Nope to antique. Again. Or, still....

[YinTx]

On 1/22/2021 at 6:36 PM, Stevestikihut said:

I could smoke a legal joint but can’t use real dye.

Sounds like a perfect recipe to keep people dependent and not productive.  Can you use any of the Fenice water based dyes, or the Orion colors?

YinTx

[cltech9]

On 12/24/2020 at 10:54 PM, YinTx said:

It's all art, so whatever preference you have, go with it!  Seems there are 10,000 different methods to using antique, and 10,000 different results.  So I'm always practicing, trying to get something I like.  In general, I have not been using the paste antiques lately, and when I do antique, I have made my own recipe.  But I went back to some paste to try things out again a week or so ago.  This was a piece of 10 oz Hermann Oak that I doodle'd on, oiled with neatsfoot, then put the old school NeatLac on (yeah, the kind you have to take outside because it smells so strong), let it dry, then put the paste on, wiped the heavy stuff off, left the rest sit in the cracks and low spots and cuts for an hour or so, then really cleaned it out and applied Tan Kote over it.  Then some matte acrylic finisher.  I kinda liked the way the cuts darkened, and the background darkened, but the leather stayed fairly light colored, stayed clean and not muddy, with no gummy junk caked in the cuts or tooling marks.  The finish is not shiny and plasticy, with a nice gloss and hue.  The background stayed a bit flat for my preference, but all in all workable for me.

The prototype sheath was done with my own mixture, Tan Kote for resist, finished with resolene.

But then someone looking for a really darkened antique job would be totally disappointed in both I suppose.

YinTx

Is there any home made recipe for an antique finish that you know of, I have heard some has been made from Mop N Glow, just curious ?

 

[GatoGordo]

On 1/22/2021 at 4:36 PM, Stevestikihut said:

I live in California, we cannot get anything but water based, acrylic dyes. Forget about the antiquing paste. Even Tan Kate smears water based dye. 
I just got some Fielding low-voc dye, first impressions were not great either, very blotchy but at least they will not run. 
Considering smuggling some real chemicals but I’m too good looking for jail. I could smoke a legal joint but can’t use real dye. 

I live in California and use Angelus dyes which are alcohol based just like Fiebing's.