Dye Availability Or Makeing My Own

[landm42006]

Hello all. I also have a question about how to dye a veg tanned leather this color as in the pic below:

I checked Tandy, and the Fiebings dyes did not have a match for this strap in the picture.

Any out there have an idea or guidance on how to achieve this color?

Thanks and Semper Fi, Marty

[Spinner]

  On 8/18/2010 at 5:30 PM, landm42006 said:

Hello all. I also have a question about how to dye a veg tanned leather this color as in the pic below:

I checked Tandy, and the Fiebings dyes did not have a match for this strap in the picture.

Any out there have an idea or guidance on how to achieve this color?

Thanks and Semper Fi, Marty

Hey Marty,

I would check out Jacquard Textile Colors. It comes in small bottles and is blendable & mixable. Straight from the bottle it acts like acrilyc paint but if mixed with water or Jacquard extender is more like water-color and can be applied in layers for more solid coloring. It can also be used in an airbrush when thinned. I have used them on leather before (including as a base coat on the tank bib I recently posted) with good success.

I would think that if you hit the leather with Oxalic acid to lighten it first and then sprayed several thinned coats of the color you'd get what you're looking for. Hard to tell exactly what color that is, but it looks like a Yellow Ochre base with White blended in to create the 'sand tan' color.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/jacquard-textile-colors/

Chris

[JLSleather]

You should be purdy close to that color just by oiling with Neatsfoot oil. But if you're not satisfied with that, I would thin out some Fiebing's buckskin dye.

[mugwump]

  On 8/18/2010 at 6:30 PM, JLSleather said:

You should be purdy close to that color just by oiling with Neatsfoot oil. But if you're not satisfied with that, I would thin out some Fiebing's buckskin dye.

i wanted to 2nd that... it doesnt look like a dye was used, maybe just neetsfoot or olive oil was used... or maybe some sort of conditioner only... in my opinion, if a dye was used, it was so thinned out to make it more of a 'wash' than a traditional dye. just my take on it, so take it with a grain of salt...

eric

p.s. cool panerai...

[landm42006]

Cool. Thanks for all the great ideas. I will attempt to "play" with the colors this weekend. I really love this hobby along with my other (watches) and perhaps I can get good at straps in order to buy more watches. Again, thanks for all the input, and will try some ideas this weekend.

Regards and S/F, Marty