Members deborah195412 Posted March 27, 2015 Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) I am using Fiebings light brown spirit dye. When applied with dauber it goes instantly to a dark brown. Same results with their purple dye. Is there any way apply these colors and have the desired shade be lighter color ? I am applying it to tooled veg.tan leather. Edited March 27, 2015 by deborah195412 Quote
Members TomG Posted March 27, 2015 Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 Cut them 10 to 50% with Alcohol. They are almost always too dark out of the bottle. Plus, they will lighten up quite a bit as they dry. Quote
Members deborah195412 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 What type of alcohol should I use ? Quote
Members TomG Posted March 27, 2015 Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 I use denatured, but most pharmacies carry the 90% stuff which will work. Some people even dilute with plain old tap water, but I haven't tried that. Experiment on some scrap first Quote
Members deborah195412 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks a lot. I'll give it a try. Quote
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