Members AlexLeather Posted January 11, 2013 Members Report Posted January 11, 2013 So I'm making a leather jacket with some lightweight garment leather and my client wants a unique color, I would have to strip it first before applying the new color. Can I use regular Fiebing's dye, for example the pro oil? Will this last and stand up to rub off? And how would I finish? Thanks for any tips, Alex Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted January 12, 2013 Contributing Member Report Posted January 12, 2013 Most (pretty much all) garment leather is drum dyed at the tannery. You can probably use regular spirit dyes (Fiebing's and Angelus) to get a decent re-coloring of it, but you can only go darker. There is no "stripping the color" from it....that I know of. It may eventually wear off/out, but if it's a good quality leather, it's struck through. You may have to get a piece that's close to what you want, and experiment a bit to get the right shading. Quote
Members AlexLeather Posted January 13, 2013 Author Members Report Posted January 13, 2013 Yes, I am starting with a solid blue and they want a bit darker blue Quote
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