SouthernCross Report post Posted February 2, 2016 I have some items that I've got some basketweave stamping on that I'd like to antique or highlight. After stamping, I stained with Fiebings alchohol based die and then went over that with neatsfoot oil to get the color I want. What are the next steps and products to apply in order to do the antiquing. I'm hoping to use the Fiebings antiquing paste but believe I need to use some sort of resist before doing so, correct? And I don't think I can use Tandy's SuperShene as a resist since it's water-based, right? Please help me with my next steps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halitech Report post Posted February 2, 2016 I use super shene as a resist all the time but you need to put on at least 2 coats and let it dry a day between coats and then a day before you do the antique. If you don't, you end up with it staining pretty much everything. Tandy used to have a resist product but I haven't been able to find it in ages and it was a true resist. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NVLeatherWorx Report post Posted February 2, 2016 If I understand correctly you have already applied a stain then the oil, right? If the stain color is a very light one then you will want to apply a resist over the areas that you want to maintain the lighter shade on, I use Clear-Lac from Springfield Leather. This also takes in the assumption that your intention is to apply a darker Antique of course. If you have applied a dark stain/day with full coverage then there is really no benefit available from wanting to apply an Antique as it will not enhance the final appearance enough to even show or matter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halitech Report post Posted February 2, 2016 I've used some dark stains with a resist then antique before and what does get enhanced are the tooling and carvings. The dark antique gets caught in the tooling and does make it pop more. Obviously if you use really dark brown or black then yes, the antique will have minimal effect Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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SouthernCross Report post Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) NVL, yes I stained first with a very light British Tan, followed by neatsfoot oil, which darkened it just a little bit, but it's still fairly light colored. Perhaps it's not "antiquing" that I want but instead "highlighting". In other words, I don't want to really darken it much further, but simply highlight the basketweave stamping to bring it out. Edited February 3, 2016 by SouthernCross Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
