Staining leather

[retiredff]

On 9/4/2017 at 6:14 PM, Dwight said:

If I dye it, . . . I dip it, . . . don't have any questions then about the coverage, . . . go over it then (or before) with a coat of neatsfoot oil, . . . use only Feibings Oil dye.

Basically no problems with my process.

The dip dye process takes more dye, . . . but when you are done, . . . you are done.  Ya don't have to question and don't have to worry about scraping it and the color scraping off.

May God bless,

Dwight

I may try this but what type of containers do you store the dye or do you put it back in the bottle when done? If you leave it in a covered plastic container does it dry out?

Tony

 

[Dwight]

Down thru the years I've accumulated the quart bottles that originally had dye or reducer or something similar.

They are all Feibing's bottles, . . . and after I dye a belt or holster or whatever, . . . I just pour it back in the bottle.

Bottles are labeled and kept on the shelf in a certain order, . . . so it works out well for me.

Hope this helps.

May God bless,

Dwight

[retiredff]

Thanks Dwight.

 

[SmashySkins]

I'm just moving away from Eco Flow to Fiebings. What a difference, my word. I did a test piece of Eco Flow black dye on one side and Fiebings black dye on the other. Eco Flow side is extremely dull, grey and blotchy. The Fiebings goes on completely uniform as a deep, shiny black. I used  one of those cheap sponge brushes with the wooden handles.

 

I wish I'd known in the first place before buying all that Eco FLow stuff. Though I still like the stains and antiques for now. I also worry the chemical stink of the Feibings dye now that it's too cold to have my windows open at night.

 

[retiredff]

The smell bothered me at first but I close the door to the room, put a small fan in the window just before starting to dye. The smell goes away quickly. Sometimes I use a cheap mask for airbrushing/dying/glueing.

[alpha2]

6 hours ago, SmashySkins said:

I'm just moving away from Eco Flow to Fiebings. What a difference, my word. I did a test piece of Eco Flow black dye on one side and Fiebings black dye on the other. Eco Flow side is extremely dull, grey and blotchy. The Fiebings goes on completely uniform as a deep, shiny black. I used  one of those cheap sponge brushes with the wooden handles.

 

I wish I'd known in the first place before buying all that Eco FLow stuff. Though I still like the stains and antiques for now. I also worry the chemical stink of the Feibings dye now that it's too cold to have my windows open at night.

 

If you applied one to the flesh side and the other to the grain side, you have described exactly what one would expect. Take a piece of leather, cut in half, apply the two dyes to the same side of the leather, I think you'll find that they are much closer, if not the same. Same thing if you apply the Fiebings to both sides of one piece. The flesh side will always be more gray and splotchy. Having said all that, I also prefer Fiebings. 

[SmashySkins]

I wasn't referring to the flesh side.

However maybe those water stains are better. I only have the turquoise but it is completely unpredictable. Sometimes it goes on as a horrid brown, other times it looks the colour of a glacier fed lake!

Edited September 29, 2017 by SmashySkins