Kangaroo Lace - Color Bleeding

[Tracym]

Thank you. I've got some from y-knot lace, and it's thin and nice. I do have a bit of the thick stuff left though.

I do hope that the lace treated with the resolene softens up though, if feels pretty unpleasant so far. Hopefully my Pecard's will arrive in the mail today.

[Art]

I just use Pecard's, no resolene, I might consider resolene after plaiting if I needed a shiney finish, but that's not me.

Art

[Tracym]

Do you think the Pecards would keep the color from bleeding though? I only used the Resolene to try to seal the cut edges because the beveled edges were bleeding out onto the light colored lace on the same braid.

[Art]

Try it.

[Tracym]

The lead with the resolene came out fine in the end. I did have to do some more conditioning and quite a bit of rolling, but it seems like that stopped the color bleeding. I haven't been brave enough to make one with a real light color yet, but it looks good so far.

[foxhill]

Your leather is "crocking". You might try a vinegar solution to make it a little more colorfast? Or the resolene sealant might help keep the dye in---I might suggest a acrylic sealant as they are very waterproof, durable and flexible---but shiny for the most part. Not sure what finish you are wanting.

[Tracym]

Hadn't heard of vinegar (but there's lots I haven't heard of). The resolene does appear to work. It makes it a little more shiney and 'plasticy' than I really prefer, but the kangaroo has a fairly shiny finish anyway, so it's ok. I wouldn't use it unless I had to, with the real light colors. But at least it makes those colors possible for me.

I wish I could figure out an application method so I didn't get the resolene on the top (finished) side of the leather where I don't need it - I'd prefer to just put it on the cut edges and flesh side of the lace. But I ended up getting it on all of it - I'll have to work on that.