Wyosheen Vs. Resolene

[KBCustom]

Hello everyone,

I have been working with antique finish for a while and haven't quite figured out the best way to combine everything. I've been instructed to put a coat of oil as well as a coat of neat lac on before i apply my antique. I didn't have neat lac so i thought i'd try resolene since i had it on hand. The problem i'm seeing is that it blocks Way too much. I have just ordered some Wyosheen which im told is neat lac with a different name. My question is, is the Wyosheen going to give me the same results as the resolene or should i expect better results with the wyosheen allowing more antique into the leather?

Thanks

Kody

[retiredff]

I think a resist or block is suppose to do that. The areas you resist will not take on the color of the antique but it will get in the low areas (in tooling) to give it a 3D effect.

[Art]

I would expect the same effect. You put the resist where you don't want the dye/stain to take. Normally I accomplish the resist part with RTC as that's what I have and it works. I wipe it on, hitting the high spots so that the Antique hits the tooling (low spots) giving a higher contrast between the two. If you have neat-lac/Wyosheen, or Resolene, you should tool-up a couple of pieces of scrap and try them on it. Experimenting is how we learn all this stuff.

Art

[electrathon]

It did what it is supposed to do. The antique should only stay in the cracks and lines. If you are using cheap chromed tools or your leather was over wet/mushy you may not have good tooling definition, then it will look like nothing stayed.