Mineral Oil Or Something Special

[jc3persons]

Trying to decide which dye to buy...Is the

fiebings oil dye needing the reducer or clean up agent they sell or will mineral oil be accetable(i have half a gallon of it laying around)...Just curious is something different,,not trying to cut corners...

Is St leather a good place to order from,,they seem to be considerable cheaper than the other places i have shopped on line??

[whinewine]

Trying to decide which dye to buy...Is the

fiebings oil dye needing the reducer or clean up agent they sell or will mineral oil be accetable(i have half a gallon of it laying around)...Just curious is something different,,not trying to cut corners...

Is St leather a good place to order from,,they seem to be considerable cheaper than the other places i have shopped on line??

Whoops! Actually, I accidentally made a blank post when all I meant to do was just read it- so here's what little I know about oil dyes, since I tend to use mostly standard spirit dyes...

I don't believe oil dye has oil in it (according to many people here on the site). They say it's just a more concentrated (depth of color) spirit dye, so mineral oil won't reduce it. Whatever, but your basic hardware store standard denatured alcohol or isopropyl alcohol from the drug store will reduce it- no need to buy special (read $$$) reducers.

Edited August 15, 2010 by whinewine

[jc3persons]

Whoops! Actually, I accidentally made a blank post when all I meant to do was just read it- so here's what little I know about oil dyes, since I tend to use mostly standard spirit dyes...

I don't believe oil dye has oil in it (according to many people here on the site). They say it's just a more concentrated (depth of color) spirit dye, so mineral oil won't reduce it. Whatever, but your basic hardware store standard denatured alcohol or isopropyl alcohol from the drug store will reduce it- no need to buy special (read $$$) reducers.

[jc3persons]

LOL like somthing i would do daily,,stepped out the door to look for smoke signals ha ha ,,got some alchohol denatured around also,,thanks and least you caught the bobo,,,

don't know who said it first but heard all my life,,,only person who doesn't make mistakes is a peson not doing anything,,rings true as 3 shots hitting same spot!!