Vinegaroon toolbag

[rdb]

So I started making a sample toolbag for motorcycles, and decided it would be perfect for a vinegaroon test. I had my pickle jar full of rusty nails and vinegar for a few weeks now, and had to use it.

I started by sewing the bag up first, I was going to just oil it black in a dip, but decided to try this. Notice the stitching stayed white.

Poured out the vinegar mixture in a big plastic tub, and started dipping it. Some spots didn't take at first...probably oil from fingers and such and especially over the glue drops (reminder to self...be neater). Next time, I'll clean the bag first.

I took a little up in my fingers, and rubbed it on the spots, and soon, everything took.

(Warning...don't do this inside..it stinks, and make sure you have a place to air dry it outside somewhere. It's been about 8 hrs, and the smell has gone down by 50%...probably take a few days. So no emergency jobs with this method!

PS: I immersed it in a baking soda dip afterwards. Supposedly that neutralizes the vinegar action.

So as you can see, the color came solid, and when I oil it, it should be a real nice black. Unbelievable easy, good color saturation, and smooth full black. I'll give it a few days, and finish it up with some ss spots and conchos. I'll post the finished pic here then, but I couldn't wait to show this...it worked real good so far.

[tazzmann]

That looks really good. I have a pickle jar full that I am waiting to try out. I also have another jar "distilling".

[rdb]

That looks really good. I have a pickle jar full that I am waiting to try out. I also have another jar "distilling".

Try it out. I know the last thread on this had a bunch of people that were going to do this, but I haven't seen any actual stuff shown here. The more, the merrier.

I'm gonna mix up a gallon next time.

[Crystal]

Wow - very cool. I read that earlier post with the recipe and wondered if it would work. No stained hands. Even color. Just pretty neat. Thanks for showing the results!

Crystal

[TwinOaks]

To quote Henry Ford: You can have any color you want...as long as it's black.

Mine is still brewing, but should reach maturity this weekend. I was tempted to use it on a holster I did last weekend, but since it was my 1st PAID job, I thought I might just go with traditional dying. Wouldn't want the holster to strip the finish off the pistol within the first week or anything like that. I do have a question about the vinegaroon, too. Is it really necessary to neutralize it, or is it possible that the acid is 'used up' in the reaction process?

[Roger]

WOW!! very cool!! i missed the other post on this. i guess i'll have to look it up.

[rdb]

beeza.. i think these are the ones:

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1352

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2331

[Roger]

thanks for the links! i'll have to check it out for sure!!

[rdb]

I finished this up, so here's how it looks. I'm still working on the design of the bag, so don't expect too much....

All I did was neatsfoot it, let that dry, then a good coating of mink oil. SS spots, and buckles.

I am happy with the black, it's a real nice biker black, and without a bright finish, it's a real biker flat black, that would look good with any old school piece of iron.

[Luke Hatley]

GOOD LOOKING BIKER BLACK......... i like it.

have you cut into the leather to see how deep the peneration of the color was ?