Dye questions?

[NVLeatherWorx]

21 hours ago, Halitech said:

they do and the manager actually encourages them to work with and use the equipment and finishes during work hours. Most days I go in and someone is working on tooling something or dying or building. Far as I'm concerned, you can't know the product if you don't use it and the manager here feels the same way.

And I know it's fashionable to bash on Tandy but honestly, I've not had the issues up here that most have and maybe it's a Canadian thing

Not everyone has the advantage of being able to get business or wholesale accounts with the big guys though.

It may actually be a Canada thing because I have been told by the manager of the store in my area that "you don't need to know how to work with the products, you just need to know how to sell them" and he told me that is the way they are trained. 

Regarding the wholesale programs, I just contact each potential supplier and ask them if they have such a program and what the pricing and requirements are.  If they have one then I get everything they have to offer (documentation wise) and start working up my orders so that I can keep myself supplied and have some extra to sell to those who are looking for more of a selection.

[Bonecross]

I almost exclusively use Fiebings Pro dye. After dyeing I rehydrate the leather with a very light application Lexol leather conditioner to the flesh side. 

Edited May 10, 2017 by Bonecross

[pnj]

you need to condition the leather. You need to condition ANY leather, eventually. 

 

[Boriqua]

I cant imagine they get a commission on selling Tandy branded products but maybe. I think you just got a bad salesman. I almost immediately wince whenever any salesperson of any good or service starts his speech with negativity about something else.

Having said all that .. most products have their place and use for me. I have done more than a thousand projects with Fiebings over the course of 26 years and never had a problem. I have literally used GALLONS upon gallons of it. I think it was and probably still is the go to dye for many once they graduated from the little bottles of solvent dye tandy used to sell. I have been using more Angelus because I like the brightness of some of their colors over the fiebings and I love ecoflo for painterly things I may do on leather such as flowers or vines. I like the way it blends and most things I am going to do painterly designs on aren't destined for real hard use.

So his admonishment about fiebings is unfounded and you should feel comfortable with using it.