Fiebings Dark Brown Dye Turned Green

[Stewbeans22]

So....... made a sunglasses case with veg tan. Dyed it with Fiebings Dark Brown dye. A couple days later the case has a green tinge to it. 

Could it be that I put 3 coats on it or something to do with the leather. 

The pictures don’t really do justice. 

Thanks,

Stew

 

Edited July 30, 2019 by Stewbeans22

[terrymac]

TanKote or Clear Lac will remove it

Terry

[Stewbeans22]

6 hours ago, terrymac said:

TanKote or Clear Lac will remove it

Terry

It will remove the green tint or some of the dye?

 

[terrymac]

Just the green. It is some pigment Fiebings puts in its spirit dyes. Doesn't seem to be as bad in the.Pro series

Terry

[Stewbeans22]

So I used resolene since I had that and it worked perfect. 

I looked up the difference between resolene and tankote and they were basically the same. 

I also found a great video by Ian Atkinson on YouTube talking about different finishes. See the link. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zyTg_hfpNUM

thanks for the help. 

Stew

[Levins7]

Do you guys think Snowproof would remove this tinting?  Or should I use Leather Sheen?  I'd prefer to use snowproof if it will work.

[Stewbeans22]

Not sure about that but the resplendent worked perfect. 

[battlemunky]

I switched to Pro dye specifically because of this. You never can tell when its gonna happen and when it isn't. I've never had it happen with the Pro dye, I figure the extra buck per bottle is worth the consistency.

Good to know that resolene will fix it, unless you don't want a shiny finish.

Edited September 29, 2019 by battlemunky
added pic of green sheen

[battlemunky]

Can't see the green sheen in the above pic so much but that odd metallic shine you can see was green.

[YinTx]

On 7/29/2019 at 8:56 PM, Stewbeans22 said:

Could it be that I put 3 coats on it or something to do with the leather. 

 

3 coats seems pretty stout using dark brown dye!  I would expect a lot of rub off from that.  But I like the sunglass case design: what pattern did you use?  I've been looking for something like that...

YinTx