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55 minutes ago, immiketoo said:

Ah HA!  It's in the title.  Antique gel.  Not the same as gel antique I guess.  I knew I wasn't crazy!

The keyword is "Fiebing's". Fiebing produce antique paste, while Eco-Flo produce antique gel :). 

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Yes, but GEL is GEL!  Hence my confusion.  The Fibbing's didn't come in until later :P  

 

 

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2 hours ago, ksaw said:

Thanks all! I'm going to try Tan-Kote next time before using the antique paste

FYI, I've tried it with straight TanKote, no luck.  Got all smeary and streaky and knarly and such.  Your best bet is to tool a bunch of scrap pieces and try a dozen different ways until one of them or none of them work for you.  There are those who refuse to antique, and some days I am one of them.

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TanKnote is no way, no how ever intended to be a resist. In fact, it can be added to antique paste if it starts drying, or to lighten up the antique color .  It also works great when you have splotchy areas from the antique, and it will remove most of the "splotch".  The only product that really works is Clearlac or Wyosheen sold by Barry King ( both the same product).  Must say I have not used Bee's new product so can't comment on it although their saddle oil is the best on the market.  You get into Tandy's antiques, and you can take everything I have said and throw it out the window.  Resolene does not work very well either.

Terry

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2 hours ago, terrymac said:

TanKnote is no way, no how ever intended to be a resist. In fact, it can be added to antique paste if it starts drying, or to lighten up the antique color .  It also works great when you have splotchy areas from the antique, and it will remove most of the "splotch".  The only product that really works is Clearlac or Wyosheen sold by Barry King ( both the same product).  Must say I have not used Bee's new product so can't comment on it although their saddle oil is the best on the market.  You get into Tandy's antiques, and you can take everything I have said and throw it out the window.  Resolene does not work very well either.

Terry

Terry, The surest way to resist are the products you listed.  I just don't like the look of them.  Ive been using Bee Natural for about 5 years now and I've NEVER had it bleed through.  I want to try some of their other products as well.

 

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Well...

Some practice issues. Fiebing's oil dye (dark brown and deluted saddle tan) + mink oil + Super Shene + antique paste + Super Shene again. You can see natural colour of the leather.

(Sorry, see no way how to add many pictures with comments right now)

 

 

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My practice piece (one of many). Just used 3 different resists and 3 different antiques (both paste and gel) from Japan. 

 

 

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Corners - natural colour + Tan-Kote + antique gel.

Tan-Kote is colored by gel, but still not a "messy". 

So, try the different ways, and you will get the best one for you.

 

 

 

 

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