Members Dwight Posted March 18, 2017 Members Report Posted March 18, 2017 46 minutes ago, 1CJK said: Last night I realized that these were not done with the Pro oil. I forgot that a few weeks ago while I was at Hobby Lobby that they had some Fiebings low voc on sale and I bought there saddle tan and dark brown. I had some pro oil walnut that I had been using with dobbers and just forgot and didn't pay any attention to the bottle labels when in mixed them with the denatured alcohol. Not sure if this could cause problems. I'm going to order these two colors in the pro oil line and there reducer to see if I have better success. At this point I'm not looking to save a few bucks I just don't want to keep ruining my pieces. I think you will be pleasantly surprised when you see the results, . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted March 18, 2017 Contributing Member Report Posted March 18, 2017 I've had my third and final issue with Fiebings saddle tan dye. I'm not sure what they're doing different than before, but that saddle tan just doesn't work any more. I used quite a bit of it in the past. One batch, I tried mixing with that alchohol everybody was on about. Got splotchy, ugly results. Pitched the holster it was on, and tried again on a different piece of leather. Got same results second time, so I threw out the dye and got a fresh bottle (it DOES get old, you know). But I got the same results - in different leather -- I tried that next bottle 3 ways - thinned with alcohol, thinned with reducer (fiebings), and straight out the bottle. Tested after glue/sew and tested flat on teh table, and tested hanging on a hook. All tested on A-grade HO, from the same "batch" (order) but not from the same hide. All same results. All of this going on, EVERY other color I used came out just fine - -it was ONLY the saddle tan. So, I'll just use another color,or combination of colors. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members 1CJK Posted March 18, 2017 Author Members Report Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) What are some other dye company's available? On the commercial side of thing. Not the Tandy or hobby store stuff. What do the full blown big commercial operations use in the leather goods industry or what dyes does say HO or W&C use on there hides? Edited March 18, 2017 by 1CJK Quote
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