Re-dying waxy leather

[mreams99]

Hello,

I’ve worked with leather since I was about 8-9 years old, starting with 4H.

Over the last few years, I have refinished several pairs of shoes and boots by stripping the old polish and re-dying them to a different color.

I would like to do this to a pair of boots now, but it’s a different type of leather.  The leather is a thick “dusty grey” waxy/oily leather (possibly CXL).  I would like to redye them to match the colors of the college I graduated from (purple and grey).

Is there anything that I need to do differently with this leather?  For example, do I need to thin my dye with something other than alcohol?  Is there anything special that I need to do prior to applying the dye?  (I normally scrub them pretty well with acetone.)

Thank you.

[mreams99]

I just remembered that it’s “smoky grey” leather.

Has nobody done this?

[mreams99]

It looks like I’ll be going this alone.

Wish me luck!

[JD62]

Good luck! Let us know what you learn,so we too can learn.

[mreams99]

9 hours ago, JD62 said:

Good luck! Let us know what you learn,so we too can learn.

Thanks.

I may post my results if it turns out well.

It doesn’t seem like this is the place to share details, so I’ll probably just post  before and after pictures.

[JD62]

I would say this is a forum that LOVES  details ! We are all about helping each other to learn, I'm pretty sure that no one gave any help with your post is no one else has tried it. By all means please feel free to ask for help, or give advice if you see a chance to help some one out. We're all friends here!

[Rockoboy]

You have a lot more experience than me if you have re-dyed anything, because I have never done any ... but I have been thinking about giving a few things a new colour.