Deerhide Lanyard? And Cutting Lace?

[bucksnort]

It may not be your leather. I've never had Rit tan turn out anything but greenish, brown runs to red or lavender, black is kind of blue. You might try different strengths of coffee for your browns. also a different kind of dye might work better. If you stay with Rit it requires a lot of rinsing, set it with vinegar in ice water, let it dry completely & then rinse in warm water until the water remains clear. Hope this helps. Buck

[Tracym]

Thanks.

I kept reading about using Rit, but I've given up at this point. I use it for other things, but it apparently is not going to work with this leather. I did the set it ice water with vinegar, and it is still running. Plus ridiculous colors.

I'm not experienced at dying things - can you give me any more detail as to how to use coffee? Or, you mention other types of dye - like what?

[bucksnort]

Tracy, Brew some coffee, experiment with the strength to get the color you want, soak your strings till they look right, dry & braid. The Argentinians use tea the same way. Both hold the color & don't tend to fade. I have been using Fiebing Dye I been ordering from Ebay, it paints on with a dauber, The light tan I ordered was really yellow, other than that it seems pretty good. Buck

[Tracym]

OK thanks, I can try the coffee maybe.

In the meantime, I called some very kind tannery in CO, they told me to use the Fiebings dye, and finish it with leather balm w/atom wax. I was going to try medium brown.

Fiebings thought I would have to use deglazer first - the tannery thought probably not.