How To Get This Color

[chainftw]

Hey any one know how to make this color ?

I don't wana copy the design just love that color .

Thanks

[Dwight]

Looks like black to me..............

May God bless,

Dwight

[chainftw]

Looks like black to me..............

May God bless,

Dwight

Ummmm .....I mean the grayish whitish color ....

[electrathon]

White acrylic paint, dry brushed. Use very little and build.

[chainftw]

White acrylic paint, dry brushed. Use very little and build.

Hey , I was thinking that ,but can you then spray Oil dye over it ? I don't think it would work .

[NVLeatherWorx]

You do the main dye/stain first then dry brush over the top of it to get the "shading" effect that you see here.

[chainftw]

You do the main dye/stain first then dry brush over the top of it to get the "shading" effect that you see here.

Hum , ok got it ..Not sure but i'll try it on scrap .

[Boriqua]

Just a thought but were I to try it ... when I lay down one coat of black I get that same light grey. When I want a rich deep black I usually have to make several passes. I might try laying out a light coat of black and then building up the shadows instead of worrying about building up the lights.

[NVLeatherWorx]

You are correct that with one coat of black dye that you get the gray look, but there is something else to consider here before thinking that your gray will stay gray. Once you condition it and/or seal it with a top coat you will find that it goes black and stays that way. If you really want to get a gray finish that is solid in nature and not just shaded, all you have to do is thin out your black until you get the right shade on your leather. Do this on scrap leather and even go as far as to condition it and/or seal it as you would normally to ensure that it gives you the end result that you are looking for. Any time that you use straight dyes without thinning them they will always finish out the actual color when you complete the process. Just the nature of how things are formulated to work together.

[ganbah]

To me it looks like two blacks: The light black is the standard Fiebings Professional-Oil Dye the dark one is USMC-Black with its typical metallic-look.

[chainftw]

Thanks everyone . It's that Stinky old Fiebings dye that they don't make any more !!!