Is this fixable

[Desert Moon]

I just finished this wallet and had a big problem, I got dye on my fingers while dying edges and got purple finger print on the interior. She wants interior natural color so dying is out. I tried some deglazer with poor results, I hate to scrap the project and start over not sure if I can get the coloring on dragonfly that good again. Any suggestions.

[Michael Sheldon]

Hate to say it, but I believe you're doomed.

You could try de-stitching it and only replacing the interior.

[Dwight]

Michael Sheldon has that one covered in my book.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Troy I]

Been there and done that...never could figure out how to fix it...sorry to say, but I think you will have to start over.

[zuludog]

Leave it as it is and either

A)  Grovel

Tell her - Hey! it's hand made. What the hell did you expect?!

Edited August 21, 2016 by zuludog

[ConradPark]

Well, as Michel Sheldon said, you could salvage it and only redo the interior pockets. When you take off the stitches, remember to do that from the inside - so you don't damage the exterior and I guess, that the cover is what you're happiest with anyway. Another tip is to use disposable latex gloves. I always do. That way you minimize the risk of dirty down the natural leather. Even 'clean' fingers can start to discolor natural leather if you work with it for a longer period (as when stitching for example).

Good Luck (I'm tempted to add that may the Devil curse your enemies, but I'm not sure the pun will be appreciated :))

[LumpenDoodle2]

Instead of trying to remove the marks, how about a couple of little dragonflies over the marks.   It's a lot easier to make something look as if it's meant to be there, than make it disappear.

When this sort of thing happens, I figure the gods are having a larf at our expense (the little devils).

[Desert Moon]

Thanks for the replays, I have a small dragonfly stamp, that is a great idea Lumpen your my hero

[rosiart]

If you also have a stipple stamp,  it can be used to hide some of the smudges.  Make it like I meant to do that :-)

 

[Desert Moon]

Here is the cover up job.