Starting over

[fldsofglry]

Hey all,

I made a mistake with my coloring somehow. I put on some Tandy HiLite, but the color came out a little off. So in trying to save it I had the not so bright idea of trying to switch over to straight black spirit based dye. Obviously the two didn't go well together since one is water based and the other spirit based. At this point I am just wanting to start over and then give it a straight black look. Will deglazer work for this or should I use something like acetone?

Thanks for your time!

Adam

[jbird]

Not sure how you can remove that, but I would say this that you can use oil dye over water base if the water base is dry, and one more thing on the highlight stain is the color changes depending on if the leather is tooled I have heavly tested on highlight stain and you can have it turn out good but for black use oil dye or vinagroon.

Josh

[George]

Adam:

I've been able to salvage projects where my dye experiments did not work out as planned. Just last week I took a piece that had several layers of spirit dye and even Bee Natural finish - dipped the whole mess in my vinegar mixture for few seconds. Once it dried it was a beautiful black with no evidence of my former dye experiments.

George

[jammon]

If you want it black, you can use deglazer and I know the "professional" oil dye will cover. I've had to recover from almost the exact same situation. Just make sure you have the leather as clean as possilbe of the previous dye before you re-dye it.

[TwinOaks]

Hey, welcome back James! Where the H have you been?

Vinegaroon will definitely work, but be sure to buff it well. It's likely to a lot of the previous dye to the surface, and you don't want any rub off. After buffing, be sure to oil/condition.

[fldsofglry]

I wanted to say thanks to everyone for the advice. I ended up fixing the project and it turned out nice considering it was a mess earlier. I was kind of surprised to find that I didn't even have to use the black oil dye to fix it up. All I did was put 2 more coats of the same spirit die on it, added more in spots that wasn't soaking it as well, then buffed.

If I run into issues again, your suggestions will definitely help. Again, I appreciate it.

Adam