Members Dwight Posted October 29, 2018 Members Report Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) It is not a 100%, . . . absolute, . . . "dyed in the wool", . . . cure: but it comes awful close. I ran into this problem some time back, . . . and found "my" solution. 1. 24 hours drying time from the very last stroke or stamp on a cased piece of leather. No heat, . . . just room temperature (70 or so F). 2. Apply a light coat of neatsfoot oil, . . . and let dry another 24 hours. 3. Dip dye everything, . . . I use Feibings oil dyes and spirit dyes, . . . all are cut 1 to 1 with thinner. I no longer have hardly any of that splotchy and streaky looking dye jobs. They are basically uniform, with the exception of the grain of the leather. May God bless, Dwight Edited October 29, 2018 by Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members CutThumb Posted October 29, 2018 Author Members Report Posted October 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Dwight said: It is not a 100%, . . . absolute, . . . "dyed in the wool", . . . cure: but it comes awful close. I ran into this problem some time back, . . . and found "my" solution. 1. 24 hours drying time from the very last stroke or stamp on a cased piece of leather. No heat, . . . just room temperature (70 or so F). 2. Apply a light coat of neatsfoot oil, . . . and let dry another 24 hours. 3. Dip dye everything, . . . I use Feibings oil dyes and spirit dyes, . . . all are cut 1 to 1 with thinner. I no longer have hardly any of that splotchy and streaky looking dye jobs. They are basically uniform, with the exception of the grain of the leather. May God bless, Dwight Cool, thanks. I’ll try this with my next piece. What do you cut your oil dye with? Hope it isn’t something you can only get on the States! Quote
Members Dwight Posted October 29, 2018 Members Report Posted October 29, 2018 3 hours ago, CutThumb said: Cool, thanks. I’ll try this with my next piece. What do you cut your oil dye with? Hope it isn’t something you can only get on the States! I use Feibings dye reducer and thinner. Some folks on here apparently use everything from water to diesel fuel, . . . After messing around with some of their suggestions, . . . I went back to this formula, . . . works great. When I buy a bottle of dye (4 oz), I buy a bottle of thinner for it. Open one, . . . open the other, . . . pour em into my bottle for that dye, . . . shake well, . . . good to go. Yeah, . . . they probably save some money, . . . but with this formula I don't have to guess, . . . wonder, . . . worry, . . . or hope, . . . "how will it turn out???". AND, . . . I don't throw out as many junk pieces because the dye was the wrong color, . . . wrong shade, . . . splotchy, . . . etc. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
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