newbie question Dying an Allen Edmonds Calf Dress Shoes

[kayi078]

Hi  i'm new to this forum and would like to seek for professional help. I did search around a little bit but cannot find any answers of it

Products I bought:

• Deglazer
• Fiebings Pro Dye (chocolate)
• Tan-kote
• Meltonian shoe cream polish (netural)
• Venetian shoe cream

I'm trying to dye my Allen Edmonds calf dress shoes from bourbon color to chocolate color, bought few Fiebings products and thinking to apply 1 layer of Tan-kote as a finisher (by hand), then apply venetian shoe cream as a conditioner and meltonian cream to polish it out.

I tried to contact Fiebings and ask them how to use Tan-kote, they replied it is not needed and can skip to the shoe cream directly.....Is it true? I afraid the dye will rub off on my dress shoes one day.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Edited June 18, 2016 by kayi078

[kayi078]

this forum ....SMH

[RockyAussie]

My advise is to take it in to a shoe repair shop that does this type of work as different leathers require different procedures to achieve the correct results.

For many years I did this type of work including making shoes and I would not think about advising you without seeing the real shoes first.