TenHorn Report post Posted September 14, 2016 I've been doing leatherwork for about 40 years - started in the 70's as a high school student - but spent about the last 25 years away from the craft. Started back a couple of years ago and am having fun with it again. Here's my question: How do I get a nice gray (medium to charcoal) color? A friend has asked me to make a holster for his revolver, which is stainless with black/gray grips. He requested a gray color which I think would look great, especially with some black antique to highlight the tooling. It occured to me that I've never done anything in gray - everything I've been asked to make has either been black or shades of brown. I have not found any gray dye. I've tried reducing some Fiebings USMC black but I'm not really happy with the color. To me the tan color of the leather shows through enough to make it look brownish. Would an oxalic acid wash help? Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TinkerTailor Report post Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) Grey is hard . Fiebings used to make it and white, now they recommend dilutting their black dye. It is at the bottom of the page here: http://www.fiebing.com/tips/a-guide-to-using-fiebings-leather-dye/ You may want to try experimenting with blue dye as well, as a lot of grey has a blue tint to it. Edit: forgot vinegroon method (click on the title to read whole thing): Edited September 15, 2016 by TinkerTailor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted September 15, 2016 Fiebings grey dye was really more paint than dye. But it worked well ... which is more than I can say for their white! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
