Dying To Get Rid Of Dye On Hands

[billybopp]

While making a test piece for an upcoming project this morning, I somehow managed to make hole in my rubber gloves without noticing and got a nice big dye mark on my hand. Off I trudged to the bathroom sink to see what I could do to remove it, muttering words that I dare not type on here. On the way I remembered that in a former life working with ink, we used to use a product called Dye Gone II to clean up, and went on a quest. There was still some Dye Gone lying around, so I tried it and it works great on leather dye too! It does leave a slightly funky smell on the hands that lasts a few hours, but takes the dye right off!

I did a little searching online to see if the stuff was still around and gladly it is. One of the places that I found it is inksupply.com at $12.55 US a tube.

Hopefully that will help with what I have no doubt is a common frustration for many of us leather folk.

Bill

[WyomingSlick]

While making a test piece for an upcoming project this morning, I somehow managed to make hole in my rubber gloves without noticing and got a nice big dye mark on my hand. Off I trudged to the bathroom sink to see what I could do to remove it, muttering words that I dare not type on here. On the way I remembered that in a former life working with ink, we used to use a product called Dye Gone II to clean up, and went on a quest. There was still some Dye Gone lying around, so I tried it and it works great on leather dye too! It does leave a slightly funky smell on the hands that lasts a few hours, but takes the dye right off!

I did a little searching online to see if the stuff was still around and gladly it is. One of the places that I found it is inksupply.com at $12.55 US a tube.

Hopefully that will help with what I have no doubt is a common frustration for many of us leather folk.

Bill

Say Bill, How about a little experimenting to see if it will remove dye mistakes from leather? Now, that would really be something useful !

[Spence]

I use the orange citrus waterless hand cleaner. Helluva lot cheaper and it works really great. Works great to clean grunge from leather furniture too.

[TexasJack]

I use the orange citrus hand cleaner too. You can get it with pumice and it will get rid of nearly any grime without being too hard on your skin. They sell it in auto parts stores or in the auto section at Walmart or similar places.

One must always be careful trying to get something like dye out of your skin. Solvents can go through your skin into your blood stream, or they can severely dry your skin or you can have a bad skin irritation (chloracne).

[DuaneBallard]

Monk wipes are amazing and aren't harmful.

[BDAZ]

Dye Gone is just a small amount of ammonia and alcohol mixed with water.I usually mix a little denatured alcohol mixed with either dish washing liquid or liquid soap, The orange cleaners containing limonene are excellent and relatively safe solvents.

Cya!

Bob

[cgleathercraft]

I've used the orange cleaner from the auto parts store for a long time. Also starting using a product called Pinerite. http://www.pinerite.com/ works just as well, more expensive though $7.95 for a 10 oz jar. One jar lasts a long time. Had it over a year and haven't used the entire thing yet. of course i'm not using it every day tho.

[KandB]

i'm bad, I use pinesol.

[BDAZ]

I have started using drum dyed veg tan. So no more stained hands, consistent color, even finish, cuts build times in half, a perfect solution for stained hands.

Cya!

Bob

[oltoot]

If I remember to put hand lotion on my hands before dying, the dye comes off much easier. Truth be told, it doesn't bother me too much to have dye stains on my hands-War paint!