First Dye Job

[yldbill]

I am tooling some roses and stems on a belt and was wondering what I do to keep the dye from bleeding together where the rose and stem meet . I am also worried about the dye getting outside of the tooled area. Any help would be great.

[Chief31794]

I'm not a great artist on dying colors, but I do some once in a while, and the best way I've found is to use a "dry brush" (not much dye in the brush), and start the dying away from the line and "ease" up toward the line until the dye goes where you want it. Takes a little practice, but it can be done. Practice carving some of the roses and stems on a piece of scrap and practice dying them until you're comfortable with it. The best way to do these types of things is slowly with lots of practice, practice and oh yeah more practice.

Chief