Dying Over Resolene

[jesters1]

I made a belt and did the edges with dark brown Fiebings dye and left the stamping in the middle natural before applying resolene and antiquing. I like the overall look, but I had expected the natural portion to get darker with the antiquing. What is the best way to go back over the natural finish, stamped part with dye to darken it a bit?

[Ladykahu]

Could you not mix a little colour into your resolene? tint it with the same solvent base dye maybe

Natalie

[jesters1]

That's the route I was thinking of going, but I was hoping someone who had done it before would verify that it was the best way. I don't want the tooled portion to be as dark as the edges, so I need a way to make the dye lighter when applied.

[MADMAX22]

Not sure where you live but if its sunny at all put it out in the sun for a couple of afternoons and it will darken up rather nicely.

[jesters1]

I'm in Texas so that won't be a problem. I chose one of the darker belt blanks to begin with though. Can I still expect it to darken more even with the resolene on it? I thought the point of the finish was to protect the leather from changing any more after it was done?

[MADMAX22]

The sun penetrates all lol. It should still darken some atleast I think it should. Granted best results would be fresh leather, oiled, and suntanned. Still it is worth a shot since you run far less chance of ruining it that way then with anything that involves dye or anything like that.