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On 11/13/2016 at 2:29 AM, Mattsbagger said:

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.

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Wow! That's...mighty pink, all right! I don't remember my oxblood dyes looking like that!
Here's the oxblood of my wallet:

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That's full strength, not diluted. This is Fiebings Oxblood-- Angelus makes an oxblood too, which you can see here in this other piece (the boar's tongue):


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On 11/13/2016 at 5:29 AM, Mattsbagger said:

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.

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I've found the results I get with Feibings are much closer to Djole.  No dilution and get a nice oxblood color consistently, usually hit the leather twice to ensure an even color, but it is very oxblood.  I may try the dilution rate you have used though, that is almost a highlighter pink color, cool, but your right not oxblood.

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Yeah, I've never thinned it and get a pretty dark shade out of it as well.

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Undiluted, it comes out much darker for me.  The example is with an antique over it but it was nice and bloody before the antique, not pink!

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16 hours ago, wizard of tragacanth said:

dougfergy... that is a very nice color and a beautifully made holster.  I aspire to your skill level... may never get there! 

Thank you very much!  Trust me, no one has far to go to reach my skill level.  I'm better with the camera.  From this angle, you can't see some blunders!

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