Mujician Report post Posted October 20, 2017 Hi - I'm getting into leather making and finding out how to do bits and pieces as I go along. I'd like to make some bookmarks with acrylic paint over the dye. I'm not sure which order I need to do things? Dye first obviously, but do I then put resolene over the dye and then acrylic, or do I dye, then acrylic, then resolene? Many thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsbagger Report post Posted October 20, 2017 Resoline is your Top coat. Make sure the paint is VERY dry or the Resoline can make it run. If you have access to an airbrush or preval sprayer works nice for applying multiple light coats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mujician Report post Posted October 20, 2017 Thanks, that what I thought, but I wanted to check. Thanks for your advice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted October 20, 2017 Mattsbagger is right in my experience. But if there IS some over-riding reason to put paint atop resolene, it works fine. Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buzzardbait Report post Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) after the acrylic paint is completely dry ,I like to use a small amount of Tandys Gel antiques before I seal coat, it really makes the details pop. the only paint color I have had a problem with is white. If I seal the white with Super Shene first it works fine. Edited October 20, 2017 by buzzardbait Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mujician Report post Posted October 21, 2017 Oh cool - so does the acrylic act like a resist layer so that the antique doesn't stick to it? It only goes in the tooling? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buzzardbait Report post Posted October 21, 2017 exactly. wipe it on and wipe it off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stetson912 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Resoline is acrylic based too. Idk why I never thought of acrylic paint as a resist until now haha. I've heard people using resolene for a resist in places. And it says right on the bottle "ACRYLIC" resolene hahaha. Guess I'm just a bit slow on the uptake aren't I haha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsbagger Report post Posted October 22, 2017 7 hours ago, Stetson912 said: Resoline is acrylic based too. Idk why I never thought of acrylic paint as a resist until now haha. I've heard people using resolene for a resist in places. And it says right on the bottle "ACRYLIC" resolene hahaha. Guess I'm just a bit slow on the uptake aren't I haha. That's why some people use M&G too. Lol I've never understood why The people at Tandy tell me not to mix Water based and Fiebings pro dye. I asked isn't Resoline water based? They said ya but that's ok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stetson912 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Lol, I haven't tried mop n glo yet but people swear by it. I'll give it a try one day. I have used resolene over feibings before. It worked well enough lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mujician Report post Posted October 24, 2017 I've just ordered some glow in the dark acrylic - not a clue what I'll use it on, but it'll be awesome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
