste or gel antiques?

Bobby - how do you apply the neatlac as a resist? I find that I am having a difficult time staying out of the cuts. The last carving I did - I don't really do much- I resorted to using a very small paint brush and painting on the resist in certain areas. It was very time consuming.

Thanks in advance.

Ann

Ann....when a resist is applied it is normally applied to the entire piece. In other words, all the carving would be coated with NeatLac. I use a trimmed piece of wool skin and I rub it in well. I will usually apply two light coats. If you are using Neatlac as a means to create highlights then a small brush is the best way I've found. I'm not sure why you would be concerned about keeping the NeatLac out of the cuts. When the antique paste is applied to the leather it should be rubbed thoroughly into all the cracks and crevices of the leather so they becaome dark and stand out. NeaLac in tgeh cuts will not prevent the antique from entering the cuts. Hope thgis helps......

Bobby

[bex DK]

Thanks Tina and Bobby. That should save me some experimenting when I finally get that far. I am a big chicken about coloring my stuff at all, so I keep putting it off.

[cjnthumper]

do you rub the neat lac over the leather that is not carved too? for example a rope can, or bible cover has areas of the leather that are not carved.

[hidepounder]

do you rub the neat lac over the leather that is not carved too? for example a rope can, or bible cover has areas of the leather that are not carved.

Yes I coat all the exposed surfaces, tooled and un-tooled with Neatlac.