Problem dying Veg- Tan

[bikermutt07]

26 minutes ago, YinTx said:

 

I have recently tried a new method I am really happy with, and that is mixing the regular Fiebing's dyes (not the Pro dye) with neatsfoot oil per Fiebengs instructions - I think 4% dye to 96% oil - shake well and apply.  Results in very even coverage, and no drying and cracking on your leather.

YinTx

Haven't heard about this technique?

[YinTx]

Works awesome.  Give it a try sometime.  Fiebengs actually describes it in their tips page on their website.

https://www.fiebing.com/tips/mixing-fiebings-leather-dye-and-prime-neatsfoot-oil-compound/

I don't use the compound, just the nfo. 6% and 94% for the ratios, I am corrected.

This has a little bit of antique on it, but you can still see the even results.

YinTx

[fredk]

4 hours ago, YinTx said:

I have recently tried a new method I am really happy with, and that is mixing the regular Fiebing's dyes (not the Pro dye) with neatsfoot oil per Fiebengs instructions - I think 4% dye to 96% oil - shake well and apply.  Results in very even coverage, and no drying and cracking on your leather.

I've not heard of this either. I too must try it out 

[chrisash]

I am still a learner, but have used NFO on the belt first then after about a hour applied the pro dye and had a good even finish which seems to have good penetration then 50/50 resolene a couple of days later

[fredk]

I thought YinTx had erred in the proportions. It seems to be too much oil to dye, I thought it would be the other way round

4 hours ago, YinTx said:

I have recently tried a new method I am really happy with, and that is mixing the regular Fiebing's dyes (not the Pro dye) with neatsfoot oil per Fiebengs instructions - I think 4% dye to 96% oil - shake well and apply.  Results in very even coverage, and no drying and cracking on your leather.

But Feibings says;

To achieve this highly desired result the trick is to mix 6% of Fiebing’s Leather Dye with 94% Fiebing’s Prime Neatsfoot Oil Compound.  This works especially well with all of the brown tones and the primary colors like green and blue.

As one who is never sure just how much NFO to put on, is it getting into and through the leather? etcetera. I'm going to adapt this idea and add a small proportion of NFO into my thinned dye, thus I'll oil as I dye.

[dfrensdorff]

I’ll give it a try as well ... thank you both!

[YinTx]

7 hours ago, fredk said:

add a small proportion of NFO into my thinned dye, thus I'll oil as I dye.

I had tried in the past to mix oil/dye in 10/90, 25/75, 50/50 and gave up because I didn't like the results.  When I did the 94/6 oil/dye ratio, magic.  Even tried 90/10 and it was not too bad either - just darker.  And for sure you don't need to oil again when you are done!

2 hours ago, dfrensdorff said:

I’ll give it a try as well ... thank you both!

Let us know how it works for you - would like to see how it comes out for others besides me.

YinTx

[YinTx]

On 6/30/2019 at 8:49 PM, dfrensdorff said:

No oil or any treatment .... clean veg-tan from Sepici Brothers. Here is a pic of a basketweave belt I did with the same leather just two weeks ago .... the only difference I can think of is I mixed some new resolene and water together  ... after it is dyed, it looks very even.

 

I hope you get some oil in that thing - it looks great, and the oil/nourishing will help it last a long time.  Try it on a sample piece that you have dyed, tooled, finished just like this one so you can see how it will come out first.

YinTx