kitch2500 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Ok need some help folks. I'm making a guitar strap and the finish is red and black. It has tooled borders and stamped letters. The letters and border are gonna be red and the rest black. I have not had much experience with dyes so I need some advice before I take off and ruin it. I'm using feibings oil black dye and feibings red acrylic dye. Should I paint the red onto the letters and border first, then resist it with clear lac, then use a wool dauber to apply the black dye? This seems to be the way to go in my head but I've never used clear lac before so I wanted to ask someone with experience first. Is these the proper steps or am I completely off? Also will the clear lac resist the oil dye enough to not bleed into the letters? Any advice at all will be helpful. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrymac Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Clearlac will serve as a resist for antique paste, but I would be hesitant to use it as a resist for dye. I have a feeling you are in for problems, If anything. experiment some on something besides your strap. If it were me. I would use some small brushes and dye the colors separately. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitch2500 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Thanks for the info. Would you suggest using oil dye or acrylic for the red? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tina Report post Posted December 22, 2012 I just posted some tips here on the same type subject, I hope you'll find it useful; http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=44580 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
