Wood stain for leather.

[ThisIsMyFirstRodeo]

19 hours ago, ThisIsMyFirstRodeo said:

Experimenting with same idea.

Plain old econo veg tan belly, just tossed in a ziplock baggy with a little bit of the dye, rubbed around for a couple seconds, kinda pressed excess off in the bag, and blotted with a paper towel rolling it across with my finger. 
This is just a simple crafting dye from hobby lobby. No clue what the effect will be, if it will hold, or if it will stain anything it touches. 
Anyone try RIT dye before?

But I’ve never dyed leather before, just stained, usually with water or soda, or a sharpie, or you get the idea. 
 

Clearly I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m happy to share my mistakes… er… technique development process. Yeah, I like that, technique development process…

After all, This Is My First Rodeo

Having trouble dropping the resolution for some reason, but now dried, that’s the true color, didn’t bleed onto my fingertips at all handling and squeezing. Actually really happy with the results. I think I paid $3-4 for that bottle, and I used possibly 2Tbsp of it. 
 

Still need to see what happens if it get wet or oily, or how to gloss it up, but hey,
ThisIsMyFirstRodeo

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21 hours ago, ThisIsMyFirstRodeo said:

Having trouble dropping the resolution for some reason, but now dried, that’s the true color, didn’t bleed onto my fingertips at all handling and squeezing. Actually really happy with the results. I think I paid $3-4 for that bottle, and I used possibly 2Tbsp of it. 

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