Using Multiple Colours Of Dye

[Sven WillIBeFamous]

Sorry if this has been asked before...

Last night I tried to use 2 different dyes on the same piece I was working on. By that I mean I wanted the background of my piece to be black and then the raised sections to be light brown.

Due to my newness to all this I only have a bottle of USMC black and a bottle of Antique Leather stain.

I put the antique stain on first and then when that has dried applied the black, but when I went to use the resolene to finish it, I noticed that the black was coming off showing the antique stain below it.

Hints and tips appreciated please as I want to be able to use this technique a lot in future.

Thanks in advance.

[Halitech]

what I usually do if I'm using multiple stains or dyes is do my darkest colors first, apply a blocker like super sheen to what I've already dyed, then apply the lighter over everything. The super sheen acts as a resist and prevents the lighter from coloring over the black.

[Sven WillIBeFamous]

I have a bottle of super sheen I think. I'll give that a try on the next project.

[Halitech]

try it on some scrap first. Make sure you let the dye dry good first. Then apply a coat of super sheen and let that dry at least 12 hours. You may also want to apply a second coat and let that dry as well before doing the antique stain