Will Block Or Resist Work With Vinegaroon?

[DoubleC]

I want to make my dog an 'eye' collar, thought I'd let her advertise for me because everyone always wants to pet her. She's a mix spaniel/blue tick coon hound and is mostly silver and black, with just a little brown. I wanted to do the eyes vinegaroon black but with the eyeball brown as usual. I'll post one of my eyes and also her. I made some vinegaroon and love it as black since it's such a hard color to work with and keep ON anything. I was going to do the connecting pieces of the leather silver with translucent acrylic paint. If block or resist won't work, I guess I can reverse the design. Thanks Cheryl.

Skadi and Eye below.

[glennaycock]

Not likely, as vinegroon tends to wick through the leather grain under the surface.

[DoubleC]

Not likely, as vinegroon tends to wick through the leather grain under the surface.

Thanks Glen. I figured that but thought I'd ask. Thanks for answering. Cheryl

[Cyberthrasher]

You could try to apply it with a brush or something starting from center and let it wick out to the edges of the eye. Just take it slow and easy and see what happens. I have no experience with it but it sounds like a good idea to me.

[DoubleC]

You could try to apply it with a brush or something starting from center and let it wick out to the edges of the eye. Just take it slow and easy and see what happens. I have no experience with it but it sounds like a good idea to me.

Oh that's a really cool idea. I never thought about trying that. I have an unpainted eye right here and have the vinegaroon already made so I'll see how that works. Work my way in slow. I love the color this stuff makes things but didn't want to ruin the whole thing. Thanks AGAIN Allen :-)

[ironhead13]

I don't like using the stuff but I keep it around (hate the smell, hate vinegar..). Either way, I have tested using it as a dye in tighter spots and it worked out fine as suggested above.

[DoubleC]

Thanks Ironhead, I'm hoping to try it today, have had a zillion other things to do instead. I like the smell because I clean with vinegar so that didn't bother me, and if I mess up a few that's ok, still in a learning curve. Cheryl

[DoubleC]

Hey guys, check it out. Cheryl

[mlapaglia]

Nice, Give it a week and see what happens. I have had Vinegaroon leech into other areas as time passes.

Michael

[DoubleC]

LOL, that's heartening. But I am finishing up the eye right now, putting the resolene on it, and made the eye dark blue for something different. Won't show much except at the top maybe where I made the blue lighter if it does leech. I'll put the finished eye back here in a little while, when it's dry enough to scan.

[DoubleC]

Here it is, trying to decide how I like the look still.