Heavyp Report post Posted October 2, 2016 I just want to know if you can airbrush the antiquing dye ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norton Custom Leather Report post Posted October 10, 2016 yes but why would you? the antique dye is for just that, creating the antique look. airbrushing will not allow the look. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boriqua Report post Posted October 11, 2016 You can create an antique effect with an airbrush with varying levels of success. In the saddle bags here I started with a cherry base then darkened with more cherry in places and then I thought about where things might get rubbed dark in actual usage and misted those areas with Mahogany and Dark brown varying how much was applied and being sure to bleed out the spray so there were no hard edges. Came out ok .. not great but ok Taking the pix in direct sun bled out some of the effect. It was a little more pronounced then it appears. By misting with my airbrush pulled way back I was able to pick up the grain. There are more pix at my site I chose to do that for this project because Saddle bags get ROUGH usage. The acrylic antiques and in particular the Fiebings is pretty tough but it is a surface prep and will get scratched. Antique like Fiebings antique acrylics or even the paste is applied to the entire surface and then systematically wiped off. You get no benefit at all from spraying it. Cover your piece and and if you want one area lighter than another simply wipe more of it off with a very lightly dampened sponge. I then follow up with a folded paper towel and buff hard because it helps to blend the edges from an area you may have removed more material from to an area where you left it really dark. I tend to do both on things I know wont see terrible hard usage. I start with a mottled airbrush treatment that may involve several different colors and as a final step use the antique to pick up the grain and blend the edges some. Its a bit of work but people who buy my stuff seem to really like it. You can see kind of the progression here. The final upload pix are with the antique overlay. http://www.boriqualeather.com/Gallery/index.php/templar-progress Hope that helps .. probably to much information for such a simple question but Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
