Top coats and dying for flesh side

[Samalan]

Harness leather works good .

[Handstitched]

@Warhauk this is the stuff I use:

https://maclaceleather.com.au/product/seal-shine-1-litre/

It has a nice glossy  look and feel to the finished product. I use it on pretty much all dyed products. 

HS 

[Warhauk]

On 12/8/2021 at 1:39 PM, fredk said:

 

I find that Resolene is no longer a good sealant. I prefer to use a certain 'floor polish' which is actually a water thin acrylic varnish. In your area it might be called 'Mop & Glo'. Thin the M&G with water and dip the collars into it. Dip, drip dry to almost dry, do this about 3 or 4 times and the collars should be well sealed

Funny enough, all the places I normally shop seem to be completely sold out of mop n glo (or only have the 3 in 1 and reading those ingredients, felt it was very iffy to be using it on leather). So I ended up just doing the 5 collars I was working on with resolene and also made myself a 1.5" wide bracelet that I dyed and finished the same exact way for me to wear around purely to test bleed off potential. I've learned that a resolene coating against your skin is not particularly the most comfortable experience and also, while I was putting the barcelet on for the first time, I created a tiny crack in the resolene near the edge (which I just tossed a bit more resolene over). I admit that I'm not sure I applied the resolene well. I did a pretty heavy coating of it, let it sit and soak in a bit and gave it a little wipedown before it started to fully dry so it didnt come out uneven and on the back, i worked it in with a bristle brush then just let it dry. After it dried, I gave it a second coat. Both time, I was experiencing dye coming off and I'm not sure if that means I didn't properly remove all the surface dye or if that is a typical thing. If it is typical, wouldnt the dye mix with the resolene as it dries and just bleed off of that? If it isn't normal, then how do I do a proper dye removal beforehand? I gave it a really good buffing with a dry cloth until nothing was coming off before applying the resolene.