pete Report post Posted January 29, 2011 I just got my order of 3-4oz tooling from Springfield. Always great stuff and barely a bad piece on the whole SIDE! Problem is ( and it's NOT Kevins' fault.....Kevin....I love ya man...) the leather is SOOOOO light it's almost white. Tools well and burnished ok.. but oil didn't make any difference. I know that this isn't chestnut or some colored tanning, but what can I do besides sunlight for a few days that will give me some color!? Has anyone ever dyed a piece before casing and tooling? Id'e love to know as I don't want to sacrifice much nice stuff to experiment if there is another way out there. By the way- I tried my old true neat's/dye, and Bick's/dye mixtures but they made it a pukey orange color. pete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reddevil76 Report post Posted January 31, 2011 I just got my order of 3-4oz tooling from Springfield. Always great stuff and barely a bad piece on the whole SIDE! Problem is ( and it's NOT Kevins' fault.....Kevin....I love ya man...) the leather is SOOOOO light it's almost white. Tools well and burnished ok.. but oil didn't make any difference. I know that this isn't chestnut or some colored tanning, but what can I do besides sunlight for a few days that will give me some color!? Has anyone ever dyed a piece before casing and tooling? Id'e love to know as I don't want to sacrifice much nice stuff to experiment if there is another way out there. By the way- I tried my old true neat's/dye, and Bick's/dye mixtures but they made it a pukey orange color. pete I don't think there's any other way than neatsfoot oil and some sun. Is this the Hermann Oak? What grade is it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ellen Report post Posted February 5, 2011 My last leather from W&C was the same. It took 4x of normal amount of Pro-Oil dye to make it close to the usual color of this dye, second time dyeing and oiling after (Lexol for a light, and NF oil for a dark). Sorry, have no idea what else could be done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BAD HIDE Report post Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) I'm using some of the same stuff, but I'm not seeing any problems. It takes oil dyes nicely, so airbrush it with a light brown or something to get the effects you want. I've found it's almost too white when using colored dyes - I have a few green and red items that are almost too bright. I've taken to dirtying it up a bit by dry rubbing a darker color over it to give it some depth. Edited February 8, 2011 by BAD HIDE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
