Fiebings Oxblood

[Mattsbagger]

Fiebings Oxblood cut 50/50 with denatured alcohol. Seems a bit pink to me.lol. Leather was cleaned with Barkeepers Friend and rinsed with water.Leather was still damp when dyed. All done with a sponge.(Cleaning and the dyeing) I will use as I was thinking of trying to make a pink holster BUT this was not the color I was expecting and dont know if it will duplicate on the next piece I try to dye.

Edited November 13, 2016 by Mattsbagger

[bikermutt07]

What a nice violet color.

[Harry Marinakis]

Yeah, the advertised colors of all dyes never turns out to be "as advertised."

As far as red is concerned, the only one I use is Tandy Professional Waterstain. (That is the only Tandy dye that I use, otherwise I use Fiebings.) All of the other "red" dyes are pink or purple.

I always do dyes tests before I dye the piece on which I am working. I do the dye test using a scrap of the same identical leather that I am using for my project. 

I also make dye cards. Every time I buy a new dye color, I cut out a couple of 2 x 4 inch rectangles from 8 oz. leather and dye the rectangles with the new dye (full strength and 50/50). I label the back of the leather card with the dye and dilution. This gives me a better idea of what color I actually have. (You still have to test each new leather with the dye, because different leather = different color.)

Edited November 13, 2016 by Harry Marinakis

[TomG]

Try 10% and 25% dilutions.  I think I settled on 25% but don't remember

[WalnutTreeLeather]

Hi,

I know this is a late response but I just had the same issue with 50% Oxblood (and 50% Alcohol) but once I had oiled and sealed it was a much, much better colour.  

Hope this helps?

Andy

[Lizardo]

I used Oxblood one time to stain a set of pistol grips. They came out...interesting. After about two months they darkened but still looked bright. It also seems that they changed the formula since the early 80's. I understood at the time that there were carcinogens in the original formula. The newer formula seems to be a bit brighter. I preferred the darker. Could just be my imagination.

[DominickTuroski]

Hm, for me it turns out a nice darker shade, but it was pretty pink with a light coat. I like to put the oxblood on and then go over it with a brown antique for some minor tooling, it comes out with a very nice deep burgundy color.

[SheltathaLore]

If the red comes out magenta, try adding some yellow to get a true red - knowing how to mix colors with CMYK primaries is super useful in dyeing.

[alpha2]

I just had a request for a pink dog collar. I couldn't find any pink, except for a "dark pink" paint. I found on this forum that oxblood will do pink. So, I picked some up while in Arizona last week. Today, I tried some out, 50/50 and 2 to 1. It was pink, but actually the 2 to 1 was exactly like the Eco Flex Waterstain in fuscia! Go figure.

Jeff

[DJole]

1 hour ago, alpha2 said:

I just had a request for a pink dog collar. I couldn't find any pink, except for a "dark pink" paint. I found on this forum that oxblood will do pink. So, I picked some up while in Arizona last week. Today, I tried some out, 50/50 and 2 to 1. It was pink, but actually the 2 to 1 was exactly like the Eco Flex Waterstain in fuscia! Go figure.

Jeff

Angelus produces some pink dyes: Rose and Light Rose. Maybe those will work for you.