Dye wont penetrate leather

[Troy I]

Dip dye some scrap and see what happens.

[Joelandersson]

So ive done some more testing. this is what ive tried:

Dip dye: will eventually dye trough the leather but it takes long time.

I applied dye with a dauber from the flesh side (alot of dye) to see if it would penetrate the surface which it kinda did very odd i got small dots of dark color and the rest just was just the alchol comming trough.

I made the dye thinner by adding denatured alcohol and "soaked" the grain side which gave me better results and deeper penetration but again it seems like its mostly the alcohol which is getting trough. a quite pale coloring deeper in the grain.

Going to keep testing different ratios to see if i can get the result which im looking for.

Next time ill take this in consideration before i buy leather.

 

Thanks for all replys!

[Joelandersson]

So, ive done some more testing. Grain layer wont penetrate on this leather. Tried to sand ir down with 120 grit sand paper no difference dye stops between grain and flesh layer. Took some scrap true veg tanned non finished leather. The dye soaked up good and eventually went all the way true. Ill just use this as a natural leather piece.

Case closed no loss ends. If you are going to dye leather, only dye unfinished veg tan leather of good quality.