Venting Vinagroon

[KiwiLeatherLearner]

Question: Can you over-vent while making vinagroon.

I'm really excited about trying vinagroon after all of the arduous hours dealing with black oil dye.

I've noticed people sometimes heat their mix before leaving it out to do its thing. I also noticed that some people don't do this. So, impatiently I've skipped this step and I now have a glass jar filled with white vinegar and pulled steel wool.

The lid is on a hinge and snaps shut. I'm just wondering whether you can let it vent TOO much..because it's either open 2/3 of and inch or snapped shut. How will it affect it?

Also, hoping someone might be able to predict my results.

-I have filled a litre (or 0.26 gallon) glass jar with white vinegar and put in visually the same amount of the pulled apart steel wool. It's not crammed in but more or less fills the jar.

I guess I'll leave it for a couple of weeks where it might best get the sunlight and not the rain (gaping lid opening).

All advice and predictions appreciated!

Antony

[cgleathercraft]

I've only made one batch of roon so I'm not the best judge but I'd say your probably fine.

I made my batch in a plastic ice cream bucket (not heated obviously) so I can dip easier. I just sat the lid on the top without pressing it on. I let it set like that for quite a while. stirring when I thought about it. Adding steel wool till it wouldn't dissolve anymore. Let it set a couple more days then filtered it to get the solids out. It works pretty good! The 3 pieces I've tested it on came out nice. Cell phone case came out a very dark grey. Some work with a little neatsfoot oil and saddle soap had it looking good and black. The next two were both keyfobs. They both turned extremely black after a 15-20 second soak. After neutralizing the leather I added neatsfoot oil and mink oil to these. they look great and don't smell at all.

[ChuckBurrows]

You should be fine and as for heating - it speeds the process and helps cook off some of the odor

[KiwiLeatherLearner]

I've only made one batch of roon so I'm not the best judge but I'd say your probably fine.

I made my batch in a plastic ice cream bucket (not heated obviously) so I can dip easier. I just sat the lid on the top without pressing it on. I let it set like that for quite a while. stirring when I thought about it. Adding steel wool till it wouldn't dissolve anymore. Let it set a couple more days then filtered it to get the solids out. It works pretty good! The 3 pieces I've tested it on came out nice. Cell phone case came out a very dark grey. Some work with a little neatsfoot oil and saddle soap had it looking good and black. The next two were both keyfobs. They both turned extremely black after a 15-20 second soak. After neutralizing the leather I added neatsfoot oil and mink oil to these. they look great and don't smell at all.

Great. It's good to know that you can really just throw it together and hope for the best haha I'm pretty excited. I've used some copper wire to hold the snap lid closed further. There's just a thin crack now which sounds about what you did. I'll test it by brushing some on, and if that doesn't give me pitch black then I'll dip it =] Thanks for your comforting words! haha

You should be fine and as for heating - it speeds the process and helps cook off some of the odor

OK thanks for letting me know. I think I will heat it next time. I'd really like to make the best solution that I can. I'm so sick of oil dye and I want this to be as seemless as possible now that I know it's do-able. Thanks