Dyeing Leather- Shiny Spots?

[ferretray]

Howdy all. I am in the process of re-dyeing a leather holster, from brown to black. I used alot of denatured alcohol and elbow grease to remove the original finish. Let it dry and applied a coat of Fiebings Pro oil dye (Black). Let it dry and buffed well.

Applied a second coat, let it dry, and buffed. Noticed shiny splotches/areas on the holster. Buffing doesn't change it much. Any ideas what the problem is here? Should I just keep applying coats until the entire holster is shiny like this, or?

TIA, Ray

[electrathon]

If it is black already, more dye will just make your clothes black when you wear it.

If you want it shiny, I would use shoe polish on it and buff it.

[ferretray]

Of course I inrend to buff off any extra oil and seal it when done dyeing. Not sure you get my question.

[electrathon]

I did understand it. Most people just do not understand that adding more black dye will not make your item blacker, just will make your clothes black.

I have no other answer on the spots. Re-dying an item is always risky.

[ferretray]

More dye will NOT "Make my clothes black" if the extra residue is buffed off and a good sealer applied.

I'll use Resolene for a sealer then Renaisance wax over that.