Eco-Flo Tips

[Chief Filipino]

Hi everyone. I picked up a bottle of Eco-Flo 32oz coal black leather dye. It is a water based dye. I normally go for oil dye but it is expensive. I am trying to give this a shot but I am frustrated with it. It seems like to get any decent coverage I need to put a bajillion coats on and even then it doesn't penetrate very far into the skin. 

Has anyone used this before? Does anyone have an tips to get better penetration/coverage? 

Thanks for the help! 

Teo

[Studio-N]

I think you've pretty much answered your question. - go BACK to the oil dye. Eco-foo-foo is crap.

[Instinctive]

Try giving the piece a light spray of water before applying the dye. Opens up the pores a bit. It will never penetrate like oil dye but I have used it a lot (very limited choices where I live) and never had a bad dye job or rub off.

[Chief Filipino]

 

Try giving the piece a light spray of water before applying the dye. Opens up the pores a bit. It will never penetrate like oil dye but I have used it a lot (very limited choices where I live) and never had a bad dye job or rub off.

How deep does it go with the light spray of water? I tried that but seems like I still have to put on a ton of coats. I almost want to get a tray and just soak the piece in it. 

 

[Instinctive]

 

How deep does it go with the light spray of water? I tried that but seems like I still have to put on a ton of coats. I almost want to get a tray and just soak the piece in it. 

 

Really hard to put a number on that. Never as deep as oil or spirit based dyes but seem to be adequate. I have been carrying around a black dyed front pocket wallet for the past several months. Shares a pocket with a knife and other pocket debris and and it's still going strong. I usually do a couple of coats applied with sheep's wool.

[NVLeatherWorx]

Best tip of all: DO NOT USE ECO-FLO PRODUCTS.  Terrible coverage and the DO NOT hold fast to the leather; they love to rub off and have no depth of color penetration.  This issue has been addressed time and time again yet we still see it coming up.  There are literally thousands of threads here in this community that go into the Eco-Flo issues alone so there is no reason why this type of question should be coming around again.  Please do yourself a favor and research the threads of this community thoroughly before asking what has been asked a thousand plus times.

[Studio-N]

 

Best tip of all: DO NOT USE ECO-FLO PRODUCTS.  

[Chief Filipino]

 

Best tip of all: DO NOT USE ECO-FLO PRODUCTS.  Terrible coverage and the DO NOT hold fast to the leather; they love to rub off and have no depth of color penetration.  This issue has been addressed time and time again yet we still see it coming up.  There are literally thousands of threads here in this community that go into the Eco-Flo issues alone so there is no reason why this type of question should be coming around again.  Please do yourself a favor and research the threads of this community thoroughly before asking what has been asked a thousand plus times.

There is a reason why this question keeps popping up. Have you tried to search for something on this website? A simple keyword search brings up the thousands of threads with that word in it. Then you have to try to sift through that to figure out the answer you are looking for. I have done research for many things and after going through a lot of the threads and still not finding the answer I find it easier to ask the experts.

If you have any tips on how to refine the search to make it easier and more efficient since time is a precious commodity, I would greatly appreciate it. 

[cjartist]

If people would start using Tags when writing a post, that should eventually help to sort out search.  Very few people use that feature though.

[keplerts]

What is a "Tag"???