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My straps on this one were very uneven so I decided to experiment with spraying dye. No big loss if it looks bad, right? I was thinking of how you tie-dye t-shirts by bundling them up/knotting them, so I braided it really tight, sprayed from one side purple, the other side green, then undid the braid and redid it with a different starting strap and braided it looser then sprayed red on top. It ended up more like a coral snake than a tie-dye shirt, and makes it look pretty neat even with wobbly straps! I'm really wanting to get a real airbrush system now. post-11723-0-64489100-1433272369_thumb.j

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Very cool. I've been experimentimg some with these myself and also found nstarleather's video very helpful. Since you have tried the five strand you should try the seven next. Basically the same sequence -3/4 and braid seven times then flip vs 2/3 and braiding 5 times.

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Hope I didn't skip the part in which there would have been the answer to my question, but: how much longer does the actual strand of leather have to be compared to the finished bracelet?

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It varies depending on the thickness some, but on a 8.5" bracelet you start with a 9 5/8" wristband blank. You can also make it longer/shorter depending on the tightness you braid.

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My friend was foolish enough to leave her airbrush kit with me so I've been playing with it a bit. Liked the gradients I made, but didn't like the fuzzy partially dyed edges so I took some lumiere acrylic paints to them (gold on the red/purple and black on the other two) and heat set them, then brushed on some diluted resolene to since I noticed the dye run a bit when it got water splashed on one of the bracelets. Alas, I'm out of snaps and my shipment is sitting in Germany (so says the online tracking)

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A couple more bracelets, one 5 strand horween that I think turned out pretty nice, and a tri-color Red-turquoise-purple veg tan 3 strand that I sprayed a few coats of diluted resolene over. I like the finish it gives, and don't worry about the colors running with the coating on it. It does make the leather stiffer, but it seems to amp up the color intensity so good trade off in my opinion. Also I painted the edges with black lumiere acrylic paint (a heat setting acrylic) and love how it makes the colors stand out even more as well as gets rid of the fuzzies.

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Another 3 strand 3 color, this time purple-red-green. :)

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Thanks! ^_^ One day I WILL make sandals from your tutorial, wouldn't it be a riot to have braided straps sprayed like these?

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