mixing dye with oil before applying?

[Starman]

Hey folks, 

Im gonna try this later, just to see how it works, and I was wondering if anyone else  has tried mixing leather dye with an oil like neatsfoot (or another appropriate oil) and then applying that to the leather?

my assumption is--if the dye mixes in the oil--you'll get a more even color mix especially with something like brown or red. It might even give the color a different look.

Anyway, just curious if anyone's tried this, or something similar, and how it's worked out?

Thanks!

[Starman]

Well, I'll be damned! Not only does it work, apparently its an old trick (image taken from a 2016 facebook post I found)

Edited October 25, 2019 by Starman

[fredk]

2 hours ago, Starman said:

Well, I'll be damned! Not only does it work, apparently its an old trick (image taken from a 2016 facebook post I found)

Yup, its a very old idea. Some other workers on here have been doing it for yonks, further back than that faceybk you showed

[Starman]

3 hours ago, fredk said:

Yup, its a very old idea. Some other workers on here have been doing it for yonks, further back than that faceybk you showed

Oh Im sure! I've never heard of it before though; I wonder why it's not more well known/sold as a product?

[Handstitched]

 

On 10/26/2019 at 1:26 AM, fredk said:

Yup, its a very old idea. Some other workers on here have been doing it for yonks

Yup, theres also one very old  ' elephant in the room' , 'Raven Oil Dye', its , ..well......oil mixed with dye  

However, I did make the mistake of putting Raven Oil  dye on the inside of a belt ( in my wee early days)  . No matter how much sealer I put on, it still leeched out onto clothing. OOPS !!! 

I now use water based dyes with PU sealer.  All good  now  

HS