arcrue Report post Posted December 25, 2019 Hi there, Have you ever seen something like this? When I saw it I though that it is made by dipping leather into into a water-dye substance. Author of this technique disclaimes that. What do you think? I have few other hypothesis about how to do that. I need to do some tests with other types of dyes. https://www.partahama.cz/technika-tahama/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdawson Report post Posted December 25, 2019 Hi arcrue That looks somewhat like some videos I've seen on a process called marbling, try searching here or youtube for marbling or marbled leather. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LatigoAmigo Report post Posted December 25, 2019 8 hours ago, arcrue said: Have you ever seen something like this? Wow. Pretty nice. What an amazing technique. I've attached a photo from that link here for all to see (links sometimes get disconnected). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rleather Report post Posted December 26, 2019 Corter leather has a video on a tie dye wallet . Using water and oil dye . I have tried it and it does work, but it has a steep learning curve to get it right. I have done it three times and have adjusted the ratio of water to dye and still need to keep adjusting the dye content. It uses a boat load of dye I don't know why the video calls it tie dye , it definitely is a marble effect.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisash Report post Posted December 26, 2019 Are you using the water thickener Carrageenan and painting the leather with Alum before starting. That seems to be the best way so i understand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rleather Report post Posted December 26, 2019 I just followed the video using water and Fiebing pro oil dye. But thanks for the info, I will have to try it out and see what happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arcrue Report post Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) mdawson, thank you! I didn't know the term. rleather: I knew that before. I tried that and I agree that learning curve is like you said. I know that the author (He calls himself author of this technique...) doesn't use oil dye, but alcohol or acrilic. I know his supplier. There is my first result with alcohol dye... Guys thanks for answers. I see that this is known technique if you know sources Edited January 26, 2020 by arcrue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites