Members W Montgomery Posted February 11, 2015 Members Report Posted February 11, 2015 Hello people, I had a slight problem regarding a couple of dyes and wondered if anybody else has experienced a similar thing. Once when I applied a coat of Fiebing's Oxblood dye to a piece of leather, it came out with a strange metallic green patch on it. The leather I used was an economy piece.... but even with decent leather I've never had great results from the oxblood. I also had a similar experience with Tandy's Dark Brown Gel Antique coming out completely grey, without any hint of brown in it. Again this was an economy piece of leather I was using for practice. That level of discolouration hasn't happened since, but it has made me curious. It looked like a chemical reaction, certainly the oxblood. Anyway, I'd be interested to hear if anybody else has seen this or know's the reasons why. Cheers Quote https://www.shetcliffeleather.com/
Members fedd Posted March 7, 2015 Members Report Posted March 7, 2015 this is a common problem with red based dyes. It happens when the dye is applied to thick in an area and viewed under a florescent light source. Try washing with saddle soap right after dyeing it works well for me. Quote
Members W Montgomery Posted March 8, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 8, 2015 Thanks for the insight Fedd. I'll try the trick with the saddle soap. Cheers Quote https://www.shetcliffeleather.com/
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