Can It Be Done With Gel Antique?

[wrluckie]

Hi, everyone. Hoping someone can help me out. Looking for your thoughts on a project. Had a friend ask me to make him a pair of working suspenders which will be heavily used in the outdoor environment rain, heat,sweat etc. The color he wants is a color I have previously done on a leather sling, which is eco flo gel antiqued (just a solid color, not much tooling). Curious if the antique will hold up with correct finish for such a project or if colors will just run.

Thanks in advance.

[NVLeatherWorx]

For something that is going to be exposed to the elements as much as has been implied I would recommend that you use a spirit based dye instead as anything done with a water based product has a higher risk of being negatively impacted by water. Just my opinion and I am sure that there will be someone else chime in to the opposite. I personally don't use water based products on anything that is guaranteed to be used in the manner which has been indicated.