So...do I just remake the whole thing?

[TwinOaks]

Well, folks, I finally joined the "I dripped dye where ?!?" crowd. I just finished a 4 hour carving and embossing project and dripped med. brown dye right in the middle of what's supposed to be WHITE (natural). So, is there any way to remove the dye? (of course not, it's da good stuff)

Now, will paint cover stain? Stay tuned, we'll find out after these messages.

While I'm destroying this piece...Any suggestions other that painting it?

[leatheroo]

i have successful covered mistakes with acrylic paint, airbrushed on the project. the type i use says it is suitable for fabric and leather and is called Lumiere.

[barra]

That reminds me of the time we had just finished a GP saddle in London colour. The Boss shall we say liked his tawny port. The open flagon of port was near the saddle. Customer comes in and while admiring the saddle knocks over the port flagon which put a huge stain on the near flap. Boss was a little miffed. To rectify the problem he took the rest of the port and poured it all over the rest of the saddle. This turned it into a strangely nice looking burgundy colour.

Sorry that was just me going down memory lane.

Barra

[steveb]

Well, folks, I finally joined the "I dripped dye where ?!?" crowd. I just finished a 4 hour carving and embossing project and dripped med. brown dye right in the middle of what's supposed to be WHITE (natural). So, is there any way to remove the dye? (of course not, it's da good stuff)

Now, will paint cover stain? Stay tuned, we'll find out after these messages.

While I'm destroying this piece...Any suggestions other that painting it?

ya know, every goddamn time i have tried fixing a problem, that deals with dye i have ALWAYS made it worse.

there is simply no way to remove it...believe me, ive tried: lemon juice, alcohol, dye prep, degalzer, yadda yadda

I say: redye the whole damn piece and coverup

or

do over and call it a lesson in how to work carefully and cleanly

my .02

steveb

[TomSwede]

I used a golden dye (compound of yellow spirit dye and golden flakes) once to cover up a project (posted before 08 disaster) that had a messed up red background (Fiebings oil red) that came from a danish company called ROC. It gives complete coverage on any spirit dye, and also comes in Silver and Copper. Don't know if anyone in US carry it but I think that there would be a match amongst the leading companys.

This dye is totally amazingly fun to paint on with a regular cheap brush, it refuses to get streaky because of the flakes but the brush needs to be thrown away or kept apart from any other stuff or goldenflakes will be all over the place like snow in a storm.

Tom

[HorsehairBraider]

Oh man, I feel your pain. I've messed up so many things in my life...

One of my tricks is to oil the crap out of something, but all that does is spread the dye more evenly. So, you would need to dye the whole thing by that method. And there is always black dye....

[ClayB]

Many years ago, I made a scrap book cover for my mom and while dying the background, I spilled a big drop of dark brown dye right in the middle of the carving. My mom didn't care. She still has the scrapbook and people see it all the time. I have tried to get it back from her, but that's not going to happen. The carving wasn't all that great on it way back then either. I'd just count it as a lesson and I'm sure you can find a friend or relative that would be happy with it.

[TwinOaks]

Thanks for all the replies, and yes, I just recarved it today. The old Architect's addage "If you can't hide it, make it obvious" just doesn't seem to have taken spirit dye into account. The whole problem with any fix was that the dog I carved was s'posed to be white. I did dye the whole original piece to match..then tried a few other things....and well...now I have a med. brown carving reverse highlighted with titanium white artists' oil paint. That's when I reached for the clean leather. I'll post pics over in Figure Carving this afternoon.