Members aspanol Posted December 13, 2010 Members Report Posted December 13, 2010 Dying leather with natural materials. Have anyone tried dying with coffee or stuff like that? Maybe some green tea? ! Quote Handmade, Every rivet, every stitch.
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted December 13, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted December 13, 2010 Yes, there are a number of natural materials that have been used over the years. Coffee, tea, nuts, berries, flowers, and metals have all been used to stain or dye leather. I haven't tried many of them. We had a pretty comprehensive list, including directions for making them, somewhere on here. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members katsass Posted December 13, 2010 Members Report Posted December 13, 2010 Yes, there are a number of natural materials that have been used over the years. Coffee, tea, nuts, berries, flowers, and metals have all been used to stain or dye leather. I haven't tried many of them. We had a pretty comprehensive list, including directions for making them, somewhere on here. I have used very strong coffee and have made stain from green walnut outer hulls. Both look very dark yet produce and quite pale color unless multiple applications are made. the coffee made a perfect color on prong-horned antelope I carved some years ago. Mike Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members Norwegian Posted December 13, 2010 Members Report Posted December 13, 2010 Dying leather with natural materials. Have anyone tried dying with coffee or stuff like that? Maybe some green tea? ! Could try moorish soil.. It was used here in Norway in the old days.. /Rik Quote
Members aspanol Posted December 14, 2010 Author Members Report Posted December 14, 2010 i am trying some chocolate since thats the only available item at home. Shall wait till see the effect. Quote Handmade, Every rivet, every stitch.
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