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Bought the Tan leather dye by Fiebing's but it looks way darker than it should. I'm ok with the color but was expecting something lighter. Do I need to continue to buff the hell out of it? Or did I apply too much dye?

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should i apply it straight to the leather with a cloth?

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ok i'll give alcohol a try. I'm just hoping it will not make it splotchy.

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I dilute all feibings dyes at least 1:1 some even more except Pro Oil Black, that I leave undiluted. I have cut Medium Brown 10:1 with the 10 being the alcohol, but that was for a particular look. Most of them work and look really nice at 1:1 or 2:1 and it makes the dye more economical. I think that diluting them at least 1:1 makes them penetrate the leather better, but I have no scientific proof of that.

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Give it some time to dry, it should lighten up a bit with time.

The holsters were dyed straight from the bottle and the sheath was diluted.

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These two holster were dyed from the same bottle of saddle tan. They're made from two different hunks of leather.

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I dilute Fiebings tan dye 2:1, and 4:1 when I'm applying antique on top of it.

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