Contributing Member fredk Posted May 5, 2017 Contributing Member Report Posted May 5, 2017 On 02/11/2016 at 8:09 PM, HobbledCobbler said: My husband and I love curb diving! I've gotten quite a good bit of wonderful leather by cutting it off of sofas and chairs. I've got a wonderful problem! Yesterday we found a Sofa & Loveseat in this really nice soft leather that would be great for soft shoes. IT IS BEAUTIFUL! But there's so much of it. We got several Yards of leather off of those couches. Thank the Lord for the dog that chewed up the cushions! It's a very pale green. And it's dyed all of the way through front and back. I don't know anything about leather dye or what that says other than, maybe it was chemically dyed? Vat dyed? So, can I recolor it? And if I do, what kind of dye should I use? It has a very light texture to the face of it. Not quite a pebble design, very small repeat. I acquired some car upholstery and house upholstery leather. I used lacquer solvent [aka cellulose thinners] to cut through the top finish The car upholstery was pearl grey; I can do it most darker colours, eg blue green dark red, browns and blacks The house upholstery was mixes of medium to dark brown; I can only re-do that in dark browns or black I just use Fieblings dyes Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Dun Posted May 11, 2017 Members Report Posted May 11, 2017 I skinned a couch and was able to use oil dyes to get a decent color, but I haven't found anything to keep the oil dye from bleeding out. Resolene seemed to work the best but still not enough to let it touch anything else for an extended period of time. Even after months I still get bleeding from buffing. Quote
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