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Two-Tone Dye/stain: How Do I Do It?

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My husband wants me to make a wallet for him. Plain Jane, black dye/stain around the edges and blend it to a lighter color. Probably brown. I have seen some outstanding dye jobs and am just wondering, how the heck do y'all do it?! I've read that you have to use spirit-based, is that true? I'm a newb and using Tandy's Eco-flo line. I like the colors, and don't even know where to begin outside of their line.

Pictures for reference to give y'all an idea what I'm talking about.

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Dye your base color then apply the darker dye using an airbrush or by block dying method.

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If you use block dying method how do you blend them so it's a seamless transition?

Also, and I'm sorry for not putting this in one post, do you let the first coat dry before you apply the second coat of a different color?

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Go on YouTube and type in "George Hurst block dyeing." He does a great tutorial on it. My personal advice is to get you an airbrush...it'll be WELL worth it. That effect is called "Sunburst" if you're wanted to google/search for it.

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